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Simca 1000

The Simca 1000 was a small, rear-engined, four-door saloon manufactured by the French

France

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automaker

Automaker

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Simca

Simca

Simca was a France automaker and marque, founded in 1934 by Henri Th?odore Pigozzi . Simca was originally affiliated with Fiat, but later, after a period of independence, when Simca bought Ford's French branch, became increasingly controlled by the Chrysler, in 1970 becoming a part of Chrysler Europe and a brand rather than independent compa...
from 1961 to 1978. The car was inexpensive, and at the time of launch, quite modern, with a brand-new inline-4 engine. The RR layout

RR layout

In automotive design, a RR, or Rear-engine design, Rear-wheel drive layout is one which places both the Internal combustion engine and drive wheels at the rear of the vehicle....
was at that time quite popular in small cars. In addition to the rear engine, the fuel tank was located in the rear, behind the rear passenger seat. This gave the car a 35/65 front/rear weight distribution, with an extremely light and nimble front end and a responsive oversteer

Oversteer

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The Simca 1000 was a small, rear-engined, four-door saloon manufactured by the French

France

Automaker

Simca

RR layout

Oversteer

Oversteer is a phenomenon that can occur in an automobile while attempting to corner or while already cornering. The car is said to oversteer when the rear wheels do not track behind the front wheels but instead slide out toward the outside of the turn....
on curvy roads. The spare tyre was located vertically in the front luggage compartment, just behind the front bumper. It became a popular car in France, and to some extent also in export markets. In its 17 years of production, almost 2 millions were sold..

Over the course of time, the 1000 (whose name was pronounced "mille" in French) was available in a number of versions featuring different equipment levels and variations of the original Type 315
Simca Type 315

The Simca Type 315, commonly known as the Simca 1100 engine, was a straight-4 Overhead valve engine developed by Simca for use in its Supermini car s and economy cars....
engine. The low-specification version was sold as Simca 900, and it was later replaced by Simca 4 CV (also marketed as Sim'4), powered by a 0.8 litre unit. On the other end of the range, the 1.1 L version from the larger Simca 1100

Simca 1100

The Simca 1100 is an automobile built from 1967 to 1982 by Chrysler Europe's division Simca. It was replaced by the Talbot Horizon.The 1100 was the result of "Project 928", started in 1962, finalized by engineers Philippe Grundeler and Charles Scales....
was added in 1969 (the Simca 1000 was marketed in the USA as Simca 1118). Finally, the 1.3 L version, used in the biggest Simca, the 1300

Simca 1300/1500

Simca 1300 and Simca 1500 were large family cars manufactured by the France automaker Simca in its Poissy factory from 1963 to 1966, and between 1966 and 1975 in revamped versions, as Simca 1301 and Simca 1501....
, made its way to the little 1000 in the early 1970s. Apart from the standard manual transmission

Manual transmission

A manual transmission is a type of Transmission used in automotive applications. It generally utilizes a driver-operated clutch operated by a pedal or lever, for regulating torque transfer from the engine to the transmission, and a gear-shift either operated by hand or by foot ....
, some versions could be fitted with a three-speed semiautomatic

Semi-automatic transmission

A semi-automatic transmission is a system which uses electronic sensors, processors and actuators to do gear shifts on the command of the driving....
developed by Ferodo

Ferodo

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. Quite interestingly, the high-specification versions were offered in the British

United Kingdom

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market with a walnut

Walnut

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dashboard decor! In 1977, the model was revised for the last time, gaining the new names of 1005/1006 (depending on the specifications), to put it in line with the newer Simca 1307

Simca 1307

The Simca 1307 was the name under which Chrysler Europe launched its new large family car in 1975. A modern, front-wheel drive hatchback, it was one of the first such cars in that class, along with the Volkswagen Passat, and became the 1976 European Car of the Year....
and its derivatives. Production stopped in 1978 without a direct replacement.

The Simca-Abarth (1964-66) and Simca 1000 Rallye

In the model's early years, the Italian

Italy

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Abarth

Abarth

Abarth is an Italy racing car maker founded by Italian-Austrian Carlo Abarth in Turin in 1949....
was offering modified versions of the 1000, and later Simca itself began offering a "Rallye" version, which helped boost the model's popularity in the motorsport community.

Simca-Abarth 1150 - 1137 cc - 5600 rpm - disk brakes - 11000 F
French franc

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Simca-Abarth 1150 S - 1137 cc - 5600 rpm - disk brakes
Simca-Abarth 1150 SS - 1137 cc - 5600 rpm - disk brakes - Option : six speed gear box

The swan song of the Simca 1000 in this series was the Simca 1000 Rallye 3, with a engine. Only 1000 were produced during the last year of production of the Simca 1000, 1978.