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The Industrielle de et Carosserie of automobiles (SIMCA) was a French car manufacturer.
SIMCA was created 1934 by Henri Pigozzi and manufactured starting from 1935 in the French Nanterre of Fiat vehicles under license: First the Fiat 500 Topolino, which was driven out in France under the mark SIMCA 5, then to 1950 further models, Simca Huit and Simca Six. FIAT received portions of Simca for the licenses.
During 2. World war built Simca on behalf German crew power among other things parts for the NSU Kettenkrad.
1954 transferred Simca the French Ford works to Poissy with Paris and converted these until 1957 to the then most modern car factory in Europe. Ford received engine company with the sales of its French daughter 15% of the Simca shares.
Into the 1950er years brought Simca own series out such as Simca Aronde (1951) and Simca Ariane (1957), them followed the Simca 1000 (1961), starting from 1963 the 1300/1500er-Baureihen, as well as the Simca 1100 (1967), the first model with crosswise inserted front engine and front wheel drive.
1958 bought Chrysler the USA the 15% of the Simca shares held by Ford. In the year 1959 Simca bought up the company Talbot Lago come into financial emergency. In the coming years Chrysler increased its portion of Simca until 1971 on scarcely 100%, which one took over to a large extent from FIATS. The enterprise called itself now officially Chrysler France, which became label name Simca however maintained.
1978 were sold to Simca to the Peugeot S.A. This continued the model rows still until 1986 under the label name valley-offered. From the Simca Chrysler deduction numerous new models followed, among other things the Peugeot 309, which valley-offered as a successor Horizon was meant and already in the pilot lot version the name Arizona had. In co-operation with Matra and the experiences with Chrysler in this area (Chrysler Voyager) a region sedan had been developed, which was not taken over however by Peugeot. From this the Renault Espace developed.
To produce after the end of the mark Simca the production plants of the Simca 1510 sold at Moskwitsch into the Soviet Union around here the Moskwitsch Aleko, whose exterior was nearly identical appearance to the French model. Moskwitsch stated that the similarities with that are limited 1510 only to the exterior of the car.
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