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Simca 1000 (historical test): Small but mighty

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Created on April 1, 1962

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Simca 1000 (1962) - four doors, some luggage space

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Simca 1000 (1962) - An advertising picture for the Simca 1000

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Simca 1000 (1962) - simple appearance - photo from sales brochure

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Simca 1000 (1962) - Scenery in the park

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Simca 1000 (1962) - small, four-door sedan

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Simca 1000 (1962) - it is sure to be admired at the 1962 Paris Motor Show

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Simca 1000 (1962) - at the 1962 Paris Motor Show

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Simca 1000 (1961) - a small car despite its 1-liter engine and four doors

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Simca 1000 GL (1966) - practical and compact sedan - Geneva Motor Show 1966

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Simca 1000 (1961) - to get the engine in, it was tilted by 15 degrees

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Simca 1000 (1962) - pretty to look at

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Simca 1000 (1962) - the small rear-wheel drive car as a movie star

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Simca 1000 GL (1963) - more luxuriously equipped model variant

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Simca 1000 (1963) - thanks to the rear engine, a spacious luggage compartment could be created at the front

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Simca 1000 (1963) - straightforward design and rear engine

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Simca 1000 (1962) - from all angles

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Simca 1000 (1962) - Close-ups

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Simca 1000 (1962) - View into the engine compartment

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Simca 1000 (1962) - the test cars are ready for a test drive

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Simca 1000 (1962) - Stopover in Zurich

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Simca 1000 GL (1964) - ready for the test drive

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Simca 1000 (1962) - Driver's workplace

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Simca 1000 GL (1964) - Dashboard

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Simca 1000 (1962) - View of the interior

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Simca 1000 (1961) - simple yet tasteful dashboard

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Simca 1000 (1961) - View into the tidy engine compartment

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Simca 1000 (1962) - View into the engine compartment

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Simca 1000 (1962) - plenty of space in the luggage compartment

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Simca 1000 (1962) - all suitcases have found their place

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Simca 1000 (1962) - there's room for all the luggage

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Simca 1000 (1962) - X-ray vision

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Simca 1000 (1962) - Prototype on test drive

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Summary

With the Simca 1000, the French manufacturer presented a vehicle that had four doors despite the dimensions of a small car. Special requests and special versions were not on offer and were not Simca's aim. Rather, the one-liter rear-engined car was to be inexpensive so that anyone could afford it and have simple technology so that it remained affordable to maintain. This (historical) report lists the strengths and weaknesses of the Simca 1000, illustrated with numerous historical pictures and sales brochures.

This article contains the following chapters

Compact wagon with simple technology
Not exactly slippery
Individual rating
Our special wishes...
Technical specifications

Estimated reading time: 10min

Preview (beginning of the article)

The previous Simca models of the Aronde and Ariane families were conservative, but efforts were made, and successfully so, to fulfill quite a few wishes. This "individual car" has certainly presented the production engineers with many a hard nut to crack, and today it's just a case of "it's electronically controlled" . . . namely that Müller from Lyon gets a "Pleinciel" with metal gray of the "Monthléry", but shock absorbers of the "Etoile 6", the chrome strips of the "Ranch 61" and the upholstery number 84 with the side covering 12, 1c, as well as the "sky" with pink holes No. 35. This is not the case with the Simca 1000, as it is to be built in one version in the largest possible numbers.

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