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Rear-engined late harvest - Test Simca 1000 from 1961

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Created on November 8, 1961

Reading time 6min

Written by:

Heinz Kranz

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Simca 1000 (1962) - schlichter Auftritt - Aufnahme aus Verkaufsprospekt

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Simca 1000 (1962) - der kleine Hecktriebler als Filmstar

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Simca 1000 (1961) - Titelseite von "hobby" mit dem Test

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Simca 1000 (1961) - kleiner Franzose für vier Personen

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Simca 1000 (1961) - trotz 1-Liter-Maschine und vier Türen ein Kleinwagen

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Simca 1000 (1961) - um den Motor hineinzubekommen, wurde er um 15 Grad geneigt

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Simca 1000 (1961) - einfaches und trotzdem geschmackvolles Armaturenbrett

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Simca 1000 (1961) - mehr geht in den Kofferraum nicht hinein

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Simca 1000 (1962) - bequemer Einstieg vorne und hinten

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Simca 1000 (1962) - Zwischenhalt in Zürich

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Simca 1000 (1962) - Alles offen beim Langstrecken-Testfahrzeug der Automobil Revue

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Simca 1000 (1962) - guter Einstieg in den Innenraum

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Simca 1000 (1962) - der Motor ist für Mechanikerhände genauso gut zugänglich wie das Interieur für die Passagiere

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Simca 1000 (1961) - Blick in den aufgeräumten Motorraum

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Simca 1000 (1962) - der vorne liegende Kofferraum lässt sich gut beladen

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Summary

Heinz Kranz from the magazine "hobby" had high expectations when he traveled to Monthléry to test the new Simca 1000. And he was bitterly disappointed. Not in terms of the engine or the equipment, but in terms of the handling and the space, which did not quite fit in with a grown-up vehicle. This report reproduces the original wording of the test at the time and is supplemented with the pictures published at the time, as well as archive pictures and a sales brochure from the time.

This article contains the following chapters

Practical and economical
Below-average handling
On the threshold from small car to lower middle class
Insufficient braking power?
Of course, there are also good points, e.g. the engine and gearbox
Still some catching up to do in the suspension design
Neat and friendly design
Other manufacturers have gone better ways
Caught between a chair and a bench
Test results

Estimated reading time: 6min

Preview (beginning of the article)

It is really difficult to reconstruct the thought processes that led the Simca engineers to the new Simca 1000. The only thing that got around was that they didn't want to build a small large car in Poissy and not a large small car - the result confirms the thesis. The slightly outdated slogan 'bigger on the inside than on the outside' does not apply to the Simca 1000 either, as the car is even narrower on the inside than the Prinz 4, and what was gained in interior length with the rear engine was lost in the trunk, which has a capacity of 115 liters. The Prinz 4 has 250 liters! After what I have experienced with the Simca 1000, I can only say that it is a very practical car for the big city, with good acceleration, low fuel consumption, a very nice engine and a really fantastic, fully synchronized (Porsche) four-speed gearbox and four doors.

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