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Created on May 21, 1966

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Gerhardt Koop

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Simca 1000 Coupé (1963) - elegant yet sporty appearance

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Simca 1000 Coupé (1962) - short wheelbase, narrow front overhang

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Simca 1000 Coupé (1963) - pretty Bertone bodywork

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Simca 1000 Coupé (1963) - the dream of youth in the sixties

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Simca 1000 Coupé (1965) - Whitewall tires look unusual or even out of place

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Simca 1000 Coupé (1965) - friendly face without cooling air intake

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Simca 1000 Coupé (1967) - the last model year with the 40 hp engine

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Simca 1000 Coupé (1962) - A pre-production vehicle: front blinker next to the headlight instead of under it

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Simca 1000 Coupé (1962) - pre-series: Bertone emblem on the rear fender instead of the front fender

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Simca 1000 Coupé (1967) - sporty dashboard with five Jaeger instruments

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Simca 1000 Coupé (1967) - reclining seats as standard

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Simca 1000 Coupé (1967) - folding rear seat bench as additional storage space

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Simca 1000 (1962) - The 40 hp engine was used unchanged in the Coupé

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Simca 1000 Coupé (1967) - Transparency drawing

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Simca 1000 Coupé (1963) - compact dimensions

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Simca 1000 Coupé (1962) - kurzer Radstand, knapper vorderer Überhang

Simca 1000 Coupé (1963) - hübsche Bertone-Karosserie

Simca 1000 Coupé (1963) - Traum der Jugend in den Sechzigerjahren

Simca 1000 Coupé (1965) - Weisswandreifen wirken ungewohnt bis deplatziert

Simca 1000 Coupé (1965) – freundliches Gesicht ohne Kühllufteinlass

Simca 1000 Coupé (1967) – der letzte Jahrgang mit dem 40-PS-Motor

Summary

If the manufacturer advertises its product as a "collector's item", this usually means nothing good. This is often intended to excuse obvious shortcomings. Not so with the Simca 1000 Coupé: the French rear-engined car in Italian guise not only impressed with its captivating lines, but also with its good equipment and sporty driving characteristics.

This article contains the following chapters

Availability and body
Equipment and space
Engine and handling
Conclusion
Technical data & measured values

Estimated reading time: 7min

Preview (beginning of the article)

Cars with so-called sporty lines, especially two-seater spiders and coupés, have been enjoying increasing popularity for some time now. Among these models, there are very striking and therefore well-known types and some that are much less talked about. It is often said that young girls tend to marry the ones that are less talked about. It doesn't seem to be quite the same with cars - or should that have changed with the young ladies too? The Simca 1000 Coupe undoubtedly belongs to the group of lesser-known cars. The only way to explain this is to compare it to a tailor-made suit. Its elegance is more restrained, more unobtrusive and only reveals itself on closer inspection. The whole thing is without tricks and gimmicks, usually very solidly made and not exactly cheap. This also applies pretty much exactly to the Simca Coupé. Its "tailor" is of course unmistakably Italian, and its price is such that it will never be able to please a large group of buyers for the performance it offers. This model appeals only to the individualist.

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Simca 1000 Coupé (1962) - kurzer Radstand, knapper vorderer Überhang

Simca 1000 Coupé (1963) - hübsche Bertone-Karosserie

Simca 1000 Coupé (1963) - Traum der Jugend in den Sechzigerjahren

Simca 1000 Coupé (1965) - Weisswandreifen wirken ungewohnt bis deplatziert

Simca 1000 Coupé (1965) – freundliches Gesicht ohne Kühllufteinlass

Simca 1000 Coupé (1967) – der letzte Jahrgang mit dem 40-PS-Motor

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