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Twelve years and still going strong – Simca 1000 LS in (historical) test

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Created on May 4, 1974

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Engelbert Männer

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Simca 1000 Extra (1977) - roof load unknown

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Simca 1000 LS (1966) - the medium equipment

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Simca 1000 (1975) - since fall 1974 with new dashboard - Geneva Motor Show 1975

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Simca 1000 Special (1972) - Four doors for little money

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Simca 1000 (1974) - Endangered rear engine?

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Simca 1000 (1974) - Handy city car

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Simca 1000 Special (1975) - Cockpit

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Simca 1000 Special (1975) - Buttons and knobs

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Simca 1000 LS (1975) - 40 + 1 hp

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Simca 1000 SR (1976) - With a proud 60 hp

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Simca 1000 Extra (1977) - Good prospects for backbenchers

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Simca 1000 Extra (1977) - Clarity good

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Simca 1000 Extra (1977) - With sliding roof

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Simca 1000 GLS (1977) - Has one (1) hp more than the standard version

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Simca 1000 (1977) - Four wheels, four doors - what more do you need?

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Simca 1000 SR (1977) - With 60 hp

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Simca 1000 GLS (1977) - Hardly distinguishable from the outside

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Simca 1005 LS (1977) - Now with 41 hp

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Simca 1000 (1977) - Transparent drawing

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Summary

With 40 hp and a rear engine, the Simca 1000 was an endangered species. Apart from the price (6000 DM), was there anything else that spoke in favor of the handy city runabout? Read the test report from 1974 and find out.

This article contains the following chapters

Simca vs. VW
Comparison of figures
Powerhouse
Plus points
Minus points
mot overall verdict
Technical data

Estimated reading time: 8min

Preview (beginning of the article)

40 hp and four doors have become rare in the price range below 6000 DM. Apart from price and maturity, what else speaks in favor of the smallest Simca model today, which has only undergone minor changes in recent years? After more than twelve years of production, will this 1000 LS soon finally belong to the dying rear-engine generation? As a new design from the 1970s, the Simca 1000 LS would have had to put up with harsh criticism. With its heavy engine in the rear and jagged luggage compartment in the front, it is one of a series of models that competed against the VW Beetle in the early 1960s and was practically outlived by it. Compared to today's VW 1303, the Simca appears outdated in terms of roadholding and suspension, although the body remains convincing thanks to its particularly good visibility. However, the 1000 LS was not competing at all with the powdered 1303 Beetle, but with the old generation of Beetles in the form of the VW 1200.

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