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    The Simca 1100 is a series of French compact family cars – mainly C-segment hatchbacks, but also a compact wagon and popular delivery vans – built for...
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    badged as Simca-Talbots. During most of its post-war activity, Simca was one of the biggest automobile manufacturers in France. The Simca 1100 was for some...
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    1978 to 1987. It was sold under the Simca, Chrysler and Talbot nameplates. The successor to both the Simca 1100 and Hillman Avenger, the Horizon adopted...
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    The Simca Poissy engine, commonly known as the Simca 1100 engine, was a four-cylinder overhead valve engine developed by Simca for use in its superminis...
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    The Simca 1307 is a large family car produced by Chrysler Europe and subsequently PSA Peugeot Citroën from 1975 to 1986. Codenamed 'C6' in development...
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    Volanis, the Rancho was based on the pick-up version of Simca's popular supermini, the Simca 1100, using its front structure and a stretched chassis. The...
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    roof. This is featured on cars such as the 1951 Kaiser-Frazer Vagabond, Simca 1100, Mazda 6 GG1, and Opel Vectra C. As such, notchbacks are not fastbacks...
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    from the Chrysler-Simca parts inventory. Although the engine, gearbox and many suspension elements came directly from the Simca 1100, this new Matra was...
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    The Simca 1000, or Simca Mille in French, is a small, boxy rear-engined four-door saloon, manufactured for 18 years by French automaker Simca, from 1961...
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  • compact automobiles produced from 1978 to 1990. Loosely based on the Simca 1100 platform developed with Chrysler backing in Europe in the 1960s, the Chrysler...
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    1962 Simca's midrange cars had been replaced and in 1967 the focus of the manufacturer's volume cars switched to the new Simca 1100. The Simca brand...
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    (1967–76) Sunbeam Alpine roadster (1959–68) Simca 1000 (1961–78) Simca 1000 Coupé/1200S (1962–71) Simca 1100/1200/1204 (1962–82, vans to 1985). Van and...
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    Milestone", Carpages.co.uk, June 27, 2005 Saturn S-Series "Development of Simca 1100 cars". Rootes-Chrysler.co.uk. Retrieved August 10, 2006. "New Vehicle...
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  • Goliath 1100, also known as the Hansa 1100, an automobile Simca 1100, also known as the Dodge 1100 and Talbot 1100, a series of compact family cars 1100 aluminium...
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    subsidiary, Simca. The Barreiros-made Simca 1000 was launched in 1966, and later the Simca 1200 joined the range (in fact the French Simca 1100, but with...
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    The Simca 8 is a small family car built by Simca and sold in France between November 1937 and 1951 (including wartime), available as a saloon, coupé or...
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  • with the 1978 model year cars. The replacement for the Simca 1100, the C2 project, became the (Simca) Talbot Horizon that won European Car of the Year 1978...
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    multinational Chrysler Europe with a single model line to replace the outdated Simca 1100 and the Hillman Avenger. The development of the Dodge Omni and Plymouth...
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  • Robert Opron (section Simca)
    While at Simca he sketched out a two-box hatchback that caught the attention of Fiat's designers. This sketch eventually led to the Simca 1100. Another...
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  • Chrysler Europe's French-built Simca 1100 were also branded as Dodges in Britain from 1976, although they remained Simcas elsewhere (and became Talbots...
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    Fiat 1100 is a small family car produced from 1953 until 1969 by the Italian manufacturer Fiat. It was an all-new unibody replacement for the Fiat 1100 E...
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  • Then came Chrysler Europe's first winner of the award, the contemporary Simca 1307/1308 (Chrysler Alpine in the United Kingdom). Despite all the strife...
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    European divisions Simca and the former Rootes Group, which had the necessary expertise in making small cars including the Simca 1100 in France and Hillman...
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  • Greenwood Dave Aldridge Ford Cortina Mark I 1,075 40 46 Simca Motors Bernard Heu Jean-Claude Syda Simca 1100 1,658 41 33 Miss Elsie Gadd Elsie Gadd Jenny Tudor-Owen...
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  • July 2011 at the Wayback Machine, SEAT.com, 7 May 2009 "Development of Simca 1100 cars". Rootes-Chrysler.co.uk. Retrieved 10 August 2006. "The new Škoda...
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    front-wheel-drive when updating their mid-sized cars (Renault 12 in 1970 and Simca 1100 in 1967). The numerous press leaks following up to the official introduction...
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    developed for the 1.6 L Simca 1100 engine, but was not released for series production in the U.S. It was used in Europe, in the Talbot Simca, 1510, and Solara...
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    prototypes of a sports car based on the BMW 1600Ti and a coupé based on the Simca 1100. In 1970, Bracq was appointed design director of BMW, where he succeeded...
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    Matra Murena (category Simca vehicles)
    was a departure from the Murena's predecessor. In the tradition of the Simca 1100, Talbot Alpine, and Talbot Horizon, at the front were upper and lower...
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    exhaust, a twin-choke carburetor, and a different camshaft. In 1973, the Simca 1100 Ti was launched. It had its power increased by 40% to 82 hp (61 kW), which...
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