The Simca 1000, called the Simca Mille in French, was a small, boxy, rear-engined four-door saloon that Simca built for 18 years, from 1961 to 1978. Its origins lay in Italy, because Simca's boss Henri Pigozzi had been born in Turin and stayed close to Fiat, and it launched as an inexpensive and modern car with a new water-cooled inline-four Poissy engine of 944 cc. Larger engines of 1,118 and 1,294 cc followed, with the 1,118 cc car sold in the United States as the Simca 1118. A low-cost 777 cc Simca 4 CV, marketed in France as the Sim'4, appeared in 1968, and Spain had an 844 cc version called the Simca 900. Sporting versions carried Abarth and Rallye names, and only 1,000 cars were produced in the final year, 1978.
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Engine Class Engine944 cc water-cooled inline-four Poissy engine 1 Connections
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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 to 1978.
Lead, four-door saloon
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 to 1978.
The launch, inline-four
with a brand-new inline-four water-cooled "Poissy engine" of (at this stage) 944 cc
The launch, power
it also had the 944 cc engine with 36 PS (26 kW)
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