The Simca Coupé 1000 was a small, rear-engined two-door coupé that Simca produced from 1962, with bodies built in Turin by Bertone to a design by the young Giorgetto Giugiaro and final assembly at the Poissy plant. It was formally launched at the Geneva Motor Show early in 1962, homologated for production in France in November 1962, and delivered from 1963. It shared its chassis with the Simca 1000 saloon, but a lower centre of gravity and a more aerodynamic shape gave better road holding, and its 944 cc four-cylinder engine, with higher compression, gave 52 horsepower and a listed top speed of 140 kilometres an hour. The Bertone body made it costly against the Renault Floride. About 10,600 were built before a 1967 upgrade renamed it the Simca 1200S, which had a 1,204 cc engine and the radiator moved to the front; the line ended in 1971.
Facts
Engine Class Top Speed (km/h) Engine944 cc water-cooled four-cylinder engine 1 Connections
Exemplifies
Source Simca 1000 Coupé (Wikipedia)
Of Make
Source Simca 1000 Coupé (Wikipedia)
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1. Simca 1000 Coupé (Wikipedia)
Lead, production years
The Simca Coupé 1000 and its successor, the Simca 1200S are small, rear-engined two-door coupés (described by one well informed commentator as “Pseudo-sportives”) which were produced by Simca between 1962 and 1971.
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The Simca Coupé 1000 and its successor, the Simca 1200S are small, rear-engined two-door coupés
The car, engine
The water-cooled 4-cylinder 944 cc engine shared its dimensions and basic layout with the engine fitted in the saloon
The car, four cylinders
The water-cooled 4-cylinder 944 cc engine shared its dimensions and basic layout with the engine fitted in the saloon
The car, power
provided a maximum 52 hp (38 kW) of claimed output
The car, speed
A maximum speed of 140 km/h (87 mph) was listed
The car, production
Between the 1962 launch and the 1967 upgrade approximately 10,600 were produced.
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