This little Simca was one of Giorgetto Giugiaro's first jobs — handed to the young, just-recruited designer at Bertone before he became one of the most famous names in car design.
Lead trim: Coupé 1000 944 cc Type 315 four (52 hp)
Simca 1000 Coupé1962–1967
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FactThis little Simca was one of Giorgetto Giugiaro's first jobs — handed to the young, just-recruited designer at Bertone before he became one of the most famous names in car design.
The Simca Coupé 1000 and its successor the 1200S are small, rear-engined two-door coupés produced by Simca between 1962 and 1971, Simca providing the engine and mechanicals while the bodies were built in Turin by Bertone (styled by Giorgetto Giugiaro) and transferred to Poissy for final assembly. Simca commissioned Bertone after Facel's proposal was judged to lack style; the car was formally launched at the Geneva Motor Show early in 1962, though French homologation came only in November 1962 and customer deliveries began in 1963. It shared its chassis and mechanicals with the Simca 1000 saloon but offered better road holding and performance thanks to a lower centre of gravity and a more aerodynamic shape. The water-cooled 4-cylinder 944 cc engine had a higher compression ratio and a claimed 52 hp (against 45 hp in the saloon), for a listed maximum speed of 140 km/h (87 mph), and unusually the Coupé had disc brakes on all four wheels. Approximately 10,600 were produced between the 1962 launch and the 1967 upgrade. Wheelbase 2,220 mm (87.4 in) and curb weight 795 kg.
Collectors Spotted in the Simca 1000 Coupé Lineage
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Trims & Figures
One published trim in the catalogue. A blank is a figure not recorded, not zero.
| Trim | Years | Engine | Power | Torque | 0–60 | Drive | Gearbox | MSRP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coupé 1000 944 cc Type 315 four (52 hp) | 1962–1967 | 0.9 L Inline-4 | 52 hp | — | — | RWD | — | — |
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Photographs
By the time this car's run ended in 1971, roughly 25,000 of its Bertone-built bodies had ridden the rails from Turin to France — loaded on their sides, two rows deep, on special railway wagons.
This little Simca was one of Giorgetto Giugiaro's first jobs — handed to the young, just-recruited designer at Bertone before he became one of the most famous names in car design.
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