The last Simca 1000 ever built, the 1978 Rallye 3, was also the rarest — just 1,000 were made in the model's final year, a quiet send-off for a car that had sold nearly two million.
Median 54 hp across 17 similar cars
Lead trim: 1000 Rallye 1118 cc four (53 PS, 1970) · up to 102 hp
Simca 1000 Rallye / Rallye 1 / 2 / 3Rallye · 1970–1978
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FactThe last Simca 1000 ever built, the 1978 Rallye 3, was also the rarest — just 1,000 were made in the model's final year, a quiet send-off for a car that had sold nearly two million.
In the model's early years the Italian tuner Abarth offered modified 1000s, and later Simca itself offered a "Rallye" version, helping the model's popularity in motorsport. The Simca 1000 Rallye appeared in 1970 with the 1118 cc engine (53 PS), was followed by the Rallye 1 (1294 cc, 60 PS, from 1972), the Rallye 2 (1294 cc, 82 PS, from 1973) and the swan song, the Rallye 3 with a 103 PS (76 kW) engine, of which only 1,000 were produced in 1978, the last year of production of the Simca 1000 (a photo caption on the page gives the Rallye 3 as 1.3 l, 105 hp). The Spanish-built Simca 1000 Rallye of February 1976 had a single-carburettor 1294 cc engine of 63 PS and no disc brakes all round, considerably less powerful than its French contemporaries. Wheelbase 2,220 mm (87.4 in).
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Trims & Figures
4 published trims in the catalogue. A blank is a figure not recorded, not zero.
| Trim | Years | Engine | Power | Torque | 0–60 | Drive | Gearbox | MSRP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000 Rallye 1 1294 cc four (60 PS, 1972) | 1972–1978 | 1.3 L Inline-4 | 59 hp | — | — | RWD | — | — |
| 1000 Rallye 1118 cc four (53 PS, 1970) | 1970–1971 | 1.1 L Inline-4 | 52 hp | — | — | RWD | — | — |
| 1000 Rallye 2 1294 cc four (82 PS, 1973) | 1973–1978 | 1.3 L Inline-4 | 81 hp | 80 lb-ft | — | RWD | — | — |
| 1000 Rallye 3 (103 PS, 1978) | 1978–1978 | Inline-4 | 102 hp | 94 lb-ft | — | RWD | — | — |
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The last Simca 1000 ever built, the 1978 Rallye 3, was also the rarest — just 1,000 were made in the model's final year, a quiet send-off for a car that had sold nearly two million.
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To drum up buzz at launch, Simca briefly swapped 50 of its Paris taxi fleet's Ariane sedans for tiny new 1000s, making the little car a familiar sight on the capital's streets.
Rivals
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