Simca beat Fiat to market by three months with what was essentially Fiat's own Topolino design.
Lead trim: 5 570 cc four
Simca 51936–1948
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FactSimca beat Fiat to market by three months with what was essentially Fiat's own Topolino design.
The Simca 5 is a small Franco-Italian passenger car designed by Fiat engineers at Turin and produced in France by Simca at its new Nanterre plant from 1936 to 1948, virtually identical to the Fiat 500 Topolino on which it was based but presented, on 10 March 1936, three months ahead of the Fiat equivalent. Advanced features included independent front suspension, a 4-speed gearbox, hydraulically controlled drum brakes on all four wheels and a 12-volt electrical system, and it offered exceptional fuel economy (110 kilometers on 5 litres in a test). It was originally intended to sell for less than 10,000 French Francs, but by the October 1938 Paris Motor Show the listed price of the base "standard" bodied car was 13,980 francs. With an engine size matching the 3CV tax band it could be presented, like its Fiat sibling, as the "smallest volume production car in the world". Production was slowed but never ceased entirely by the war and German occupation, resuming in 1946, a number being commandeered by the German Army as staff cars; 46,472 had been built when Simca delisted it in 1949, replaced by the similar but partially reskinned and slightly more powerful Simca 6. The car had a 570 cc I4, 4-speed manual gearbox, 2,000 mm (78.7 in) wheelbase, 3,220 mm (126.8 in) length, 1,350 mm (53.1 in) width and 1,400 mm (55.1 in) height.
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| Trim | Years | Engine | Power | Torque | 0–60 | Drive | Gearbox | MSRP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 570 cc four | 1936–1948 | 0.6 L Inline-4 | — | — | — | RWD | — | — |
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