The Simca 6's new boot looked like real cargo space from outside — it only opened from inside the car, and the spare wheel ate most of the room anyway.
Lead trim: 6 570 cc four (16.5 bhp)
Simca 61947–1950
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Nobody in Burbles has spotted a Simca 6 yet. See one on the street, point the app at it, and the first card is yours — with your @handle permanently credited on this page.
FactThe Simca 6's new boot looked like real cargo space from outside — it only opened from inside the car, and the spare wheel ate most of the room anyway.
The Simca 6 is a city car and van produced and sold in France by Simca from 1947 until 1950, developed from the Simca 5, itself a rebadged Fiat Topolino built in France. Launched at the 1947 Paris Motor Show, it was distanced from its Fiat origins by a modified "Americanised" front end with a widened and lowered grille flanked by raised headlights integrated into the wing panels, in line with the Peugeot 203 and Renault 4CV, and an extended rear overhang with a small boot accessible only from the interior. Besides the 2-door, 2-seat coupé it came as a small van capable of carrying up to 250 kg. Claimed output from the 569 cm³ engine was boosted from 12 to 16.5 bhp at 4,400 rpm, the engine having overhead valves operated by a side-mounted camshaft; the 4-speed gearbox had synchromesh on the top two ratios and there were drum brakes all round. Advertised maximum speed was 90 or 95 km/h (56 or 59 mph). It got off to a slow start, with just 11 produced in the closing month of 1947 and 191 during 1948, but replaced the Simca 5 in 1949, and more than 16,000 were produced before production ended in 1950, after which Simca customers moved up to the larger Simca 8. Wheelbase 2,000 mm (78.7 in), length 3,220 mm (126.8 in), width 1,350 mm (53.1 in), height 1,400 mm (55.1 in).
Collectors Spotted in the Simca 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 570 cc four (16.5 bhp) | 1947–1950 | 0.6 L Inline-4 | 16.5 hp | — | — | RWD | — | — |
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