The seller says that this car is often unknown also by classic car experts but we believe that’s difficult because this is one of the prettiest car made during the fifties. That’s a Simca 8 Convertible which had the aluminium body made by Facel Metallon on a chassis pushed by a 1100 c.c. four cylinder… Read More Silver spider: 1951 Simca 8 Convertibile
In these days, when the crazy prices are the rules, we are pleasantly surprised to spot a nice car at the “right” price for sale. Which is, in this particular case, a Simca 1200S built by Bertone: we have published other cars like this but, with they all had a fice digits price. This car is… Read More Fairly priced: 1968 Simca 1200S Coupé by Bertone
The aluminium family of the Simca made during the early fifties is quite scarce but, among all those, the Simca 9 is the rarest as it was build just for little more than one year, from 1952 to 1953. Like its sisters, this Simca had an aluminium body sketched by Pininfarina but the car was… Read More Hen’s tooth: 1952 Simca 9 Sport by Facel
These cars were built By Facel Metallon (long story short: Facel Vega) and if you ever worked on one of these you have realized for sure how good is their build quality, much more than the same segment competitors of that time. Last but not least, these are beautifully designed cars. The engine is derived from… Read More One bumper less: 1958 Simca Aronde Plein Ciel
What we can’t understand is why many people are so stingy with words when it’s time to describe the car they are selling.Whatever, this car speaks enough for itself. It’s a Simca 1200S by Bertone, a car which is well know by many Classic Virus readers as we have posted many of these cars for… Read More No words: 1970 Simca 1200 S Coupé by Bertone
One of the best cars made in France after the WWII is the Simca Week-End, the cabriolet version of the Coupé de Ville. Both were one segment upper than their cousins, the Aronde series. Also this Simca was built by facel coachworks, this means that there is some aluminium somewhere: in this case we’re talking about… Read More Robergel wheels: 1956 Simca Week-End
We’ve published other Simca 1200S for sale over the last three years, and this is the second one painted in red. And, while it’s usual to find these little cars in Italy or France, this is actually stored in Serbia: it would be great to know how this car has gone there, especially because it is… Read More Pointed nose: 1970 Simca 1200S by Bertone
We don’t know the exact build year of this prototype, nor on what car it is based. We don’t know who built it too but whoever did it was not a design master for sure. The only thing for sure is that this car is rear-engined so it could be based on a Simca 1000… Read More Miss ugly: 1975 Simca Civic
When, in 1961, Simca managers decided to give an aggressive looks to their new little coupé, the name which came in their mind was, of course, Bertone. We think that – with all the due respect to Farina brothers, Vignale and Ghia – the most beautiful and dramatic cars made during the period between the 1935… Read More Spicy & elegant: 1967 Simca 1200S Coupé by Bertone
This was the cabriolet version of the latest Simca Aronde model, produced from 1957 to 1962. Bizzarrelly this car was not called “Plein Ciel” (open sky) like its coupé sister. Alle these cars were assembled by Facel Metallon: this complicated assembly process made these cars to cost more than the double of their sedan sisters which shared the… Read More Chasing the sun: 1959 Simca Aronde Sport Océane by Facel
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