1952 SIMCA 9 Sport Coupé
Publicity photo of the new Simca 9 Sport Coupé. It turned out to be a very distinguished car for the upper-class.
The renewed Simca 9 Sport underwent lots of changes compared with the predecessor 8 Sport.
Note the characteristic circular Facel rear lights.
Simca had its golden age in the 1950s and 1960s. Shortly after the war the idea of an own sports car appeared in the head office of Simca. In october 1947 head of the Simca company Henri Pigozzi (1898-1964) visited the Milan Car Show. There he was impressed by the Fiat 1100 Cabriolet Élaboré prototype designed by the young Giovanni Michelotti at Studio Pininfarina, which very much remembered him to the fluid silhouette of the Cisitalia 202 Berlinette. Pigozzi obtained the license to build such a sports car. The first prototype was shown at the Paris Salon de l'Automobile in October 1948.
During 1949, the Simca 8 sports car continued to be developed in collaboration with Facel-Métallon, who actually finished the design and built the car.
Finally in October 1949 production could start.
For model year 1953 Facel remodeled the Simca 8 drastically and was renamed 9 Sport.
The Italian body style was abandoned in favour of a more Facel style monocle body without pronounced rear wings. The chassis structure and mechanics were based on the new Aronde. The grille and rear end were simplified, the grille got only one horizontal bar with integrated indicators.
At the 1952 Paris Motor Show (Oct. 1952) both 9 Sport cabriolet and coupé were on display. But the cabriolet version never came in production.
1221 cc L4 engine.
Ca. 920 kg.
Production Simca Aronde Series: May 1951-1959 (Berline).
Production Simca 9 Sport/Sport Series: April 1952-Sept. 1957.
Production Simca 9 Sport Coupé this version: April 1952-Sept. 1954.
Source: Bruno Poirier, Guide Simca, Tous les Modelles de 1934 a 1964, Éditions Presse Audiovisuel, 1994.
Original photographer, place and date unknown.
Halfweg, July 29, 2023.
© 1994/2023 EPA/Sander Toonen Halfweg | All Rights Reserved
1952 SIMCA 9 Sport Coupé
Publicity photo of the new Simca 9 Sport Coupé. It turned out to be a very distinguished car for the upper-class.
The renewed Simca 9 Sport underwent lots of changes compared with the predecessor 8 Sport.
Note the characteristic circular Facel rear lights.
Simca had its golden age in the 1950s and 1960s. Shortly after the war the idea of an own sports car appeared in the head office of Simca. In october 1947 head of the Simca company Henri Pigozzi (1898-1964) visited the Milan Car Show. There he was impressed by the Fiat 1100 Cabriolet Élaboré prototype designed by the young Giovanni Michelotti at Studio Pininfarina, which very much remembered him to the fluid silhouette of the Cisitalia 202 Berlinette. Pigozzi obtained the license to build such a sports car. The first prototype was shown at the Paris Salon de l'Automobile in October 1948.
During 1949, the Simca 8 sports car continued to be developed in collaboration with Facel-Métallon, who actually finished the design and built the car.
Finally in October 1949 production could start.
For model year 1953 Facel remodeled the Simca 8 drastically and was renamed 9 Sport.
The Italian body style was abandoned in favour of a more Facel style monocle body without pronounced rear wings. The chassis structure and mechanics were based on the new Aronde. The grille and rear end were simplified, the grille got only one horizontal bar with integrated indicators.
At the 1952 Paris Motor Show (Oct. 1952) both 9 Sport cabriolet and coupé were on display. But the cabriolet version never came in production.
1221 cc L4 engine.
Ca. 920 kg.
Production Simca Aronde Series: May 1951-1959 (Berline).
Production Simca 9 Sport/Sport Series: April 1952-Sept. 1957.
Production Simca 9 Sport Coupé this version: April 1952-Sept. 1954.
Source: Bruno Poirier, Guide Simca, Tous les Modelles de 1934 a 1964, Éditions Presse Audiovisuel, 1994.
Original photographer, place and date unknown.
Halfweg, July 29, 2023.
© 1994/2023 EPA/Sander Toonen Halfweg | All Rights Reserved