Model Year 1955 SIMCA Coupé-de-Ville
Simca publicity photo of the new Coupé-de-Ville.
For model year 1955 the Simca Sport was renamed Simca Coupé-de-Ville. It retained the discreet elegance of its predecessor.
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.
The Simca 9 Sport was the successor of the 8 Sport.
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. This also applies to model year 1954.
The designation '9' was dropped in Sept. 1953.
In Sept. 1954 the grille was simplified and the Simca Sport was renamed Coupé-de-Ville.
1221 cc L4 engine, after Sept. 1955 1290 cc L4 Flash Spécial.
Ca. 920 kg.
Production Simca Aronde Series: May 1951-1959 (Berline).
Production Simca 9 Sport/Sport Series: April 1952-Sept. 1957.
Production Simca Coupé-de-Ville this version: Sept. 1954-Sept. 1955.
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
Model Year 1955 SIMCA Coupé-de-Ville
Simca publicity photo of the new Coupé-de-Ville.
For model year 1955 the Simca Sport was renamed Simca Coupé-de-Ville. It retained the discreet elegance of its predecessor.
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.
The Simca 9 Sport was the successor of the 8 Sport.
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. This also applies to model year 1954.
The designation '9' was dropped in Sept. 1953.
In Sept. 1954 the grille was simplified and the Simca Sport was renamed Coupé-de-Ville.
1221 cc L4 engine, after Sept. 1955 1290 cc L4 Flash Spécial.
Ca. 920 kg.
Production Simca Aronde Series: May 1951-1959 (Berline).
Production Simca 9 Sport/Sport Series: April 1952-Sept. 1957.
Production Simca Coupé-de-Ville this version: Sept. 1954-Sept. 1955.
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