Simca Vedette

Simca Chambord

The Simca Vedette is a large six-seater sedan version of the French manufacturer Simca After Simca had taken at Paris and the locally built models, the French Ford dealership Ford Société Anonyme France ( Ford SAF) with the automobile factory Poissy in 1954, he built developed the still of Ford successor to the Ford Vedette until 1961. the work was to 1957 to the then most modern car factory in Europe. In some export markets such as the Netherlands and Germany, the new Vedette was still marketed as a Ford.

Powertrain, chassis and frame derived largely from its predecessor. The V8 engine of the type " Aquilon " with 2351 cc ( bore 66,06 mm, stroke 85.72 mm) was a construction in the 1930s. The crankshaft was stored for three times, the standing valves were actuated by a central camshaft. The outlets have been passed through the engine block, between the cylinders. This resulted in a high cooling load. He made a maximum of 84 hp ( 62 kW) at 4800 rpm, maximum torque was 152 Nm at 2750/min.Für the mixture caused a downdraft carburettors. The force was transmitted to the rear wheels via a partially synchronized three-speed gearbox and an undivided propshaft. The rigid banjo axle was performed on leaf springs and telescopic shock absorbers had. The front wheels with roller steering were individually suspended by MacPherson struts with wishbones and stabilizer ( Simca " stability Automatic" called ). On all wheels were hydraulically operated drum brakes, rear self, front Duplexbrensen ( " Twinplex ").

The Simca Vedette was initially produced in the following equipment series:

• Trianon - simple equipment
• Versailles - mid equipment
• Regency - upscale amenities
• Marly - Combined

Often the vedettes instead of the official name Simca Vedette Trianon, Simca Vedette Versailles, Simca Vedette Vedette Regency and Simca Marly only as Simca Trianon, Versailles Simca, Simca Simca Marly Regency and are referred to.

1957, Vedette has been revised. She received larger tail fins, the engine power was slightly increased to 84 hp (62 kW). The car was also exported to USA and there sold as a Chrysler.

There was now the equipment series, which in turn led to shortened names:

• Beaulieu - mid equipment, successor of Versailles
• Chambord - upscale amenities, successor of the Regency
• Présidence - Luxury version with extended wheelbase
• Marly

The model with simple equipment was integrated as Ariane 8 in the Simca Ariane series.

Over the seven years of production under Simca 166 985 vedettes were produced. In the individual years, the production distributed as follows:

On February 9, 1961, the last to be built in France Vedette left the factory in Poissy.

Simca Vedette Beaulieu

Simca Vedette Marly

Simca Vedette Chambord ( rear )

Simca Vedette Présidence

1961 shifted the production of the Simca Vedette to Belo Horizonte in Brazil. There were still running until 1969 vedettes with more powerful engines ( most recently as Chrysler Esplanada with modernized bodies) from the tape. In Australia, Chrysler built the Vedette 1958-1962.