Somaca

Société Marocaine de Constructions Automobiles SA is one in 1959 as a joint venture between the Government of Morocco and the French Société Industrielle de Mécanique et Carosserie Automobiles SA established automotive manufacturer based in the industrial area Aïn Sebaâ, Casablanca. The company is currently the oldest car manufacturer in the country. SOMACA used for its products in the vehicle identification number of the manufacturer code DG1.

History

The beginnings made the company called as SOMACA with CKD assembly of vehicles of the Fiat brand and Simca Production started in 1962 after the completion of the construction work. Production was initially set at 2,247 units per year of production. The first models were so initially the Fiat 1100-103, Fiat 1500 C, 1500 L Fiat and Simca 1000 and Simca 1300. SOMACA 1966, finally in the license models Renault 4 and Renault 8 in the production and thereby increased the annual production of 10,000 units. A year later, then went on behalf of the BLMC of small cars Austin Mini Cooper in production, which was determined by on there for the entire North African market. An equally broad market radius of 1970 had gone into production Opel Kadett, which was then produced in his generations until 1980. The maximum production load eventually reached SOMACA in 1975 with 25,216 units. But two years later, this record broke again and the production was less orders reduced by almost a third.

With the dissolution of the Société Industrielle de Mécanique et Carosserie Automobiles SA finally ended the agreement and thus the joint venture. For obtaining a better market position in North Africa, the Simca partner company Fiat extended to its name to the contract by eight years and finished for the production of all other those still in production models. New for the market continued Fiat now the Uno, Siena and Palio one, but the models were there a flop so that Fiat had simply run out the contract.

Renault, already a senior partner of the company, bought by the Fiat joint venture on the majority of shares and has since been producing models such as the Renault Kangoo and the Dacia Logan. To utilize the production capacity, the company also mounted for Africa also the Porsche 911 This has for the manufacturer but only the rank of a gap filler, since the models of the parent company PSA is prioritized. Currently, approximately 41,200 of SOMACA vehicles assembled in the year. Since the acquisition by the Société Anonyme des Automobiles Peugeot Société Marocaine de Constructions Automobiles is regarded as a private company.

Model Overview

Austin

Citroën, Dacia and Renault

1966-1968 Renault 8

1968-1975 Renault 4

1975-1996 Renault 4

1996-2003 Renault Kangoo VUL

Since 2003 Renault Kangoo

Since 2003 Citroën Berlingo

2005-2008 Dacia Logan

Since 2008 Dacia Logan

Since 2008 Renault Kangoo Evolution

Since 2009 Dacia Sandero

Fiat and Simca

1962-1966 Fiat 1500 C

1962-1966 Fiat 1500 L

1962-1966 Simca 1000

1962-1966 Simca 1300

1966-1975 Fiat 124

1967-1973 Fiat 125

1969-1972 Fiat 128

1972-1975 Fiat 128

1975-1995 Fiat 128

1975-1978 Fiat 131

1997-2003 Fiat Palio

1997-2003 Fiat Siena

Opel

1974-1978 Opel Kadett

1978-1980 Opel Kadett

Peugeot

1975-1995 Peugeot 504

2004-2008 Peugeot Partner

Porsche

Since 2009 Porsche 911 only utilization

Weblink

Société Marocaine de Constructions Automobiles. Website at Renault.

Companies (Morocco )
Automobile manufacturers
Casablanca
Austin
Citroën
Dacia
Fiat
Opel
Porsche
Peugeot
Renault
Simca

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