# Simca 6

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Simca 6 Simca 6 2-door coupé Overview Manufacturer Simca Production 1947–1950 Assembly Nanterre, France Body and chassis Class City car (A) Body style 2-door coupé 3-door van Layout FR layout Related Fiat Topolino Powertrain Engine I4 570 cc Transmission 4-speed manual Dimensions Wheelbase 2,000 mm (78.7 in)[1] Length 3,220 mm (126.8 in) Width 1,350 mm (53.1 in) Height 1,400 mm (55.1 in) Chronology Predecessor Simca 5 Successor Simca 8

The **Simca 6** is a [city car](/source/City_car) and [van](/source/Van) produced and sold in [France](/source/France) by [Simca](/source/Simca) from 1947 until 1950. Simca had been established as a French subsidiary of [Fiat](/source/Fiat) and the Simca 6 was developed from the [Simca 5](/source/Simca_5) which itself had been a version of [Fiat](/source/Fiat_Automobiles)’s [Topolino](/source/Fiat_500_%22Topolino%22) [rebadged](/source/Rebadging) and manufactured in [France](/source/France) as a Simca.

With the launch, at the 1947 [Paris Motor Show](/source/Paris_Motor_Show), of the Simca 6, the company’s [Nanterre](/source/Nanterre) based development office demonstrated a hitherto unseen level of independent thinking for a Simca production model. The Simca was distanced from its [Fiat](/source/Fiat) origins by a modified « Americanised » front end, featuring a widened and lowered [front grill](/source/Grille_(motor_vehicle)), flanked by raised headlights integrated into the wing panels, along the lines featured by the then newly introduced [Peugeot 203](/source/Peugeot_203) and [Renault 4CV](/source/Renault_4CV). The rear overhang was extended with the addition of a small [boot](/source/Trunk_(automobile)), accessible only from the interior of the car and almost entirely filled by the spare wheel. In addition to the small 2-door, 2-seat [coupé](/source/Coup%C3%A9) style body, a small [van](/source/Van) capable of carrying up to 250 kg was available.

Claimed output from the 569 cm³ engine was boosted from 12 to 16.5 bhp achieved at 4,400 rpm. The engine employed overhead valves operated with a side-mounted camshaft. The light-weight 6 inherited its predecessor’s excellent fuel economy, with 5 litres of fuel propelling it over a distance of 108 km, equivalent to more than 61 mpg (UK gallons). The advertised maximum speed of 90 or 95 km/h (56 or 59 mph) also reflected the car’s light build, and was considered excellent for a car of this size and price.

In most respects, the principal mechanical elements followed conventional practice. The 4-speed gear box featured synchromesh on the top two ratios. Stopping power came from drum-brakes on all four wheels.

Despite having its first public presentation at the 1947 [Motor Show](/source/Paris_Motor_Show), the car got off to a slow start, with just 11 produced during the closing month of 1947 and 191 during the whole of 1948:[1] during these years the older [Simca 5](/source/Simca_5) remained the company's smaller volume model. However, in 1949 the Simca 6 fulfilled its manufacturer's plans and replaced its predecessor. More than 16,000 Simca 6s were produced during its production run which came to an end in 1950: after this loyal Simca customers would need to upgrade to the larger (and far more commercially successful) [Simca 8](/source/Simca_8). Unlike [its predecessor](/source/Simca_5), the 6 was not seen as a commercial success, and it was not until 1961 that Simca would return to the small car sector (in [French](/source/France) terms), with their [Simca 1000](/source/Simca_1000).

By the time the Simca 6 production run ended, the [Italian](/source/Italy) [Fiat Topolino](/source/Fiat_500_%22Topolino%22) on which it was based had also been upgraded: The Topolino C, arriving two years later than the Simca 6, featured the upgraded mechanical components first seen on the [Simca](/source/Simca), as well as a modern square [front grill](/source/Grille_(motor_vehicle)); but the [Fiat](/source/Fiat) offering came without the [American](/source/America) style chrome of the [Simca](/source/Simca), and the [Fiat](/source/Fiat)'s [headlights](/source/Headlight) were positioned at a lower level. In retrospect [Italian](/source/Italy) sources tend to view the Simca 6 as a [French](/source/France) version of the upgraded [Fiat Topolino](/source/Fiat_500_%22Topolino%22) while French sources stress the independent development of the Simca.

## Sources

- *[Automobilia](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automobilia) Magazine (in French)* Vol 32 December 1998

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Automobilia1948_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Automobilia1948_1-1) "Automobilia". *Toutes les Voitures Françaises 1948 (Salon Paris oct 1947)*. Vol. 7. Paris: Histoire & collections. 1998. p. 74.

## External links

- [Club Simca France www.clubsimca.com](https://web.archive.org/web/20070613225609/http://www.clubsimca.com/organisations/clubsimca.htm)

- This entry is based on a translation of the [French Wikipedia corresponding entry](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simca_6)

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