Simca 8

The Simca 8 wis a Frainch caur biggit atweesh 1938 an 1951 (includin wartime), available as a sedan, coupé or cabriolet. It wis a Fiat 508C "nuova Balilla" made at Fiat's Simca plant in Nanterre Fraunce.

It didnae hae a specialized ingine or chassis. The '8' in its name didnae staund for an aicht-cylinder ingine; it haed fower cylinders. At launch the caur featurt a 1,089 cc ingine wi a claimed ootput o 32 hp at 4,200 rpm.

Ower the coorse o twa three year it haed some grille chynges, while the ingine size an pouer ootput grew modest.

The Frainch caur mercat in the early 1950s wis concentratit, wi just three model atweesh thaim accoontin for twa thirds o domestic sales in 1950.  Ninvertheless, as the fowert best sellin caur o 1950 the Simca 8 wi unit sales o 17,705 in that year achieved a respectable 10.2% mercat share.

Bi the time it wis replaced in 1951, the Simca 8 haed acquired the Fiat 1,221 cc ingine thit wad be pit intae its successor an aw, the popular Simca 9 Aronde.

References
 This entry taks information frae the French Wikipedia an Italian Wikipedia correspondin entries.
 This entry includes stateestical information frae the French wikipedia entry concernin the French caur market in 1950.

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