Manufacturer: Sociéte Industrielle de Mécanique et de Carrosserie Automobile, Nanterre – France Type: 1100 LE 6CV 5-doors hatchback Production time: mid-year 1975 – mid-year 1981 Production outlet: 476,943 Production outlet: 2,167,129 (1967-1982 / LCV VF2 (Voiture Fourgonette / Vans) until April 1985) Engine: 1118cc straight-4 Simca 135-series OHV pushrod Poissy engine Power: 50 bhp / 5.800 rpm Torque: 77 Nm / 3.000 rpm Drivetrain: front wheels Speed: 136 km/h Curb weight: 932 kg Wheelbase: 99.2 inch Chassis: perimeter frame and subframe (with engine, gearbox, suspension) with a welded unibody Steering: rack & pinion Gearbox: four-speed manual / all synchromesh / floor shift Clutch: hydraulic single dry plate disc Carburettor: Solex 32 BISA Fuel tank: 42 liter Electric system: 12 Volts 40 Ah Ignition system: distributor and coil Brakes front: hydraulic discs Brakes rear: hydraulic drums Suspension front: independent trapezoidal double wishbones (A-arm, control arm), sway bar, longitudinal torsion bar + telescopic shock absorbers Suspension rear: independent longitudinal trailing arm, sway bar, transverse torsion bar + telescopic shock absorbers Rear axle: live helical type Differential: spiral bevel Wheels: 13 inch steel discs Tires: 145/80 SR 13 radial ply Options: three-speed automatic transmission, Ferodo semi-automatic three-speed gearbox (with electronically activated clutch), Special: – The 1100 Series (1967-1982), designed by Mario Felice Boano (Project 928), was SIMCA’s first front wheel drive car, one of the first cars with hatchback body configuration (Renault 16 was the first in 1965), at first shown on Sardinia and at the Paris Auto Show in 1967 and available as 3- and 5-doors model, as 3-door Fourgonnette (Van), as 2-door Fourgonnette (Van high roof), as 5-door Estate and as 2-door Coupé Utility (Pick-Up). – In 1974 the 1100TI was launched as Europe’s first “hot hatchback”. – They were assembled in Poissy – France, at the former Barreiros Diesel factory, Madrid – Spain and at Philipsons in Nyköping – Sweden. – Some late ones are Chrysler-badged and Vans Dodge-badged to make it more complicated.
