Simca 1100

The Simca 1100 is a series of <a href="/facts/France/CxIeIKM3">French</a> compact <a href="/facts/Family_car/lFFv3tVq">family cars</a> – mainly <a href="/facts/C-segment/sNznPkc4">C-segment</a> hatchbacks, but also a <a href="/facts/Compact_car/yoXHQIdb">compact</a> wagon and popular delivery vans – built for over 15 years by <a href="/facts/France/CxIeIKM3">French</a> car-maker <a href="/facts/Simca/o9kYcXP2">Simca</a>, from 1967 through 1982/1985. There was even a very early '<a href="/facts/Hot_hatch/8WPzjjRL">hot hatchback</a>', and a family <a href="/facts/Crossover_SUV/srpC5N3N">cross-over</a>: the <a href="/facts/Matra_Rancho/k4VbyBVG">Matra Simca Rancho</a>. The hatchbacks were replaced by the <a href="/facts/Simca-Talbot_Horizon/6abbLqyR">Simca-Talbot Horizon</a>.
The 1967 Simca 1100 series was historically significant for combining numerous modern design features – in affordable cars with numerous available engines. The 1100 series were the first <a href="/facts/Unibody/WN09z8zF">unibody</a> family <a href="/facts/Hatchback/FjwbGjWG">hatchbacks</a> and compact <a href="/facts/Estate_(car)/m98qdszh">estate car</a>, to integrate a transversely mounted engine and <a href="/facts/Front-wheel_drive/oHf6A9z0">front-wheel drive</a>, with all-around, modern independent suspensions with anti-roll bars (<a href="/facts/Double_wishbone_suspension/eHR316F5">double wishbones</a> up front, and rear <a href="/facts/Trailing-arm_suspension/VFJhpMpl">semi-trailing arms</a>), and <a href="/facts/Disc_brakes/J7WbXaxa">disc brakes</a>, <a href="/facts/Rack_and_pinion_steering/rA4eyqkf">rack and pinion steering</a>, and folding rear seats, for maximum space utilisation and practicality.
The front-wheel drive Simca 1100 hatchback range, introduced in 1967 was a top seller across Europe, and was said to have influenced <a href="/facts/Volkswagen/LDkDEfDu">Volkswagen</a> to succeed its range of <a href="/facts/Rear-engine,_rear-wheel-drive_layout/ARKH3SMD">rear-engined and rear-drive</a> air-cooled vehicles, with a front-engined, front-drive, water cooled range, leading to the Mk 1 <a href="/facts/VW_Polo/XV8QD9oY">VW Polo</a>, <a href="/facts/VW_Golf/qL0kUyXr">Golf</a> and <a href="/facts/VW_Passat/UofkR7Tv">Passat</a> series.
At just under four metres in length (3.94 m (12.9 ft)), the 1967 Simca 1100 series hatchbacks practically set the blueprint for European and Japanese C-Segment hatchbacks, defining most of their core design traits for several of the following decades.

Simca 1100 open-in-new

Simca 1100