Everything about The Simca Aronde totally explained
The
Simca Aronde was a
family car manufactured by the
French automaker Simca from 1951 to 1963. It was Simca's first original design (unlike previous models, which were all to a greater or lesser extent based on
Fiats), as well as the company's first
unibody car.
"Aronde" means "
swallow" in Old French and it was chosen as the name for the model because Simca's logo at that time was a stylized swallow.
9 Aronde
The first Aronde debuted in 1951 and was fitted with 1221 cc engine from the previous Simca model, the
Simca 8. The available body styles included a four-door
saloon, a three-door
estate and a two-door
coupé coachbuilt by
Facel. The latter was later replaced by a coupé based on the saloon Aronde body, called
Grand Large. The 9 Aronde found favorable reception in the French market - by 1953, total sales surpassed the 60,000 mark.
90A Aronde
The second-generation Aronde debuted in October 1955. Exterior-wise, it was an update of the 9 Aronde body, with restyled front and rear ends. More importantly, the new Aronde was now powered by the 1290 cc
Flash engine. New trim levels, marketed as
Elysée and
Montlhéry (named after the
Autodrome de Montlhéry) appeared. In October 1957, two new versions joined the Aronde range - the
Océane, a two-door
convertible, and
Plein Ciel, a
hardtop coupé, both with bodies by
Facel. In January of the same year, the 500,000th Aronde was made, and the Arondes were now exported even to the USA.
P60 Aronde
The P60 Aronde saloons, presented in September 1958, had an all-new, modern-looking body. The estate was also updated with the new front end, but retained its previous rear. A new coupé joined the range - the
Monaco - while a new, inexpensive version of the Elysee, powered by a 1090 cc engine, was added under the name
Etoile. A new engine, the famous
Rush 1.3 L unit with a five-bearing
crankshaft, was fitted to the Arondes beginning from October 1960. A 70
hp version of the engine, called
Rush Super, debuted in September 1961 in two models - the
Montlhéry Speciale saloon and
Monaco Spéciale coupé.
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