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    The Simca Vedette is an executive car, manufactured from 1954 to 1961 by French automaker Simca, at their factory in Poissy, France. The Vedette competed...
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    discontinued. Simca 5 Simca 6 Simca 8 Simca 9 Simca 11 Simca Gordini Type 15 (Grand Prix racing car) Simca Aronde Simca Ariane Simca Vedette (also manufactured...
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    including a newly designed Vedette. The new car had debuted in France under the name of Simca Vedette, but was sold as the Ford Vedette in some markets (including...
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    which now became the Simca Vedette, relaunched by Simca with different model names according to equipment levels. The Simca Vedette competed in France's large...
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  • 1948 to 1954 Simca Vedette, a Simca car model from 1954 to 1961 USS Vedette, the name of more than one United States Navy ship Vedette (horse) (foaled...
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    Simca Chambord and related models. The basic platform of the Esplanada can be traced back through the French-built Simca Vedette to the Ford Vedette....
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  • Trianon (sorority), a former American sorority Simca Trianon, a model of the French auto, Simca Vedette Trianon is also the name of the concentration camp...
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    Simca do Brasil was the Brazilian subsidiary of the now defunct French automaker Simca. It started out in the late 1950s assembling the Simca Vedette...
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    acquired by Simca in 1954, manufactured a large car called the Simca Vedette. This was a descendant of the late 1940s/early 1950s Ford Vedette, and was also...
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    coil spring. Only in 1954, after the Vedette factory had been purchased by Simca, did the revised Simca Vedette switch to using front struts. Following...
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  • Bourbon Simca Vedette Chambord, a French car Simca Chambord (Brazilian model), a Brazilian-made car, from a subsidiary of the French company Simca Chambord...
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    Ford Comète (redirect from Simca Comete)
    The Ford Comète (later known as the Simca Comète) is a car that was built between 1951 and 1954 in France by Ford SAF. Intended as the luxury model in...
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  • Robert Opron (section Simca)
    was to be atomic powered and voice controlled. He also redesigned the Simca Vedette as a parade limousine for Charles de Gaulle. His department was eliminated...
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    1998. "Matt's (Simca) Ford Vedette Page to 1954". Archived from the original on 2004-03-05. Retrieved 2006-08-16. "History of SIMCA - company and cars"...
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  • retrospect it is remembered as the Simca Vedette. In France it was sold with Simca badging right from the start. The Simca acquisition triggered a major expansion...
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    taken over by Simca in 1954 who began installing it in their Simca Vedette in 1955. Simca then transferred the Aquilon production line to Simca do Brasil...
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    developed independently by Rootes and Simca as successors to their largest models (the Humber Hawk/Super Snipe and Simca Vedette, which had been discontinued in...
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    Crown shows some similarities with the European Ford Versailles and Simca Vedette. The Toyota Patrol was a police car version of the 1955 Crown. The Crown...
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    litre four-cylinder in-line engine. The body was based on the French Simca Vedette, although its actual shape is closer to the similar sized Ford Zephyr...
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    Beach". jalopnik.com. 24 August 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2020. "Simca Vedette And Simca Ariane". simcatalbotclub.org. Archived from the original on 5 October...
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    dates Model designation Picture Note 1958 Dongfeng CA71(东风 East Wind) Simca Vedette body and chassis, Mercedes-Benz 190 engine 1958–1965 CA72 1955 Imperial...
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    middle-class sedan Dongfeng CA71, which was basically a replica of the French Simca Vedette with a Mercedes-Benz 6 cylinder engine. During this time, FAW also began...
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    At the same time, in France, Simca was working on Projet 929, which would be Simca's first large car since the Vedette was discontinued in 1961, and...
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    Dongfanghong BJ760 (based on the GAZ-21), Dongfeng CA71 (based on the Simca Vedette), Hongqi CA72 (based on the ZiL-111) and the mass-produced Shanghai...
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  • Turbina Autobianchi Bianchina Fiat 1200 TV Spider Autobianchi Stellina Simca Vedette Fiat 8V bodied at Fiat Carrozzerie Speciali Fiat 1100/103 TV Trasformabile...
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    in which Henry Ford sold his French business to Simca. Simca persisted and succeeded with the Vedette and its successor, but operating in a country with...
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  • W/Cargo F798WM/Remorqueur trucks French Ford based Simca models: Simca Vedette Simca Ariane Simca Miramas Simca Comète Ford France including the Poissy plant...
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  • at the rear and downmarket trim intended as a commercial variant of the Vedette that was produced and sold in the French market between 1952 and 1954....
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    vehicle, in terms of sales volumes it was hopelessly out competed by the Simca Vedette and the Citroën DS. The Frégate struggled on till 1960 when it was withdrawn...
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  • in the 1950s and while working for Martial and Bars, he designed the Simca Vedette, a French car. "Arque Dickerson, one of the original Tuskegee Airmen...
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