Ford France

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ford

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legal form SA
founding 1916 as Automobiles Ford
resolution 1954
Seat Poissy , France
management Maurice Dollfuss (CEO)
Branch Automobile manufacturer

Share over 100 francs in Ford SA Française on June 21, 1929
Matford (1938)
Ford Vedette Coupe (1950)
Ford Comète Monte-Carlo (1954)

Ford France was a French automobile manufacturer that existed under different names from 1916 to 1954. It was an offshoot of the US Ford Motor Company.

Automobiles Ford

The Société Française des Automobiles Ford was founded in Bordeaux in 1916 by Percival Perry , then Chairman of the Board of Directors of Ford of Britain . Like the other European Ford branches, Automobiles Ford also assembled the T-Model , in Bordeaux until 1925 and then in Asnières-sur-Seine near Paris until 1927 . The A-model was built in 1927–1931 and the Y-model in 1932–1934. The B-model was also introduced from the USA, but the import duties made it very expensive; therefore it was not very popular in France.

Matford

Main article: Matford

In 1934, Maurice Dollfuss , CEO of Ford Société Anonyme (SA), looked around for a larger assembly plant and agreed with Émile Mathis on a joint venture with his SA Mathis . This joint venture was called Matford SA and was based in Strasbourg and Asnières. It was continued until 1940, then the company separated from Mathis, closed the plant in Strasbourg, moved to Poissy and renamed Ford SA. During the Second World War , the plant in Poissy was taken over by the German Wehrmacht , which had occupied France, and used to manufacture trucks and military equipment.

Ford SA

After the war, the company introduced a model with the smaller Matford engine, a 2.2 liter V8, and built it from 1946 to 1948. Then it was the newly constructed Vedette replaced, the 1952, the Vendôme and the sports coupe Comète followed . Ford only built these three models in France. In November 1954, Ford gave up its French activities to Simca , initially receiving 15.2% of the company shares, but reselling them in 1958. In addition to the factory, Simca also received the plans for the new Vedette with a 2.4-liter V8 engine, which - with a major facelift in 1958 - was built in France as Simca Vedette until 1961 . This vehicle continued to be offered as a Ford in some markets. Simca do Brasil continued to build the model as Simca Chambord , from 1966 with a modified body until 1969 as Simca Esplanada .

Simca and with it the plant in Poissy was taken over by Chrysler from 1960 . In the 1970s, the only model manufactured in France and sold in Europe as Chrysler, the Chrysler 160 and 180, was created there . At the end of this decade, Chrysler sold all of its European activities to the PSA Group , which continued to operate the models under the Talbot brand . Finally, at the end of the 1980s, the Talbot brand was discontinued and Poissy became one of the most important production locations for Peugeot .

Standalone models

Web links

Commons : Ford France  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c d N. Georgano: Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . London (2000). ISBN 1-57958-293-1
  2. ^ Matt's (Simca) Ford Vedette Page to 1954. Hometown.aol.com ( Memento from March 5, 2004 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ^ History of SIMCA - Company and Cars . Rootes-Chrysler.co.uk (accessed March 10, 2013)