Simca Profissional

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Simca
Simca Chambord (original model)
Simca Chambord (original model)
Profissional
Production period: 1965-1966
Class : Upper class
Body versions : limousine
Engines: Gasoline engine :
2.4 liters
Length: 4520 mm
Width: 1750 mm
Height: 1480 mm
Wheelbase : 2690 mm
Empty weight : 1150 kg
Previous model Simca Alvorada

The Simca Profissional was a successor to the Simca Alvorada , which itself was a slimmed-down version of the Simca Chambord . The then Brazilian President Juscelino Kubitschek and his government had determined that every automobile manufacturer in the country should offer an inexpensive basic version of the respective model series in order to give as many Brazilians as possible the opportunity to own their own car.

New incentives and new version

In 1965, the Brazilian government created a new public funding option through its public service bank, Caixa Econômica Federal . This enabled the Brazilians to finance a vehicle for four years with a monthly interest rate of 1%. This naturally resulted in a number of new customers to be won and Simca do Brasil was looking for the possibility of offering the Simca Alvorada cheaper so that it would also be attractive, for example for taxi operators. Thus the Simca Profissional appeared in 1965 in three color variants (yellow, green and cream white) and without chrome parts (the bumpers were also kept in dark gray). The already simple equipment of the Alvorada was undercut with plastic seat covers instead of leather seats and dark cardboard door panels that were simply screwed onto the metal. This made the Profissional 30% cheaper than the original Alvorada, the Simca Chambord. The numbers of this version were apparently never documented and, in contrast to the Alvorada, the Simca Profissional had no clear chassis numbers, but this version was included in the Simca Chambord.

literature

  • Enio Brandenburg: Automóveis Brasileiros. FBVA, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
  • Álvaro Casal Tatlock: The Automobile in South America - The Origins (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay). FBVA, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
  • Malcom Forest: Automóveis de São Paulo. FBVA, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Web links

Commons : Simca do Brazil  - Collection of images, videos and audio files