2025 is brand new, and that means a year full of new chances, possibilities and challenges. And as a classic car medium, we naturally like to look back and regularly put a jubilee in the spotlight. Take the Simca 1307-1308. In July 1975, Chrysler presented…
You should actually start with the history of the car and by that we mean Theo's personal history. It is known that many modern enthusiasts have a soft spot for cars that you have seen driving between your…
Pure emotion. That is the feeling that connects classic enthusiasts, both with each other and with their vintage cars. Whether they are classic cars, classic motorcycles, trucks, mopeds or whatever. Show the average classic car enthusiast the photos of this beautiful Simca Aronde P60 Etoile from 1962 and see how he or she reacts. That is also the feeling that connects Sander and Femme with their car.
The French Dispatch is the new film from producer Wes Anderson. The fresh and atypical production depicts stories by editors of an American magazine of the same name. The magazine is published in a fictional 20th century French town called Ennui-sur-Blasé.…
In 1966, a special French sports car was born. It is the CG A1000 that confirmed the status of coachbuilder Carrosserie Chappe Frères et Gessalin as a car manufacturer. The company's origins date back to 1932. After the Second World War,…
During the worst Corona jitters, it was also about all the consequences for business. Realists thought: “Some will fall, and some will prosper.” Pessimists thought the entire economy would collapse and there were experts and…
These were turbulent times. Simca became Talbot. Parent company Chrysler Europe was not a success and if a car comes into the collective memory as 'the car of Bassie & Adriaan', then you do not have to be completely proud of that. The Matra Rancho was sold as Matra-Simca Rancho and Talbot-Matra Rancho.
We found the Simca 6 fourgonette in the photos at an internationally operating dealer in classic motorcycles. A nice 'by-catch' that came with another trade. Once, in 1926, the FIAT management sent…
Murenas were made from 1980 to 1983 in the Matra factory in Romorantin. Due to the collaboration with PSA, the car was sold under the brand name Talbot as Talbot-Matra Murena. In fact, the Murena was a bluff. It looked elegant and sporty, but in terms of motor and performance, a Murena was more of a ladies' car than a track monster.
Father and son duo save Simca 1100 Ti Father and son. A strong duo to breathe new life into a partially rusted Simca 1100 Ti. They found one in the south of France. And the car that was waiting for them…