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The '''Simca Ariane''' was a large [[saloon car]] manufactured from 1957 to 1963 by the French [[automaker]] [[Simca]] in the factory in [[Poissy]]. The Ariane was created by fitting the body of the former first-generation [[Simca Vedette]] with a 1.3&nbsp;L ''Flash'' [[straight-4|four cylinder]] engine from the much smaller [[Simca Aronde]] - a combination focused on economy rather than speedy acceleration. Presented in April 1957, the Ariane filled the gap between Aronde and Vedette. In October of the same year, the '''Ariane 8''' was presented - a version powered by the same ''[[Ford Flathead engine|Aquillon]]'' 2.4&nbsp;L [[V8|eight-cylinder]] unit that powered the Vedette. The Ariane 8 effectively replaced the former Simca Trianon, which was a bottom-of-the-range Vedette, as the latter was moved upmarket. The Ariane was manufactured until 1963, with 166,363 produced.<ref name="bellu">{{cite book |last=Bellu |first=René |title=Toutes les Simca |publisher= Studio Gernot |location=[[Le Conquet]]}} ''(published and distributed privately, no ISBN)''</ref><ref name="club">{{cite web|url=http://www.simcatalbotclub.org/vedette.htm|title=SIMCA VEDETTE and SIMCA ARIANE|work=Simca Talbot Information Centre &ndash; Simca Club UK|accessdate=2006-08-12}}</ref>

The '''Simca Ariane''' was a large [[saloon car]] manufactured from 1957 to 1963 by the French [[automaker]] [[Simca]] in the factory in [[Poissy]]. The Ariane was created by fitting the body of the former first-generation [[Simca Vedette]] with a 1.3&nbsp;L ''Flash'' [[straight-4|four cylinder]] engine from the much smaller [[Simca Aronde]] - a combination focused on economy rather than speedy acceleration. Presented in April 1957, the Ariane filled the gap between Aronde and Vedette. In October of the same year, the '''Ariane 8''' was presented - a version powered by the same ''[[Ford Flathead engine|Aquillon]]'' 2.4&nbsp;L [[V8|eight-cylinder]] unit that powered the Vedette. The Ariane 8 effectively replaced the former Simca Trianon, which was a bottom-of-the-range Vedette, as the latter was moved upmarket. The Ariane was manufactured until 1963, with 166,363 produced.<ref name="bellu">{{cite book |last=Bellu |first=René |title=Toutes les Simca |publisher= Studio Gernot |location=[[Le Conquet]]}} ''(published and distributed privately, no ISBN)''</ref><ref name="club">{{cite web|url=http://www.simcatalbotclub.org/vedette.htm|title=SIMCA VEDETTE and SIMCA ARIANE|work=Simca Talbot Information Centre &ndash; Simca Club UK|accessdate=2006-08-12}}</ref>

== External links ==

== External links ==

* [http://www.simcariane.de/index.html Simc@riane]

* [http://www.simcariane.de/index.html Simc@riane]