Truly revolutionary, the original Mini released in 1959 spawned dozens of competitors from all over the world. One of the ...

We're staggering back into the sulfurous quagmire that is life in the Project Car Hell garage, and we're feeling a need to follow up German luxury coupes with near-total value depreciation with one of ...

Steve Magnante is the host of MotorTrend's Junkyard Gold! An episode featuring this Simca and this junkyard aired August 30, and subscriptions to the MotorTrend App start at $4.99 per month or $49.99 ...

One evening last March, Francis Carlson (“Jack”) Reith, general manager of Ford of France, went to an American Embassy dinner in Paris and found himself sitting next to Henri-Thèodore Pigozzi, ...

Famous people everywhere have benefited from manufacturer largess through the years, from Clark Gable and his crazy Duesenbergs to the blinged-out Escalades and Hummers that prowl Hollywood Boulevard ...

Earlier this week I said I was looking for a sensible, reliable, no-bullshit daily driver that would give me time to work on my project cars. Someone suggested this $700 Simca 1204, and I'm seriously ...

In an era dominated by heavyweight sedans and lumbering family cars, the 1962 Simca 1000 Rallye emerged from France as a surprising underdog with real bite. Compact, rear-engined, and unexpectedly ...

The Matra-Simca Rancho was a crossover that appeared in 1977, decades before anyone had thought up the term. Back then, it was known as a “lifestyle” vehicle, and in many ways, it set the template for ...

During its heyday, the Bagheera offered an affordable, practical, and genuinely creative take on the motorsport-derived, mid-engine formula. Yet its lackluster performance, lack of brand prestige, and ...