Editing Simca (section)

== Aronde and Ford SAF takeover ==
[[File:Aronde 2012 02.JPG|thumb|[[Simca Aronde]] (1956)]]
The [[Simca Aronde]], launched in 1951, was the first Simca model not based on a Fiat design. It had a 1200&nbsp;cc engine and its production reached 100,000 units yearly. Following this success, Simca took over the French truck manufacturers [[Unic]] in 1951, Saurer in 1956, and the [[Poissy]] [[PSA Poissy Plant|plant]] of [[Ford SAF]] in 1954.<ref name=time/> The Poissy plant had ample room for expansion, enabling Simca to consolidate French production in a single plant and, in 1961, to sell the old Nanterre plant.<ref name=Motor197106>{{cite magazine| title =Simca - Chrysler with French dressing|magazine=[[The Motor (magazine)|Motor]]| volume = nbr 3598| pages =24–25 |date = 19 June 1971}}</ref>

The 1950s was a decade of growth for Simca, and by 1959 the combined output of the plants at Nanterre and at Poissy had exceeded 225,000 cars, placing the manufacturer in second place among French automakers in volume terms, ahead of [[Peugeot]] and [[Citroën]], though still far behind market leader [[Renault]].<ref name=Automobilia1960>{{cite journal| title =Automobilia| journal = Toutes les voitures françaises 1959 (salon Paris Oct 1958)| volume = 15|page=55|year = 2000|publisher=Histoire & collections|location=Paris }}</ref><ref>Unit sales are of course only part of the story, since the revenue and potential profit from producing a [[Citroën DS]] or even from a [[Peugeot 403]] would have been far higher than that from a single [[Simca Aronde|Simca Aronde P60]], while sales volumes of Simca's own large cars, the aging [[Simca Vedette|Vedette]] and Ariane, were by now on a steeply downward curve.</ref>

The Ford purchase also added the V-8 powered [[Ford Vedette]] range to the Simca stable.  This model continued to be produced and progressively upgraded until 1962 in France and 1967 in Brazil, but with various names under the Simca badge. An Aronde-powered version was also made in 1957 and called the [[Simca Ariane|Ariane]] which, because it was economical and had a large body, was popular as a taxi.

In 1958, Simca bought the French [[Talbot-Lago]] manufacturing company.