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 ...

Some classic cars are fine three-course meals, giving gastronomic, physical and even spiritual sustenance at every sitting. Others are stylish little entrées or canapés: a pleasure to look at, very ...

The 1965 Simca 1000 is one of those small European sedans that quietly rewrote packaging rules, then slipped from everyday memory. To most modern drivers it looks like a simple box on wheels, yet its ...

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 ...

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 ...

The sight of a French car on American roads today is slightly more common than spotting a unicorn. But, I'm not here to talk about the fading memories of French automakers being involved in the U.S.

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, ...

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 ...