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The cars | Chrysler Alpine / SIMCA 1308 | Projects and prototypes
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Designated the C6, engineered at Poissy and styled in Whitley, the five-door hatchback that emerged sported a clean and crisp style and contemporary layout.
Styling sketches
Clay models
Preparing the models...
The clay modellers at Whitley hard at work...
Three schemes for evaluation...
Three early full-size proposals from September 1973 for the C6 (known at this
time as Super 1100/Super 1300) shows that the hatchback configuration had been
decided on at a very early stage. The proposals sow a level of experimentation
with the side window arrangements. Notice that the nose is "lean back", on the
top styling model, predicting the style of the 1979 facelift (Talbot-SIMCA 1510).
Estate proposal
Heuliez sketched out this estate car proposal, which looked like it could have been a useful mid-sized load carrier. (Photos kindly supplied by: www.1307-1308.org)
Pictures kindly suppled by Etienne van der Linden and Hervé
Le Guernic.
Copyright © 2004 Keith Adams