In 1942 , SIMCA was integrated into the French General Automotive (GFA) together with Delahaye - Delage , Unic , Laffly and Bernard, with the aim to streamline the production car. Upon release, the production takes progressively more so as the plant has escaped the bombing. The President of the Automobile Manufacturers Employers' Federation, Charles Petiet, presents SIMCA on track with the support of the Minister of Industrial Production of the time, but in exchange, the company is committed to producing up to AFG developed by Jean-Albert Greorge, who became CEO in October 1944 technique. A first prototype of the Simca-Gregory, with common features with the future Panhard Dyna X was made in 1945. A second, closer aesthetically to the future and Simca Peugeot 203 was produced, thus following the guidelines of the plan Pons, presented in 1946. Unfortunately for Gregory, Pigozzi, who had a low profile following his contacts with the German occupiers, managed to derail the project and took over the management of the company, while SIMCA beyond the nationalization and constraints of government. Production restarts at the Simca 5 and Simca 8 . The Simca Six, Five developments, was launched in 1947 but found little success against strong competition from the Renault 4 CV. Pigozzi, thanks to funds from the U.S. Marshall Plan , launched the project of a new small modern car, coded Simca 9 , later in the spring of 1951 the first "real" Simca, the Aronde .
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