Simca would return in place of Talbot, but Peugeot has patent problems in Germany

Last year we discussed the supposed return of Talbot to the scene, led by the PSA group. They even had a possible strategy already planned for future Talbots, as a low-cost brand. However, the French now believe the best option would be to revive a more current brand, though very close to Talbot: Simca.

In Spain at least, Simca (how could we forget the Simca 1000?) was sold to Peugeot in 1978, culminating in 1987 with the production of the last Talbot Horizon, a model that had already been presented under the new management of the French brand. To this day Peugeot wants to bring Simca back to us, but has run into a patent claim in Germany.

Apparently, someone named Joachim W. Simca registered the name as his own in 2007, to which Peugeot reacted late, when it wanted to register its corresponding patent. Even though we are talking about a brand that has already disappeared and a low-cost car project that is just beginning, the emerging markets it would be aimed at are worth it for Peugeot to take the case to German courts.

For now, it continues with the economical car projects M3 and M4 of Peugeot-Citroën, to be manufactured in Vigo next year, although the use of Simca is compromised by this legal problem in Germany.

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