Three-quarters front view of a Fiat 500 Topolino which entered the 1937 edition of the 24hrs of Le Mans, where it won the index for performance

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The new engine and coachwork of the Amedeo Gordini racing team (sometimes Frenchified into Amédée Gordini) gave the SIMCA a top speed of 110 km/h. Thanks to its performance, the Amedeo Gordini racing team won the prize for the small-engine car class for three years in a row, from 1937, when the SIMCA 5 was first entered, until 1939, before the forced break due to the war. In 1938, Amedeo Gordini’s SIMCA 5 also won the performance index prize.

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Size: 5123px × 3487px
Location: Museum of the 24hrs of Le Mans, Circuit de la Sarthe at Le Mans
Photo credit: © John Gaffen / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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