Someca
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Created in 1953 by SIMCA
, a then-subsidiary of Fiat Auto Italia
, “Fiat Someca” was a French agricultural tractor manufacturer.
In 1958, SOMECA became part of SIMCA Industries
.
as well as Steyr tractors into France.
In 1953, SIMCA bought out the agricultural motors and tractors division of the company MAP, which it then used as the basis for the creation of SOMECA ("Société de MECAnique de la Seine"). SOMECA went on to produce the very first SOMECA tractors and parts for the last tractors to be produced by MAP.
The first SOMECA tractor was the "DA 50", closely derived from the "MAP DR3" model, whose engine could develop 37 hp at 1500 rpm.
The next model, the "SOM 40" was hugely successful in France. Launched in 1957, it was ranked among the largest tractors ever to be built in France. It was equipped with a Fiat
OM
COID 45 engine: a four-stroke, direct injection, 4165 cm3 diesel engine developing 45 hp at 1500 rpm. By 1964, 18,741 models had been manufactured, a new record for that time!
With the arrival of petrol engines during the 1950-1960s, the same model became available with either a petrol or diesel engine.
More than SOMECA tractors using the Fiat
base engine had been manufactured by 1960.
Come 1965, the year in which the "15" series was launched, SOMECA was only manufacturing licenced Fiat Trattori models. FIAT had always been SOMECA’s majority shareholder and, in 1983, integrated the company into its agricultural subsidiary FiatAgri, which became Fiat New Holland in 1993 before becoming Fiat CNH Global
, as it is currently known.
Simca
Simca was a French automaker, founded in November 1934 by Fiat. It was directed from July 1935 to May 1963 by the Italian Henri Théodore Pigozzi...
, a then-subsidiary of Fiat Auto Italia
Fiat
FIAT, an acronym for Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino , is an Italian automobile manufacturer, engine manufacturer, financial, and industrial group based in Turin in the Italian region of Piedmont. Fiat was founded in 1899 by a group of investors including Giovanni Agnelli...
, “Fiat Someca” was a French agricultural tractor manufacturer.
In 1958, SOMECA became part of SIMCA Industries
Simca
Simca was a French automaker, founded in November 1934 by Fiat. It was directed from July 1935 to May 1963 by the Italian Henri Théodore Pigozzi...
.
History
SAFAF (Société Anonyme Français des Automobiles Fiat), the company from which SIMCA was formed, began importing and later manufacturing licenced Fiat vehicles from a Nanterre factory in 1934. It also imported Fiat tractorsFiat Trattori
Fiat Trattori S.p.A. is a Fiat group company founded in 1919. Fiat Trattori was a constructor of agricultural equipment, and tractors in particular. Over its decades of history it established itself as Italy’s leading constructor and one of the biggest in Europe; in 1991 it took over Ford New...
as well as Steyr tractors into France.
In 1953, SIMCA bought out the agricultural motors and tractors division of the company MAP, which it then used as the basis for the creation of SOMECA ("Société de MECAnique de la Seine"). SOMECA went on to produce the very first SOMECA tractors and parts for the last tractors to be produced by MAP.
The first SOMECA tractor was the "DA 50", closely derived from the "MAP DR3" model, whose engine could develop 37 hp at 1500 rpm.
The next model, the "SOM 40" was hugely successful in France. Launched in 1957, it was ranked among the largest tractors ever to be built in France. It was equipped with a Fiat
Fiat
FIAT, an acronym for Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino , is an Italian automobile manufacturer, engine manufacturer, financial, and industrial group based in Turin in the Italian region of Piedmont. Fiat was founded in 1899 by a group of investors including Giovanni Agnelli...
OM
Officine Meccaniche
Officine Meccaniche or OM was an Italian car and truck manufacturing company, founded in 1899 in Milan as Societa Anonima Officine Meccaniche...
COID 45 engine: a four-stroke, direct injection, 4165 cm3 diesel engine developing 45 hp at 1500 rpm. By 1964, 18,741 models had been manufactured, a new record for that time!
With the arrival of petrol engines during the 1950-1960s, the same model became available with either a petrol or diesel engine.
More than SOMECA tractors using the Fiat
Fiat Trattori
Fiat Trattori S.p.A. is a Fiat group company founded in 1919. Fiat Trattori was a constructor of agricultural equipment, and tractors in particular. Over its decades of history it established itself as Italy’s leading constructor and one of the biggest in Europe; in 1991 it took over Ford New...
base engine had been manufactured by 1960.
Come 1965, the year in which the "15" series was launched, SOMECA was only manufacturing licenced Fiat Trattori models. FIAT had always been SOMECA’s majority shareholder and, in 1983, integrated the company into its agricultural subsidiary FiatAgri, which became Fiat New Holland in 1993 before becoming Fiat CNH Global
CNH Global
CNH Global N.V. is a global, full line company operating in both the agricultural and construction equipment industries. CNH's scope includes integrated engineering, manufacturing, marketing and distribution of equipment on five continents...
, as it is currently known.