Simca Estager Barquette Motto

Vehicle Overview

For the sporting coachwork of this Simca Barquette, Estager turned to Carrozzeria Motto in Turin, a company with extensive experience in the construction of barchetta-type competition bodies for the likes of Alfa Romeo, FIAT, and Cisitalia. For Estager, Motto’s craftsmen hand-built a simple, streamlined, two-seater body in aluminium, very much in the contemporary idiom. Once completed, Estager’s Simca passed the Service des Mines (French vehicle registration authority) inspection and was registered in his name on 18th October 1950 as ‘581 G 63’. Photo courtesy of Bonhams.