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SIMA-Violet

Logo: Spurzem - Lothar Spurzem, CC BY-SA 2.0 de, via Wikimedia Commons3

Automobile manufacturer based in Courbevoie, founded in 19241

Sima Violet was a French manufacturer of cyclecars between 1924 and 1929.2 It was founded by Marcel Violet.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1924Founded1
  • Industryautomotive industry1
  • HeadquartersCourbevoie1

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1929 Sima - Violet pic1
Photo: AlfvanBeem, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons5

Sima Violet was a French manufacturer of cyclecars between 1924 and 1929.2

The story

Founded by Marcel Violet in 1924.1

Leadership

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Products and brands

  • cyclecar

Listed on Wikidata.1

The company was founded at Courbevoie on the northwestern side of Paris, in a part of the city which was already home to numerous automobile manufacturers and suppliers. Marcel Violet who created the little vehicle was a long-standing advocate of two-stroke air-cooled boxer-format engines, and these powered the cyclecars that carried his name Sima Violet ended production in 1929, to be succeeded at their Courbevoie site by the Sima-Standard business which survived till 1932.

From Wikipedia’s article on SIMA-Violet, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Timeline

  1. 1929Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 1924Founded Founded1

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