Ford France (formerly, Ford SAF, Ford Société Anonyme Française) is the French subsidiary of the American automaker Ford Motor Company, which existed as a manufacturer under various names between 1916 and 1954, when Ford sold the manufacturing business to Simca.

The Ford Vedette is a large car formerly manufactured by Ford SAF in their Poissy plant from 1948 to 1954. Originally conceived by Edsel Ford and Ford designer Eugene T. "Bob" Gregorie as a “light” Ford model, smaller than the 1942 Ford. However, Edsel Ford died in 1943, and following the war Ford corporate felt the light car project would ...

Ford France, renommée Ford SAF - (Ford Société Anonyme France) en 1945, était une filiale de Ford Motor Company USA, créée en 1916 par le baron anglais Percival Perry, le patron de Ford of Britain.

The Ford Comète (later known as the Simca Comète) is a car that was built between 1951 and 1954 in France by Ford SAF. Intended as the luxury model in the range, the Comète's bodywork was built by FACEL, who later produced the better …

2023年1月15日 · La Ford Comete était un coupé quatre places de prestige, de fabrication française produite par Ford Société Anonyme Française (Ford SAF), la division française de Ford de 1951 à 1954. Sans lien avec Ford, elle était dotée d’un V8 peu puissant, d’un design italien signé Farina, produite par Facel et elle a terminé sa carrière ...

Ford France was the French subsidiary of the American automaker Ford Motor Company, which existed under various names between 1916 and 1954, when Ford sold the manufacturing business to Simca.

2014年5月5日 · Ford SAF: 1929–1940; Martin Horn, McMaster University, Ontario, Talbot Imlay, Université Laval, Québec; Book: The Politics of Industrial Collaboration during World War II; Online publication: 05 May 2014; Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139061001.003

Did Ford SAF sabotage the German war effort by deliberately manufac-turing fewer vehicles than they could have? Ford SAF claimed after the war that they did. Exploring the nature and limits of industrial collabo-ration in occupied France, Imlay and Horn trace the wartime activities of Ford Motor Company’s French affiliate.

Ford SAF was Ford France and they built several French Fords, like the Vedette and Vendôme. The Vedette was powered by a 2.2L V8, nicknamed Poissy’s Petit V8 after the Ford production plant in Poissy. The Vendôme was powered by a Ford Flathead 239 V8, 3.9 litre in size, better known as Mistral V8.

2022年10月1日 · Ford SAF did recognize that the small V8 was, given the times, still a bit big for most people. If volume production were to be reached, the V8 had better come down a notch. The stroke was reduced by 25 mm, resulting in a 2158cc (131.5 cu. in.) V8 generating 60 hp and a lower 12 CV tax band.