Hachette 1:43 Simca Week End Convertible Promotional Car: Butagaz

This model is sold in a blister pack

It is a replica of the car driven in the Tour De France Parade

Simca was a French automaker, founded in November 1934 by Fiat S.p.A. and directed from July 1935 to May 1963 by Italian Henri Pigozzi. Simca was affiliated with Fiat and, after Simca bought Ford's French subsidiary, became increasingly controlled by Chrysler. In 1970, Simca became a brand of the Chrysler's European business, ending its period as an independent company. Simca disappeared in 1978, when Chrysler divested its European operations to another French automaker, PSA Peugeot Citroën. PSA replaced the Simca brand with Talbot after a short period when some models were badged as Simca-Talbots.

Butagaz is a French company created in 1931. Owned by the DCC Energy group since 2015, it is present on the liquefied petroleum gas market (propane and butane ), natural gas and electricity in France, for individuals and professionals.

Shell creates in 1931 the company URG (Company for the rational use of gases), which will take in the 1980s the name of Butagaz. It was created to bottle liquefied petroleum gases ( butane and propane ) produced by the French refineries of the oil tankers Shell and BP , which it then sells on behalf of these two companies: it therefore acts as an agent for these two companies.

In 1969, the company acquired a mascot, a blue bear, which illustrated the group's advertising campaigns and communication media. In 2005, she took the name of "Bob" and experienced a modernization of her look. In 2012, to mark the 80th anniversary of the brand, Butagaz changed its logo.

In 2015, the company was sold to the DCC Energy group