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Chrysler Europe
Company type
Subsidiary
Industry
Automotive
Predecessor
Barreiros Dodge Brothers (Britain) Ltd. Rootes Group Simca
Founded
1967
Founder
Chrysler
Defunct
1978; 46 years ago (1978)
Fate
Sold to PSA Peugeot Citroën after Chrysler ceased its operations outside of North America
Successor
PSA Peugeot Citroën (cars) Renault Trucks (commercial)[1]
Headquarters
Whitley, England Poissy, France Madrid, Spain
Products
Automobiles
Brands
Barreiros
Chrysler
Commer
Dodge
Hillman
Humber
Karrier
Matra
Simca
Singer
Sunbeam
Talbot
Parent
Chrysler
Subsidiaries
Chrysler España, S.A. Chrysler France Chrysler (UK) Matra Automobiles
Chrysler Europe was the American automotive company Chrysler's operations in Europe from 1967 through 1978. It was formed from the merger of the French Simca, British Rootes and Spanish Barreiros companies. In 1978, Chrysler divested these operations to PSA Peugeot Citroën.
PSA rebadged the former Chrysler and Simca models with the revived Talbot marque, but abandoned the brand for passenger cars in 1987, although it continued on commercial vehicles until 1994.
Among the remaining Chrysler Europe assets still in existence are the former Simca factory in Poissy, the former Barreiros plant in the Madrid suburb Villaverde, which both serve as major Stellantis assembly plants, and the Rootes Group research and development complex in Whitley, Coventry, which is now the headquarters of Jaguar Land Rover.
^Kuipers, J. F. J. (1983). Great Trucks. Beekman House. p. 9. ISBN 0-517-38114-1.
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