It was initially known as the Matra-Simca Rancho and, later, the Talbot-Matra Rancho. Production lasted from 1977 through 1984. The Rancho witnessed the rebranding of Matra-Simca to Talbot-Matra ...

The Talbot Matra Rancho, available from 1977 through 1984, might have looked tough and off-road-ready, but it shared underpinnings with the existing Simca 1100 family car. One of these weird ...

The Matra Rancho can be defined as the first vehicle to embody the principles of the crossover category: essentially a slightly more rugged compact car, with boxier looks and limited off-roading ...

But with the impending death of the Simca 1100, Matra needed something new. During 1980, Project P18 emerged as the Rancho's replacement - much larger in size and based on the Talbot Solara floorpan.

It’s a real pity as the ultra-cool, Talbot-Simca-Peugeot-Chrysler-Matra Rancho deserved a much more fruitful life. It paved the way for the cars we know today, in more ways than one! As an ...

The forest tests a vehicle’s endurance to the utmost and here the Matra Talbot Rancho is completely at home. This is more than a car aimed at the sort of deluded Seventies motorist who was ...

But with the impending death of the Simca 1100, Matra needed something new. During 1980, Project P18 emerged as the Rancho's replacement - much larger in size and based on the Talbot Solara floorpan.

Manufactured by Matra, the Rancho had rustproof ... even after Chrysler sold Simca to Peugeot and the Rancho became a Talbot. It even survived a year after production ended in 1984 – there ...

The Matra-Simca Rancho was a crossover that appeared in 1977, decades before anyone had thought up the term. Back then, it was known as a “lifestyle” vehicle, and in many ways, it set the ...