4x4s.org NAMED MODEL · 1982
NAMED MODELFrance

Tropic.

A Cournil for the civilian market released by SIMI in 1982, which Unusual Off-Road Locomotion records as a failure.

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Sources & evidence
BASE VEHICLECournil (SIMI and Auverland, 1980–88)BUILT BYSIMI S.A. (Groupe Belin), Saint-Germain-LavalIN SERVICE1982OPERATED INFrancePRODUCTIONNot publishedLAYOUT4 wheels · 87″

The record

SIMI’s Cournils otherwise went mostly to public bodies.

Research status: draft — identification, dates or figures could not all be pinned down; the summary says what is unresolved.

Specification

MANUFACTURED1982
PRODUCTION RUNNot published
COUNTRY OF ORIGINFrance
OPERATED INFrance
STATUSout of production
RECORD KINDNamed model
MODEL LINESIMI and Auverland
FAMILYSIMI and Auverland
WHEELS4
NOMINAL WHEELBASE87″

Catalogue fields describe the vehicle's structure and body as this registry records it. They are not certified factory measurements, and no performance figures are published here.

Variants & colours

Base model variants

AI rendering impression

An AI rendering impression starts from a 3D model of this vehicle, which an image model then paints into a scene. It is an artist's impression of the type, made to give a feel for the vehicle in its element — not a photograph, and not a record of any particular vehicle.

Proportions, fittings, markings, colours and the setting can all drift from the original in the process. For the vehicle's actual details, rely on the specification, the photographs and the cited sources on this page.

Sources

  1. 1Cournil Tractor ↗Unusual Off-Road Locomotion (Jean-Marc Maclou) · accessed 2026-09-24SOURCE

Registry record updated 2026-09-24 · status: draft