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Cournil SC (Gevarm, 1977–80)

The first Cournil that can be called a production model, built by the arms maker Gevarm of the Gévelot group at Saint-Germain-Laval in the Loire after it bought the French rights in 1977: wheelbases of 2,040 and 2,540 mm, Saviem petrol, Indenor diesel and Saviem diesel engines, and a claimed top speed of about 107 km/h.

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Cournil SC (Gevarm, 1977–80) — A Gevarm-period Cournil of 1978, restored in 2006.Technob105 · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗
MODEL LINEcournil-gevarmBUILT BYGevarm (Groupe Gévelot), Saint-Germain-LavalPRODUCED1977–80OPERATED INFrance, United KingdomPRODUCTIONNot publishedLAYOUT4 wheels · 80.31496062992126″

The record

The type codes gave the engine and wheelbase — SCE for petrol, SCD for diesel, 14 for the short chassis and 24 or 28 for the long. Right-hand drive came in 1979, the year a two-litre Renault petrol engine was added, and a British importer fitted the Perkins 4.165. The 1977 sale split the design: UMM of Portugal took the rights outside France. Gevarm sold the business to SIMI in 1980. The procedural game model represents the 2,040 mm windowed-canvas SCD14. The original Gevarm brochure supplies the axle spacing, 1,592 mm body width, 1,900 mm height and 1,350/1,275 mm front/rear track. Green and beige are illustrative utility colours; no verified factory colour chart is available. Game handling values are tuning, not historical specifications. Review refinement: upright front door shutlines and clipped rear lower corners follow the French 1978 reference; the bonnet widens towards the scuttle with rolled shoulders and a rounded leading edge. Added attached hinges, latches, window seals, lamp bezels and grille mesh. Shared wheels and factory dimensions are retained.

Specification

MANUFACTURED1977–80
ENGINESaviem 817 petrol (2.6 L); Indenor 2.1 L diesel; Saviem 720 3.6 L diesel; Indenor 2.3 L diesel; Renault 829 petrol (2.0 L)Saviem 817 (2.6 L petrol) · Indenor XDP 4.90 (2.1 L) · Saviem 720 (3.6 L) · Peugeot XD2 (2.3 L) · Renault 829 (2.0 L petrol)
PRODUCTION RUNNot published
COUNTRY OF ORIGINFrance
OPERATED INFrance, United Kingdom
STATUSout of production
RECORD KINDBase model
FAMILYcournil-gevarm
WHEELS4
NOMINAL WHEELBASE80.31496062992126″
BODY STYLEShort wheelbase (2,040 mm)
VARIANTS1
CATEGORYSpecial · Utility & Heavy

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.

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Sources

  1. 1Cournil ↗Wikipedia · accessed 2026-09-24SOURCE
  2. 2Cournil ↗Wikipédia · accessed 2026-09-24SOURCE
  3. 3Cournil Tractor ↗Unusual Off-Road Locomotion (Jean-Marc Maclou) · accessed 2026-09-24SOURCE
  4. 4Gevarm Cournil sales brochure — dimensions and body options ↗Gevarm · accessed 2026-09-24SOURCE
  5. 51978 SCD14 owner restoration account ↗UMM Passion · accessed 2026-09-24SOURCE
  6. 6http://philocournil1.chez.com/depliants/GEVARM1.htmlhttp://philocournil1.chez.com/depliants/GEVARM1.html ↗REFERENCE

Registry record updated 2026-09-24T20:33:10.803Z · status: researched