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Maker · Manufacturer · licence builder · France

SIMI S.A. (Groupe Belin), Saint-Germain-Laval

Société I.M.I. of the Belin group, which took over the Cournil from Gevarm in 1980, redesigned it on 2,200 and 2,750 mm wheelbases as the Randonneur and Entrepreneur and built 560 until 1984, mostly for public bodies.

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4VEHICLES IN THE REGISTRY1980FOUNDED1980–1988VEHICLE YEARSUnknownSTATUS

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History

SIMI added PSA’s XD3 diesel and XD2 turbodiesel to the range and released the civilian Tropic in 1982. Ownership passed to Autoland, later Auverland, in 1982–84.

Cournils built by SIMI S.A. (Groupe Belin), Saint-Germain-Laval

4 records in this registry. Each opens its full registry page.
Randonneur — no image yetRandonneur1980–88 · Cournil (SIMI and Auverland, 1980–88) · Randonneur · builtEntrepreneur — no image yetEntrepreneur1980–88 · Cournil (SIMI and Auverland, 1980–88) · Entrepreneur · builtTropic — no image yetTropic1982 · Cournil (SIMI and Auverland, 1980–88) · Tropic · builtCournil (SIMI and Auverland, 1980–88) — no image yetCournil (SIMI and Auverland, 1980–88)1980–88 · built

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