 During that time, the Spanish automobile market was strongly protected, making entering it effectively only possible by domestic manufacturing.As the 1960s progressed, the range was extended with some smaller models from Chrysler's French subsidiary, Simca.The Barreiros-made Simca 1000 was launched in 1966, and later the Simca 1200 joined the range (in fact the French Simca 1100, but with a bigger standard engine for the Spanish market).