The American style of the Vedette family is explained by the fact that it was originally a Ford France project. But Simca bought this brand in 1954. Restyled in 1957, the Trianon, the Versailles and the Régence were respectively renamed Ariane, Beaulieu and Chambord. Here we have presidential version of the latter, 18 cm/7 in longer than the original model, produced in 1960.