PEUGEOT (France) 1889 to date

Armand Peugeot built his first steam car in 1889, and from 1891 made Daimler-engined cars with rear engines in tubular chassis; they sold very well for the era.

In 1896 Peugeot started to make his own engines. In 1902 the 758cc Bébé was presented, and, two years later, Peugeot offered cars from 1.7 litres to 7.1 litres. Their first six-cylinder, a 10.4-litre, appeared in 1908, followed the next year by a smaller six of 3317cc. In 1912, Bugatti designed a new 855cc four-cylinder Bébé, and the same year Peugeot also made a V-4 of 1725cc.

At that period, the dohc Peugeot racers designed by Ernest Henry were victorious in many events, including the French Grand Prix and the Indianapolis 500.

At the outbreak of the war, Peugeot's staple products were the model 153 12 cv of 2613, and the 7 cv of 1452cc. After the war, Peugeot resumed production with these two models, to which were added the 10 cv of 1525cc and the 25 cv six of 5954cc. The popular 667cc Quadrilette was introduced in 1920, giving way in 1923 to the 5 cv, this The Peugeot 201 team in the 1933 Tour de France model being enlarged in 1925 to 719cc. During the 1920s, there also was the sleeve-valve 18 cv of 3827cc, and in 1927 a 3.8 litre six. The basic model was the 201 of 1100cc: it lasted for 1O years before giving way to the 1500cc 301. The last of the pre-war Peugeot six-cylinders, the 601, appeared in 1936; a year later came the streamlined Peugeot 402 which lasted until the war, alongside the 302 and 202.

During the Occupation, Peugeot experimented with the electric-powered VLV.

After the war, production restarted with the 202, and in 1947 Peugeot presented the 1.3 litre 203. The next step was the 403 of 1955, with a 1500cc engine. The 404 came in 1960, with a 1600cc engine. All these cars were also available in diesel form. A smaller car, the 1100cc 204 was launched in 1965, to be replaced in 1969 by the 304 with a 1300cc engine. The 504 was born in 1968.

In the 1970s Peugeot took control first of Citroën then of Chrysler Europe. The most recent models are the V-6-engined 604 and the 104, a small car also sold with a Citroën engine as the Citroën LN.

1930 Peugeot 201
1949 Peugeot 202 Berline
1955 Peugeot 203 Berline
1956 Peugeot 203 Pick up
1960 Peugeot 203
1960 Peugeot 403 Break
1966 Peugeot 403 Berline
1965 Peugeot 404 Berline
1965 Peugeot 404 Cabriolet
1967 Peugeot 404 Break U6
1968 Peugeot 404 Cabriolet
1970 Peugeot 204 Cabriolet
1973 Peugeot 204
1972 Peugeot 504
1972 Peugeot 504 Cabriolet
1973 Peugeot 504 Coupé
1975 Peugeot 304 S Cabriolet
1976 Peugeot 504
1980 Peugeot 504 Break
1985 Peugeot 505 Turbo Berline
1986 Peugeot 505 Turbo Break
1989 Peugeot 205 GTI

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