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Peugeot

Peugeot (UK: /ˈpɜːʒ/, US: /p(j)ˈʒ/ (listen), French: [pøʒo] (listen)) is a French brand of automobiles owned by Stellantis.

Peugeot
TypeBrand
IndustryAutomotive
Founded26 September 1810; 212 years ago (1810-09-26)
FounderArmand Peugeot
HeadquartersLegal and top level administrative: Poissy (new); Ave de la Grande Armée, Paris (old)[1]
Operational: Sochaux, France
Area served
Worldwide (except US, Canada and North Korea)
Key people
Linda Jackson (CEO)
Products
Production output
2,119,845 (2017)
Total assets74,300,000,000 United States dollar (2015) 
ParentStellantis
DivisionsPeugeot Sport
Websitepeugeot.com

The family business that preceded the current Peugeot companies was founded in 1810,[2] with a steel foundry that soon started making hand tools and kitchen equipment, and then bicycles. On 20 November 1858, Émile Peugeot applied for the lion trademark. Armand Peugeot (1849–1915) built the company's first car steam tricycle, in collaboration with Léon Serpollet in 1889; this was followed in 1890 by an internal combustion car with a Panhard-Daimler engine.[3]

The Peugeot company and family are originally from Sochaux. Peugeot retains a large manufacturing plant and Peugeot museum there. In February 2014, the shareholders agreed to a recapitalisation plan for the PSA Group, in which Dongfeng Motors and the French government each bought a 14% stake in the company.[4][5][6]

Peugeot has received many international awards for its vehicles, including six European Car of the Year awards.

Peugeot has been involved successfully in motorsport for more than a century, including victories at the Indianapolis 500 in 1913, 1916, and 1919. Peugeot Sport won the World Rally Championship five times (1985, 1986, 2000, 2001, 2002), the Dakar Rally seven times (1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 2016, 2017, 2018), the 24 Hours of Le Mans three times (1992, 1993, 2009), the World Endurance Championship twice (1992, 1993), the Intercontinental Rally Challenge Championship three times, the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup twice (2010, 2011) and the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb three times (1988, 1989, 2013).

History

Early manufacturing

The Peugeot family of Valentigney, Montbéliard, Franche-Comté, France began in the manufacturing business in 1810 with a steel foundry, which quickly started manufacturing saws; then other hand tools and, circa 1840 to 1842, coffee grinders; then, in 1874, pepper grinders; and then, circa 1880, bicycles.[7] The company's entry into the vehicle market was by means of crinoline dresses, which used steel rods, leading to umbrella frames, chisels, wire wheels, and bicycles.[8] Armand Peugeot introduced his "Le Grand Bi" penny-farthing in 1882, along with a range of other bicycles.[9]

 
Peugeot's previous logo was introduced on January 8, 2010 and it was used around 11 years until February 24, 2021.

The company's logo, initially a lion walking on an arrow, symbolized the speed, strength, and flexibility of the Peugeot saw blades.[10] The car and motorcycle company and the bicycle company parted ways in 1926, but the family-owned Cycles Peugeot continued to build bicycles throughout the 20th century until the brand name was sold off to unrelated firms. The family-owned firm Peugeot Saveurs continues to make and market grinders and other kitchen and table-service equipment.

Early motor vehicles

Armand Peugeot became interested in the automobile early on and, after meeting with Gottlieb Daimler and others were convinced of its viability. The first Peugeot automobile, a three-wheeled, steam-powered car designed by Léon Serpollet, was produced in 1889; only four examples were made.[11] Steam power was heavy and bulky and required lengthy warmup times. In 1890, after meeting Daimler and Émile Levassor, steam was abandoned in favour of a four-wheeled car with a petrol-fuelled internal combustion engine built by Panhard under Daimler licence. The car was more sophisticated than many of its contemporaries, with a three-point suspension and a sliding-gear transmission.[12] An example was sold to the young Alberto Santos-Dumont, who exported it to Brazil.[13]

More cars followed, 29 being built in 1892, 40 in 1894, 72 in 1895, 156 in 1898, and 300 in 1899.[11] These early models were given "type" numbers. Peugeot became the first manufacturer to fit rubber tyres (solid, rather than pneumatic) to a petrol-powered car.[citation needed] Due to family discord, Armand Peugeot founded the Société des Automobiles Peugeot, in 1896, but in 1910 it was merged back with the family's Peugeot bicycle and motorcycle business.

Peugeot was an early pioneer in motor racing, with Albert Lemaître winning the world's first motor race, the Paris–Rouen, in a 3 hp Peugeot. Five Peugeots qualified for the main event, and all finished. Lemaître finished 3 min 30 sec behind the Comte de Dion whose steam-powered car was ineligible for the official competition.[14] Three Peugeots were entered in the Paris–Bordeaux–Paris, where they were beaten by Panhard's car[15] (despite an average speed of 20.8 km/h (12.9 mph)[16] and taking the 31,500 franc prize.[16] This also marked the debut of Michelin pneumatic tyres in racing,[17] also on a Peugeot; they proved insufficiently durable.[14] Nevertheless, the vehicles were still very much horseless carriages in appearance and were steered by a tiller.

In 1896, the first Peugeot engines were built; no longer were they reliant on Daimler. Designed by Rigoulot, the first engine was an 8 hp (6.0 kW) horizontal twin fitted to the back of the Type 15.[17] It also served as the basis of a nearly exact copy produced by Rochet-Schneider.[17] Further improvements followed: the engine moved to the front on the Type 48 and was soon under a bonnet at the front of the car, instead of hidden underneath; the steering wheel was adopted on the Type 36, and they began to look more like the modern car.

Also in 1896, Armand Peugeot broke away from Les Fils de Peugeot Frères to form his own company, Société Anonyme des Automobiles Peugeot, building a new factory at Audincourt to focus entirely on cars.[17] In 1899, sales hit 300; total car sales for all of France that year were 1,200.[17] The same year, Lemaître won the Nice-Castellane-Nice Rally in a special 5,850 cc (357 cu in) 20 hp (14.9 kW) racer.[17]

At the 1901 Paris Salon, Peugeot debuted a tiny shaft-driven 652 cc (40 cu in) 5 hp (3.7 kW) one-cylinder, dubbed "Bébé" ("baby"), and shed its conservative image, becoming a style leader.[18] After placing 19th in the 1902 Paris-Vienna Rally with a 50 hp (37.3 kW) 11,322 cc (691 cu in) racer, and failing to finish with two similar cars, Peugeot quit racing.[18]

In 1898, Peugeot Motocycles presents at the Paris Motorshow the first motorcycle equipped with a Dion-Bouton motor. Peugeot Motocycles remains the oldest motorcycle manufacturer in the world.

Peugeot added motorcycles to its range in 1901, and they have been built under the Peugeot name ever since. By 1903, Peugeot produced half of the cars built in France, and they offered the 5 hp (4 kW) Bébé, a 6.5 hp (4.8 kW) four-seater, and an 8 hp (6.0 kW) and 12 hp (8.9 kW) resembling contemporary Mercedes models.[18]

The 1907 salon showed Peugeot's first six-cylinder and marked Tony Huber joining as an engine builder.[18] By 1910, Peugeot's product line included a 1,149 cc (70 cu in) two-cylinder and six four-cylinders, of between two and six liters. In addition, a new factory opened the same year at Sochaux, which became the main plant in 1928.[19]

A more famous name, Ettore Bugatti, designed the new 850 cc (52 cu in) four-cylinder Bébé of 1912.[18] The same year, Peugeot returned to racing with a team of three driver-engineers (a breed typical of the pioneer period, exemplified by Enzo Ferrari among others): Jules Goux (graduate of Arts et Metiers, Paris), Paolo Zuccarelli (formerly of Hispano-Suiza), and Georges Boillot (collectively called Les Charlatans), with 26-year-old Swiss engineer Ernest Henry to make their ideas reality. The company decided voiturette (light car) racing was not enough, and chose to try grandes épreuves (grand touring). They did so with an engineering tour de force: a dual overhead camshaft (DOHC) 7.6-liter four-cylinder (110x200 mm) with four valves per cylinder.[20] It proved faster than other cars of its time, and Boillot won the 1912 French Grand Prix at an average of 68.45 mph (110.2 km/h), despite losing third gear and taking a 20-minute pit stop.[21] In May 1913, Goux took one to Indianapolis, and won at an average of 75.92 mph (122.2 km/h), recording straightaway speeds of 93.5 mph (150.5 km/h).[21] making Peugeot the first non-American-based auto company to win at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. In 1914, Boillot's 3-liter L5 set a new Indy lap record of 99.5 mph (160.1 km/h), and Duray placed second (beaten by ex-Peugeot ace René Thomas in a 6,235 cc (380 cu in) Delage).[22] Another (driven by Boillot's brother, André) placed in 1915; similar models won in 1916 (Dario Resta) and 1919 (Howdy Wilcox).

For the 1913 French Grand Prix, an improved L5 (with 5,655 cc (345 cu in) engine) was produced with a pioneering ballbearing crankshaft, gear-driven camshafts, and dry sump lubrication, all of which soon became standard on racing cars; Zuccarelli was killed during testing on public roads,[21] but Boillot easily won the event, making him (and Peugeot) the race's first double winner.[22] For the 1914 French GP, Peugeot was overmatched by Mercedes, and despite a new innovation, four-wheel brakes (against the Mercedes' rear-only), Georges proved unable to match them and the car broke down.[22] (Surprisingly, a 1914 model turned a 103 mph (165.8 km/h) lap in practice at Indy in 1949, yet it failed to qualify.)[23] Peugeot was more fortunate in 1915, winning at the French GP and Vanderbilt Cup.[23]

During the First World War, Peugeot turned largely to arms production, becoming a major manufacturer of arms and military vehicles, from armoured cars and bicycles to shells.

Interwar years

After the war, car production resumed in earnest. Racing continued as well, with Boillot entering the 1919 Targa Florio in a 2.5-liter (150-in3) car designed for an event pre-empted by World War I; the car had 200,000 km (120,000 mi) on it, yet Boillot won with an impressive drive (the best of his career)[23] Peugeots in his hands were third in the 1925 Targa, first in the 1922 and 1925 Coppa Florios, first in the 1923 and 1925 Touring Car Grands Prix, and first at the 1926 Spa 24 Hours.[23] Peugeot introduced a five-valve-per-cylinder, triple-overhead-cam engine for the Grand Prix, conceived by Marcel Gremillon (who had criticised the early DOHC), but the engine was a failure.[23]

The same year, Peugeot debuted 10 hp (7.5 kW) and 14 hp (10.4 kW) fours, the larger based on the Type 153, and a 6-liter 25 hp (19 kW) sleeve valve six, as well as a new cyclecar, La Quadrilette.[23]

During the 1920s, Peugeot expanded, in 1926 splitting the cycle (pedal and motor) business off to form Cycles Peugeot, the consistently profitable cycle division seeking to free itself from the rather more cyclical auto business, and taking over the defunct Bellanger and De Dion companies in 1927.[23] In 1928, the Type 183 was introduced.

Peugeot Sochaux production (units):
Soon after the timely introduction of the Peugeot 201, the Great Depression hit all the French auto-makers: Peugeot sales slumped, but the company survived.[24]

New for 1929 was the Peugeot 201, the cheapest car on the French market,[23] and the first to use the later Peugeot trademark (and registered as such)—three digits with a central zero. The 201 would get independent front suspension in 1931,[25] Soon afterwards, the Depression hit; Peugeot sales decreased, but the company survived. The Peugeot system of using three-digit names with a central 0 was introduced in 1929. The first digit has always signified the car's size and the final digit has indicated the generation of the vehicle.

In 1933, attempting a revival of fortune, the company unveiled a new, aerodynamically styled range. In 1934, Peugeot introduced the 402 BL Éclipse Décapotable, the first convertible with a retractable hardtop[26][27][28] — an idea followed later by the Ford Skyliner in the 1950s and revived in the modern era by the Mitsubishi 3000GT Spyder in 1995. More recently, many manufacturers have offered retractable hardtops, including Peugeot itself with the 206-cc.

Three models of the 1930s were the Peugeot 202, Peugeot 302, and Peugeot 402. These cars had curvaceous designs, with headlights behind sloping grille bars, evidently inspired by the Chrysler Airflow.[26][29] The 2.1-liter[29] 402 entered production in 1935 and was produced until the end of 1941, despite France's occupation by the Nazis. For 1936, the new Airflow-inspired 302 (which ran until 1938) and a 402-based large model, designed by Andrean, featured a vertical fin and bumper, with the first high-mounted taillight.[29] The entry-level 202 was built in series from 1938 to 1942, and about 20 more examples were built from existing stocks of supplies in February 1945. The 202 lifted Peugeot's sales in 1939 to 52,796, just behind Citroën.[30] Regular production began again in mid-1946, and lasted into 1949.

After World War II

In 1946,[30] the company restarted car production with the 202, delivering 14,000 copies.[29] In 1947, Peugeot introduced the Peugeot 203, with coil springs, rack-and-pinion steering, and hydraulic brakes.[30] The 203 set new Peugeot sales records, remaining in production until 1960.[29]

Peugeot took over Chenard-Walcker in 1950, having already been required to acquire a controlling interest in Hotchkiss in 1942.[30] A popular model introduced in 1955 was the Peugeot 403. With a 1.5-liter engine, it sold one million copies by the end of its production run in 1962, famously including one cabriolet/convertible driven by TV detective Columbo.

The company began selling cars in the United States in 1958, and in 1960 introduced the Peugeot 404, which used a 1,618 cc (99 cu in) engine, tilted 45°. The 404 proved rugged enough to win the East African Safari Rally four times, in 1963, 1966, 1967, and 1968.

More models followed, many styled by Pininfarina, such as the 504, one of Peugeot's most distinctive models. Like many European manufacturers, collaboration with other firms increased; Peugeot worked with Renault from 1966 and Volvo from 1972. The results of this cooperation included the development of the V6 PRV engine, which was first manufactured in 1974.[31]

Several Peugeot models were assembled in Australia, commencing with the 203 in 1953.[32] These were followed by 403, 404 and 504 models with Australian assembly ending with the 505 in the early 1980s.[32]

Takeover of Citroën and Chrysler Europe

In 1974, Peugeot bought a 30% share of Citroën and took over it completely in 1975 after the French government gave large sums of money to the new company. Citroën was in financial trouble because it developed too many radical new models for its financial resources. Some of them, notably the Citroën SM and the Comotor Wankel engine venture proved unprofitable. Others, the Citroën CX and Citroën GS for example, proved very successful in the marketplace.

The joint parent company became the PSA Peugeot Citroën group, which aimed to keep separate identities for both the Peugeot and Citroën brands while sharing engineering and technical resources. Peugeot thus briefly controlled the Italian Maserati marque, but disposed of it in May 1975.

The group then took over the European division of Chrysler (which were formerly Rootes and Simca) in 1978 as the American auto manufacturer struggled to survive. Soon, the whole Chrysler/Simca range was sold under the revived Talbot badge until the production of Talbot-branded passenger cars was shelved in 1987 and on commercial vehicles in 1992.[33]

1980s and 1990s

In 1983, Peugeot launched the successful Peugeot 205 supermini, which is largely credited for turning the company's fortunes around. The 205 was regularly the bestselling car in France, and was also very popular in other parts of Europe, including Britain, where sales regularly topped 50,000 a year by the late 1980s. It won plaudits for its styling, ride and handling. It remained on sale in many markets until 1998, overlapping with the introduction of the 106 in 1991, and ceasing production at the launch of the 206, which also proved hugely popular across Europe.[34]

As part of the Guangzhou Peugeot Automobile Company (GPAC) joint venture, the Peugeot 504 and 505 were built in China from 1985 to 1997.

By 1987, the company had dropped the Talbot brand for passenger cars when it ceased production of the Simca-based Horizon, Alpine, and Solara models, as well as the Talbot Samba supermini which was based on the Peugeot 104. What was to be called the Talbot Arizona became the Peugeot 309, with the former Rootes plant in Ryton and Simca plant in Poissy being turned over for Peugeot assembly. Producing Peugeots in Ryton was significant, as it signalled the first time Peugeots would be built in Britain. The 309 was the first Peugeot-badged hatchback of its size, and sold well across Europe. The 309's successor, the 306, was also built at Ryton.

The 405 saloon was launched in 1987 to compete with the likes of the Ford Sierra, and was voted European Car of the Year. This, too, was a very popular car across Europe, and continued to be available in Africa and Asia after it was replaced by the 406 nearly a decade later. Production of the 405 in Europe was divided between Britain and France, although its 406 successor was only produced in France. The 106, Peugeot's entry-level model from 1991, was also produced solely in France.

 

The Talbot name survived for a little longer on commercial vehicles until 1992 before being shelved completely. As experienced by other European volume car makers, Peugeot's United States and Canadian sales faltered and finally became uneconomical, as the Peugeot 505 design aged. For a time, distribution in the Canadian market was handled by Chrysler. Several ideas to turn around sales in the United States, such as including the Peugeot 205 in its lineup, were considered but not pursued. In the early 1990s, the newly introduced 405 proved uncompetitive with domestic and import models in the same market segment, and sold less than 1,000 units. Total sales fell to 4,261 units in 1990 and 2,240 through July 1991, which caused the company to cease its U.S. and Canada operations after 33 years.

In 1997, just six years after pulling out of both United States and Canadian markets, Peugeot returned to Mexico after a 36-year absence, under the Chile–Mexico Free Trade Agreement. However, Peugeot models (1997–present) are not to be bought or imported into the United States from Mexico.

2000s to present

On 18 April 2006, PSA Peugeot Citroën announced the closure of the Ryton manufacturing facility in Coventry, England. This announcement resulted in the loss of 2,300 jobs, as well as about 5,000 jobs in the supply chain. The plant produced its last Peugeot 206 on 12 December 2006, and finally closed down in January 2007.

Peugeot set an ambitious target of selling 4 million units annually by the end of the decade. In 2008, its sales stayed below the 2 million mark. In mid-2009, "adverse market and industry conditions" were blamed for falls in sales and operating losses. Christian Streiff was replaced by Philippe Varin (CEO) and Jean-Pierre Ploué (head of design) was transferred from his post at Citroën. In 2009, Peugeot returned to the Canadian market with the scooter brand only.

Peugeot still plans on developing new models to compete in segments where it currently does not compete. Collin claimed that the French automaker competed in 72% of market segments in 2007, but he wanted to get that figure up to 90%. Despite Peugeot's sportscar racing program, the company is not prepared to build a pure sportscar any more hardcore than the RC Z sports-coupe. It is also pursuing government funding to develop a diesel-hybrid drivetrain, which might be key to its expansion.

By 2010, Peugeot planned on pursuing new markets, mainly in China, Russia, and South America. In 2011 it decided to re-enter India after 14 years with a new factory at Sanand, Gujarat.[35]

Peugeot re-entered the Philippines in 2012 after having a short presence in 2005 with distribution done by the Alvarez Group.[36]

In March 2012, General Motors purchased a 7% share in Peugeot for 320 million euros as part of a cooperation aimed at finding savings through joint purchasing and product development. In December 2013, GM sold its entire Peugeot stake, taking a loss of about 70 million euros.[37]

In October 2013, Peugeot closed their production plant at Aulnay-sous-Bois as part of a restructuring plan to reduce overcapacity in the face of a shrinking domestic market.[38] By December 2013, Chinese investors were rumoured to be potential investors.[39] In February 2014, the Peugeot family agreed to give up control of the company by reducing its holdings from 25% to 14%. As part of this agreement, Dongfeng Motors and the French government were each to buy 14% stakes in the company, creating three partners with equal voting rights.[4][5][6] The board of directors was to be composed of six independent members, two representatives of each Dongfeng, the French state and the Peugeot family, and two members representing employees and employees shareholders.[40] The French government took the view the deal did not require approval by Brussels as EU competition rules do not count public investment in a company on the same terms as a private investor as state aid.[41] The equity participation by Dongfeng expanded an already budding relationship with Peugeot. The pair at the time were jointly operating three car-manufacturing plants in China, with a capacity of producing 750,000 vehicles a year. In July 2014, the joint venture, Dongfeng Peugeot-Citroën, disclosed they were building a fourth factory in China in Chengdu, in Sichuan Province, targeting the manufacture of 300,000 sport-utility and multipurpose vehicles a year, starting towards the end of 2016.[42] In January 2015, Indian multinational automotive giant Mahindra & Mahindra purchased a major stake of 51% of Peugeot Motocycles for a price of 28 million euro.[43]

In 2020 it was announced that a merger of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) and PSA is expected to be completed in the first quarter of 2021. The combined company will be called Stellantis.[44] The merger was confirmed on 4 January 2021, after an overwhelming vote of shareholders from both companies and the deal officially closed on 16 January 2021. Stellantis now owns various well-known brands such as Peugeot, Citroën, Jeep, Maserati (previously owned by Citroën from 1968 through 1975), Chrysler, Fiat, Lancia and Alfa Romeo, among others.[45]

Factories

 
A Peugeot dealership in Ratingen, Germany

Stellantis plants

Joint venture and outsourced plants

Vehicles

 
Peugeot 208, 2013 Car of the Year in Italy and Spain
 
Peugeot RCZ, Diesel Car magazine 'Sports Car of the Year'[46] five years in a row and the Top Gear 2010 Coupé of the Year.[47]
 
Peugeot 2008, 2014 Car of the Year in Italy
 
Peugeot 308, 2014 Car of the year in Europe
 
Peugeot 3008, 2017 Car of the year in Europe
 
Peugeot 208, 2020 Car of the year in Europe

Awards

European Car of the Year

Peugeot has produced six winners of the European Car of the Year

Four other Peugeot models got either second or third in the contest.

Women's World Car Of The Year

Semperit Irish Car of the Year award

Peugeot has produced two Car of the Year award winners in Ireland since 1978. It is judged by the Irish Motoring Writers Association (IMWA).

Car of the Year award in Italy

Peugeot has produced four "Car of the Year Auto Europa" award winners in Italy in 28 years, since 1987. "Auto Europa" is the prize awarded by the jury of the Italian Union of Automotive Journalists (UIGA), which annually celebrates the best car produced at least at 10,000 units in the 27 countries of the European Union, and sold between September and August the previous year.

Car of the Year award in Spain

Peugeot has produced nine Car of the year award winners in Spain in 40 years, since 1974.

Numbers

Others

Electric and hybrid vehicles

 
Peugeot 3008 HYbrid4, German model

Peugeot presented a new concept hybrid electric sports sedan at the 2008 Paris Motor Show called the Peugeot RC HYmotion4. Similar to the drivetrain model used in the upcoming Chevrolet Volt, the RC concept promises the ability to run solely on electric power for extended periods, with a hybrid electric powertrain filling in the gaps when extra range is needed.[49] The RC HYmotion4 includes a 70-kW electric motor at the front wheels.[50] The Peugeot Prologue HYmotion4[51] was also shown at the 2008 Paris show and is in many ways the opposite of the RC HYmotion4 concept. The Prologue puts the internal combustion engine up front and runs on diesel instead of gasoline, with the electric motor going at the back.[52]

The Peugeot BB1 is an electric concept car with in-wheel motors in its rear wheels first shown in September 2009 at the Frankfurt Motor Show.[53]

In 2010, Peugeot started selling the electric Peugeot iOn, a rebadged and revised version of the Mitsubishi i-MiEV.[54]

Peugeot VELV electric concept car was presented on 26 September 2011.

Motorsport

Early

 
Peugeot wins the 1913 Indianapolis 500

Peugeot was involved in motorsport from the earliest days and entered five cars for the Paris-Rouen Trials in 1894 with one of them, driven by Lemaître, finishing second (the winning car was a steam-powered car and was therefore disqualified meaning Lemître was promoted to first). These trials are usually regarded as the first motor sporting competition. Participation in a variety of events continued until World War I, but in 1912, Peugeot made its most notable contribution to motor sporting history when one of their cars, driven by Georges Boillot, won the French Grand Prix at Dieppe. This revolutionary car was powered by a straight-4 engine designed by Ernest Henry under the guidance of the technically knowledgeable racing drivers Paul Zuccarelli and Georges Boillot. The design was very influential for racing engines as it featured for the first time DOHC and four valves per cylinder, providing for high engine speeds, a radical departure from previous racing engines which relied on huge displacement for power. In 1913, Peugeots of similar design to the 1912 Grand Prix car won the French Grand Prix at Amiens and the Indianapolis 500. When one of the Peugeot racers remained in the United States during World War I and parts could not be acquired from France for the 1914 season, owner Bob Burman had it serviced in the shop of Harry Miller by a young mechanic named Fred Offenhauser. Their familiarity with the Peugeot engine was the basis of the famed Miller racing engine, which later developed into the Offenhauser.

Rallying

 
Peugeot 405 Turbo 16, 1989 and 1990 winner of the Dakar Rally, with Ari Vatanen

Peugeot Sport is one of the most successful winners in rallying, along with Citroën Racing (eight-time WRC winner), by winning five times the World Rally Championship Manufacturer's Title (1985–1986, 2000-2002), seven times the Dakar Rally (1987–1990, 2016–2018), three times the European Rally Championship (2002–2003, 2008), three times the Intercontinental Rally Challenge (2007–2009).

Peugeot's East African importers had a very impressive record in rallying in the 1960s; Nick Nowicki and Paddy Cliff won the East African Safari in 1963 with a Marshall's-entered 404 sedan. In 1966 and 1967, Tanzania's Tanganyika Motors entered the winning 404 Injection sedan, piloted by the late Bert Shankland and Chris Rothwell. They might have won again in 1968, but while in second place, their engine blew and ultimately Nick Nowicki and Paddy Cliff upheld Peugeot's honour by winning the rally. Peugeot also won the Safari Rally in 1975 (Andersson in a 504 Injection sedan) and in 1978 (Nicolas in a 504 Coupé V6), both cars being factory team entries.

 
Peugeot 205 Turbo 16, 1985 and 1986 winner of the World Rally Championship

Peugeot also had further success in international rallying, most notably in the World Rally Championship with the four-wheel-drive turbo-charged versions of the Peugeot 205, and more recently the Peugeot 206. In 1981, Jean Todt, former co-driver for Hannu Mikkola, Timo Mäkinen, and Guy Fréquelin, among others, was asked by Jean Boillot, the head of Automobiles Peugeot, to create a competition department for PSA Peugeot Citroën.[55] The resulting Peugeot Talbot Sport, established at Bois de Boulogne near Paris,[56] debuted its Group B 205 Turbo 16 at the 1984 Tour de Corse in May, and took its first world rally win that same year at the 1000 Lakes Rally in August, in the hands of Ari Vatanen.[57] Excluding an endurance rally where Peugeot were not participating, Vatanen went on win five world rallies in a row.

 
Peugeot 206 WRC, winner of the World Rally Championship from 2000 to 2002

Peugeot's domination continued in the 1985 season. Despite Vatanen's nearly fatal accident in Argentina, in the middle of the season, his teammate and compatriot Timo Salonen led Peugeot to its first drivers' and manufacturers' world championship titles, well ahead of Audi and their Audi Sport Quattro. In the 1986 season, Vatanen's young replacement Juha Kankkunen beat Lancia's Markku Alén to the drivers' title and Peugeot took its second manufacturers' title ahead of Lancia. Following FIA's banning of Group B cars for 1987, in May after Henri Toivonen's fatal accident, Todt was outraged and even (unsuccessfully) pursued legal action against the federation.[55] Peugeot then switched to rally raids. Using the 205 and a 405, Peugeot won the Dakar Rally four times in a row from 1987 to 1990; three times with Vatanen and once with Kankkunen. In 2015 Peugeot again took part in the Rally Dakar with a newly constructed buggy. For the 2016 Paris-Dakar, Peugeot presented a new team of drivers including 9-time WRC-champion Sébastien Loeb and 12-time Dakar winner Stéphane Peterhansel who managed to win the 2016 edition for the Peugeot factory team in the Peugeot 2008 DKR. The 2017 edition saw Peugeot make the switch to the new 3008 DKR where Peterhansel won the event for the 13th time in a row. On 31 October 2017, Peugeot announced that it would end its program in the Dakar Rally after the 2018 edition in order to focus on its FIA World Rallycross Championship career. The 2018 event would see Peugeot win for the seventh straight time with ex-World Rally Championship driver Carlos Sainz.

 
Peugeot 3008 DKR, 2017 winner of the Dakar Rally

In 1999, Peugeot returned to the World Rally Championship with the 206 WRC. The car was immediately competitive against such opposition as the Subaru Impreza WRC, the Ford Focus WRC, and the Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution. Marcus Grönholm gave the car its first win at the 2000 Swedish Rally, and Peugeot went on to win the manufacturers' title in their first full year since the return, and Grönholm the drivers' title in his first full WRC season. After successfully but narrowly defending their manufacturers' title in 2001, Peugeot Sport dominated the 2002 season, taking eight wins in the hands of Grönholm and Gilles Panizzi. Grönholm also took the drivers' title. For the 2004 season, Peugeot retired the 206 WRC in favour of the new 307 WRC. The 307 WRC did not match its predecessor in success, but Grönholm took three wins with the car, one in 2004 and two in 2005. PSA Peugeot Citroën withdrew Peugeot from the WRC after the 2005 season, while Citroën took a sabbatical year in 2006 and returned for the next season. Meanwhile, Gronholm departed Peugeot when they quit at the end of 2005 to partner young compatriot Mikko Hirvonen at Ford.

Peugeot 207 S2000, winner of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge from 2007 to 2009.

Touring car racing

 
In 2009 and 2011, Peugeot won the Stock Car V8 championship with Cacá Bueno (here Luciano Burti).

In 2013, the Peugeot 208GTi won a one-two-three at the 24 Hours Nürburgring endurance race.[58]

The Peugeot 306 GTi won the prestigious Spa 24 hours endurance race in 1999 and 2000.

Peugeot has been racing successfully in the Asian Touring Car Series, winning the 2000, 2001, and 2002 championships with the Peugeot 306 GTi.

Peugeot has been racing successfully in the Stock Car Brasil series since 2007 and won the 2008, 2009, and 2011 championships.

Peugeot won five times the Danish Touringcar Championship, with both the Peugeot 306 -winner in 1999, 2000, and 2001- and the Peugeot 307 winner in 2002 and 2003.

With his Peugeot 406, Laurent Aiello won the 1997 Super Tourenwagen Cup season.

Throughout the mid-1990s, the Peugeot 406 saloon (called a sedan in some countries) contested touring car championships across the world, enjoying success in France, Germany and Australia, yet failing to win a single race in the British Touring Car Championship despite a number of podium finishes under the command of 1992 British Touring Car Champion Tim Harvey. In Gran Turismo 2 the 406 saloon description sums its racing career up as "a competitive touring car which raced throughout Europe".

 
Tim Harvey in a 406 during the 1996 BTCC season

The British cars were initially prepared by Peugeot Sport; a team from the Peugeot UK factory in Coventry under the direction of team manager Mick Linford in 1996, with Total sponsorship. Peugeot Sport was not however a full professional race team akin to those of the competition, by now including Williams, Prodrive, Schnitzer and TWR; being as it was run from workshops within the Peugeot factory, largely by factory employees from 1992 to 1996, racing the 405 Mi16 from 1992 to 1995. Peugeot, therefore, contracted Motor Sport Development (MSD; who had developed and run the Honda Accord in the BTCC from 1995 to 1996) to build & run the 406 for 1997–98, when they wore a distinctive green and gold-flame design in deference to new sponsor Esso.

Initially, the 406's lack of success was blamed on suspension problems. During 1998 the 406 apparently lacked sufficient horsepower to compete with the front runners' Nissan Primeras and Honda Accords; this was mentioned during a particularly strong showing from Harvey's 406 at the Oulton Park BTCC meeting of 1998 when motorsport commentator Charlie Cox stated: "some people say (the 406) is down on power – you're kidding". During the first BTCC meeting at Silverstone in the same year, Cox mentions that MSD re-designed the 406 touring car "from the ground up". It was however widely reported in publications like the now-defunct 'Super Touring' magazine that it was the aero package primarily developed for longer, faster tracks in Germany and France that led to its success there but hindered the 406 on the slower, twistier tracks of the UK.

In 2001, Peugeot entered three BTC-T Peugeot 406 Coupés into the British Touring Car Championship to compete with the dominant Vauxhall Astra coupes. Unfortunately, the 406 coupe was at the end of its product lifecycle and was not competitive, despite some promise towards the end of the year, notably when Peugeot's Steve Soper led a race only to suffer engine failure in the last few laps. The 406 coupes were retired at the end of the following year and replaced with the Peugeot 307—again, uncompetitively in 2003. Alongside the BTC-C 406's; two works-supported 306 GTis were also raced in the BTC-P (Production) class by Simon Harrison and Roger Moen, with Harrison emerging class champion.

Sports car racing

 
Peugeot 905, 1992 and 1993 winner of 24 Hours of Le Mans

In the 1990s the company competed in endurance racing, including the World Sportscar Championship and the 24 Hours of Le Mans race with the 905. The sportscar team was established at Vélizy-Villacoublay, France.[59] After early problems with reliability and aerodynamics, the 905 was successful in the World Sportscar Championship, winning eight of the 14 races across the 1991 and 1992 seasons and winning the team and driver titles in 1992. Peugeot also won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1992 and 1993.

 
Peugeot 908, 2009 winner of 24 Hours of Le Mans

Peugeot returned to sportscar racing and Le Mans in 2007 with the diesel-powered Peugeot 908 HDi FAP. At the 2007 24 Hours of Le Mans, Stéphane Sarrazin secured pole position but the 908s proved unreliable and ceded victory to Audi. In 2008, Sarrazin earned a pole position but Audi prevailed once again. For the 2009 24 Hours of Le Mans, the Peugeot 908 HDi FAPs finished first and second overall, led by drivers Marc Gené, David Brabham, and Alexander Wurz.

Formula One

Peugeot as a Formula One engine manufacturer
BaseVélizy-Villacoublay, Île-de-France, France
Notable staffJean-Pierre Jabouille
Jean-Pierre Boudy
Formula One World Championship career
First entry1994 Brazilian Grand Prix
Last entry2000 Malaysian Grand Prix
Races entered115
ChassisMcLaren, Jordan, Prost
Constructors' Championships0
Drivers'
Championships
0
Race victories0
Podiums14
Points128
Pole positions0
Fastest laps1

The company has also been involved in providing engines to Formula One teams, notably to McLaren in 1994, to Jordan for the 1995, 1996 and 1997 seasons, and to Prost for the 1998, 1999 and 2000 seasons. Despite a number of podium finishes with each of these three teams, the manufacturer did not score any victories, and their F1 interests were sold to Asiatech at the end of the 2000 season.

Pikes Peak Hillclimb

 
Ari Vatanen's Pikes Peak Peugeot 405

In April 2013, a 208 T16 was tested by Sébastien Loeb at Mont Ventoux.[60] Loosely based on the shape and design of the production 208, the T16 is a lightweight 875 kg (1,929 lb) vehicle that uses the rear wing from the Peugeot 908, and has a 3.2-litre, twin-turbo V6 engine, developing 875 bhp (652 kW; 887 PS) with the aim of competing at the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. 30 June 2013 saw this car demolish the standing record on Pikes Peak by over a minute and a half, with an overall time of 8:13.878.[61]

Concept cars

In fiction

In the 2017 film Blade Runner 2049, the main character's flying car (known in-universe as a "Spinner") was branded as a Peugeot as part of a proposed advertising campaign to re-enter the US market. The film's production company, Alcon Entertainment, later sued Peugeot in 2019 for failure to hold up their financial and advertising obligations.[62]

Peugeot Avenue flagship dealerships

Peugeot has flagship dealerships, named Peugeot Avenue, located on the Champs-Élysées in Paris, and in Berlin. The Berlin showroom is larger than the Paris one, but both feature regularly changing mini-exhibitions displaying production and concept cars. Both also feature a small Peugeot Boutique, and they are popular places for Peugeot fans to visit. Peugeot Avenue Berlin also features a café, called Café de France. The Peugeot Avenue at Berlin closed in 2009.

Motorcycles

Peugeot Motocycles company remained a major producer of scooters, underbones, mopeds, and bicycles in Europe, as of 2018.[63][64] Peugeot produced an electric motor scooter, the Peugeot Scoot'Elec, from 1996 to 2006, and was projected to re-enter the market in 2011 with the E-Vivacity.

Bicycles

Peugeot also produced bicycles starting in 1882 in Beaulieu, France (with ten Tour de France wins between 1903 and 1983), followed by motorcycles and cars in 1889. In the late 1980s Peugeot sold the North American rights to the Peugeot bicycle name to ProCycle, a Canadian company which also sold bicycles under the CCM and Velo Sport names.[65] The European rights were briefly sold to Cycleurope S.A., returning to Peugeot in the 1990s.[66] Today, the Peugeot bicycle brand name remains within the Cycleurope S.A. portfolio.[67]

Kitchen- and table-service equipment

As of 2021, the separate Peugeot-family-owned firm Peugeot Saveurs, previously named PSP Peugeot, continues to make and market pepper grinders, salt grinders, corkscrews for wine bottles, cutlery, tableware, and other kitchen- and table-service equipment.[68]

See also

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peugeot, this, article, about, manufacturer, bicycle, manufacturer, cycles, motorbike, manufacturer, motocycles, this, article, contains, many, pictures, that, sandwiching, text, indiscriminate, collection, image, galleries, overall, length, relevant, discussi. This article is about the car manufacturer For the bicycle manufacturer see Cycles Peugeot For the motorbike manufacturer see Peugeot Motocycles This article contains too many pictures that are sandwiching text or an indiscriminate collection of Image galleries for its overall length Relevant discussion may be found on the talk page Please help to improve this article by removing or adjusting images in accordance with the Manual of Style on use of images September 2021 Learn how and when to remove this template message Peugeot UK ˈ p ɜː ʒ oʊ US p j uː ˈ ʒ oʊ listen French poʒo listen is a French brand of automobiles owned by Stellantis PeugeotTypeBrandIndustryAutomotiveFounded26 September 1810 212 years ago 1810 09 26 FounderArmand PeugeotHeadquartersLegal and top level administrative Poissy new Ave de la Grande Armee Paris old 1 Operational Sochaux FranceArea servedWorldwide except US Canada and North Korea Key peopleLinda Jackson CEO ProductsCarsElectric vehiclesLuxury carsSports carsCommercial vehiclesProduction output2 119 845 2017 Total assets74 300 000 000 United States dollar 2015 ParentStellantisDivisionsPeugeot SportWebsitepeugeot comThe family business that preceded the current Peugeot companies was founded in 1810 2 with a steel foundry that soon started making hand tools and kitchen equipment and then bicycles On 20 November 1858 Emile Peugeot applied for the lion trademark Armand Peugeot 1849 1915 built the company s first car steam tricycle in collaboration with Leon Serpollet in 1889 this was followed in 1890 by an internal combustion car with a Panhard Daimler engine 3 The Peugeot company and family are originally from Sochaux Peugeot retains a large manufacturing plant and Peugeot museum there In February 2014 the shareholders agreed to a recapitalisation plan for the PSA Group in which Dongfeng Motors and the French government each bought a 14 stake in the company 4 5 6 Peugeot has received many international awards for its vehicles including six European Car of the Year awards Peugeot has been involved successfully in motorsport for more than a century including victories at the Indianapolis 500 in 1913 1916 and 1919 Peugeot Sport won the World Rally Championship five times 1985 1986 2000 2001 2002 the Dakar Rally seven times 1987 1988 1989 1990 2016 2017 2018 the 24 Hours of Le Mans three times 1992 1993 2009 the World Endurance Championship twice 1992 1993 the Intercontinental Rally Challenge Championship three times the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup twice 2010 2011 and the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb three times 1988 1989 2013 Contents 1 History 1 1 Early manufacturing 1 2 Early motor vehicles 1 3 Interwar years 1 4 After World War II 1 5 Takeover of Citroen and Chrysler Europe 1 6 1980s and 1990s 1 7 2000s to present 2 Factories 2 1 Stellantis plants 2 2 Joint venture and outsourced plants 3 Vehicles 3 1 Awards 3 1 1 European Car of the Year 3 1 2 Semperit Irish Car of the Year award 3 1 3 Car of the Year award in Italy 3 1 4 Car of the Year award in Spain 3 2 Numbers 3 3 Others 3 4 Electric and hybrid vehicles 4 Motorsport 4 1 Early 4 2 Rallying 4 3 Touring car racing 4 4 Sports car racing 4 5 Formula One 4 6 Pikes Peak Hillclimb 5 Concept cars 5 1 In fiction 6 Peugeot Avenue flagship dealerships 7 Motorcycles 8 Bicycles 9 Kitchen and table service equipment 10 See also 11 References 12 External linksHistory EditEarly manufacturing EditThe Peugeot family of Valentigney Montbeliard Franche Comte France began in the manufacturing business in 1810 with a steel foundry which quickly started manufacturing saws then other hand tools and circa 1840 to 1842 coffee grinders then in 1874 pepper grinders and then circa 1880 bicycles 7 The company s entry into the vehicle market was by means of crinoline dresses which used steel rods leading to umbrella frames chisels wire wheels and bicycles 8 Armand Peugeot introduced his Le Grand Bi penny farthing in 1882 along with a range of other bicycles 9 Peugeot s previous logo was introduced on January 8 2010 and it was used around 11 years until February 24 2021 The company s logo initially a lion walking on an arrow symbolized the speed strength and flexibility of the Peugeot saw blades 10 The car and motorcycle company and the bicycle company parted ways in 1926 but the family owned Cycles Peugeot continued to build bicycles throughout the 20th century until the brand name was sold off to unrelated firms The family owned firm Peugeot Saveurs continues to make and market grinders and other kitchen and table service equipment Early motor vehicles Edit Armand Peugeot became interested in the automobile early on and after meeting with Gottlieb Daimler and others were convinced of its viability The first Peugeot automobile a three wheeled steam powered car designed by Leon Serpollet was produced in 1889 only four examples were made 11 Steam power was heavy and bulky and required lengthy warmup times In 1890 after meeting Daimler and Emile Levassor steam was abandoned in favour of a four wheeled car with a petrol fuelled internal combustion engine built by Panhard under Daimler licence The car was more sophisticated than many of its contemporaries with a three point suspension and a sliding gear transmission 12 An example was sold to the young Alberto Santos Dumont who exported it to Brazil 13 More cars followed 29 being built in 1892 40 in 1894 72 in 1895 156 in 1898 and 300 in 1899 11 These early models were given type numbers Peugeot became the first manufacturer to fit rubber tyres solid rather than pneumatic to a petrol powered car citation needed Due to family discord Armand Peugeot founded the Societe des Automobiles Peugeot in 1896 but in 1910 it was merged back with the family s Peugeot bicycle and motorcycle business Peugeot was an early pioneer in motor racing with Albert Lemaitre winning the world s first motor race the Paris Rouen in a 3 hp Peugeot Five Peugeots qualified for the main event and all finished Lemaitre finished 3 min 30 sec behind the Comte de Dion whose steam powered car was ineligible for the official competition 14 Three Peugeots were entered in the Paris Bordeaux Paris where they were beaten by Panhard s car 15 despite an average speed of 20 8 km h 12 9 mph 16 and taking the 31 500 franc prize 16 This also marked the debut of Michelin pneumatic tyres in racing 17 also on a Peugeot they proved insufficiently durable 14 Nevertheless the vehicles were still very much horseless carriages in appearance and were steered by a tiller In 1896 the first Peugeot engines were built no longer were they reliant on Daimler Designed by Rigoulot the first engine was an 8 hp 6 0 kW horizontal twin fitted to the back of the Type 15 17 It also served as the basis of a nearly exact copy produced by Rochet Schneider 17 Further improvements followed the engine moved to the front on the Type 48 and was soon under a bonnet at the front of the car instead of hidden underneath the steering wheel was adopted on the Type 36 and they began to look more like the modern car Also in 1896 Armand Peugeot broke away from Les Fils de Peugeot Freres to form his own company Societe Anonyme des Automobiles Peugeot building a new factory at Audincourt to focus entirely on cars 17 In 1899 sales hit 300 total car sales for all of France that year were 1 200 17 The same year Lemaitre won the Nice Castellane Nice Rally in a special 5 850 cc 357 cu in 20 hp 14 9 kW racer 17 At the 1901 Paris Salon Peugeot debuted a tiny shaft driven 652 cc 40 cu in 5 hp 3 7 kW one cylinder dubbed Bebe baby and shed its conservative image becoming a style leader 18 After placing 19th in the 1902 Paris Vienna Rally with a 50 hp 37 3 kW 11 322 cc 691 cu in racer and failing to finish with two similar cars Peugeot quit racing 18 In 1898 Peugeot Motocycles presents at the Paris Motorshow the first motorcycle equipped with a Dion Bouton motor Peugeot Motocycles remains the oldest motorcycle manufacturer in the world Peugeot added motorcycles to its range in 1901 and they have been built under the Peugeot name ever since By 1903 Peugeot produced half of the cars built in France and they offered the 5 hp 4 kW Bebe a 6 5 hp 4 8 kW four seater and an 8 hp 6 0 kW and 12 hp 8 9 kW resembling contemporary Mercedes models 18 The 1907 salon showed Peugeot s first six cylinder and marked Tony Huber joining as an engine builder 18 By 1910 Peugeot s product line included a 1 149 cc 70 cu in two cylinder and six four cylinders of between two and six liters In addition a new factory opened the same year at Sochaux which became the main plant in 1928 19 A more famous name Ettore Bugatti designed the new 850 cc 52 cu in four cylinder Bebe of 1912 18 The same year Peugeot returned to racing with a team of three driver engineers a breed typical of the pioneer period exemplified by Enzo Ferrari among others Jules Goux graduate of Arts et Metiers Paris Paolo Zuccarelli formerly of Hispano Suiza and Georges Boillot collectively called Les Charlatans with 26 year old Swiss engineer Ernest Henry to make their ideas reality The company decided voiturette light car racing was not enough and chose to try grandes epreuves grand touring They did so with an engineering tour de force a dual overhead camshaft DOHC 7 6 liter four cylinder 110x200 mm with four valves per cylinder 20 It proved faster than other cars of its time and Boillot won the 1912 French Grand Prix at an average of 68 45 mph 110 2 km h despite losing third gear and taking a 20 minute pit stop 21 In May 1913 Goux took one to Indianapolis and won at an average of 75 92 mph 122 2 km h recording straightaway speeds of 93 5 mph 150 5 km h 21 making Peugeot the first non American based auto company to win at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway In 1914 Boillot s 3 liter L5 set a new Indy lap record of 99 5 mph 160 1 km h and Duray placed second beaten by ex Peugeot ace Rene Thomas in a 6 235 cc 380 cu in Delage 22 Another driven by Boillot s brother Andre placed in 1915 similar models won in 1916 Dario Resta and 1919 Howdy Wilcox For the 1913 French Grand Prix an improved L5 with 5 655 cc 345 cu in engine was produced with a pioneering ballbearing crankshaft gear driven camshafts and dry sump lubrication all of which soon became standard on racing cars Zuccarelli was killed during testing on public roads 21 but Boillot easily won the event making him and Peugeot the race s first double winner 22 For the 1914 French GP Peugeot was overmatched by Mercedes and despite a new innovation four wheel brakes against the Mercedes rear only Georges proved unable to match them and the car broke down 22 Surprisingly a 1914 model turned a 103 mph 165 8 km h lap in practice at Indy in 1949 yet it failed to qualify 23 Peugeot was more fortunate in 1915 winning at the French GP and Vanderbilt Cup 23 During the First World War Peugeot turned largely to arms production becoming a major manufacturer of arms and military vehicles from armoured cars and bicycles to shells Paris Rouen 1894 Albert Lemaitre pictured on left was classified first in his Peugeot 3 hp Bicycle manufacturer Adolphe Clement Bayard was the front passenger Peugeot 6HP Vis a vis 1898 Peugeot Type 19 1899 Peugeot Type 125 a midrange car produced in 1910 Peugeot model Phaeton 139A 1913 Interwar years Edit Peugeot 201 After the war car production resumed in earnest Racing continued as well with Boillot entering the 1919 Targa Florio in a 2 5 liter 150 in3 car designed for an event pre empted by World War I the car had 200 000 km 120 000 mi on it yet Boillot won with an impressive drive the best of his career 23 Peugeots in his hands were third in the 1925 Targa first in the 1922 and 1925 Coppa Florios first in the 1923 and 1925 Touring Car Grands Prix and first at the 1926 Spa 24 Hours 23 Peugeot introduced a five valve per cylinder triple overhead cam engine for the Grand Prix conceived by Marcel Gremillon who had criticised the early DOHC but the engine was a failure 23 The same year Peugeot debuted 10 hp 7 5 kW and 14 hp 10 4 kW fours the larger based on the Type 153 and a 6 liter 25 hp 19 kW sleeve valve six as well as a new cyclecar La Quadrilette 23 During the 1920s Peugeot expanded in 1926 splitting the cycle pedal and motor business off to form Cycles Peugeot the consistently profitable cycle division seeking to free itself from the rather more cyclical auto business and taking over the defunct Bellanger and De Dion companies in 1927 23 In 1928 the Type 183 was introduced Peugeot Sochaux production units 1930 43 303 24 1931 33 322 24 1932 28 317 24 dd dd Soon after the timely introduction of the Peugeot 201 the Great Depression hit all the French auto makers Peugeot sales slumped but the company survived 24 New for 1929 was the Peugeot 201 the cheapest car on the French market 23 and the first to use the later Peugeot trademark and registered as such three digits with a central zero The 201 would get independent front suspension in 1931 25 Soon afterwards the Depression hit Peugeot sales decreased but the company survived The Peugeot system of using three digit names with a central 0 was introduced in 1929 The first digit has always signified the car s size and the final digit has indicated the generation of the vehicle In 1933 attempting a revival of fortune the company unveiled a new aerodynamically styled range In 1934 Peugeot introduced the 402 BL Eclipse Decapotable the first convertible with a retractable hardtop 26 27 28 an idea followed later by the Ford Skyliner in the 1950s and revived in the modern era by the Mitsubishi 3000GT Spyder in 1995 More recently many manufacturers have offered retractable hardtops including Peugeot itself with the 206 cc Three models of the 1930s were the Peugeot 202 Peugeot 302 and Peugeot 402 These cars had curvaceous designs with headlights behind sloping grille bars evidently inspired by the Chrysler Airflow 26 29 The 2 1 liter 29 402 entered production in 1935 and was produced until the end of 1941 despite France s occupation by the Nazis For 1936 the new Airflow inspired 302 which ran until 1938 and a 402 based large model designed by Andrean featured a vertical fin and bumper with the first high mounted taillight 29 The entry level 202 was built in series from 1938 to 1942 and about 20 more examples were built from existing stocks of supplies in February 1945 The 202 lifted Peugeot s sales in 1939 to 52 796 just behind Citroen 30 Regular production began again in mid 1946 and lasted into 1949 Peugeot Type 163 produced from 1919 to 1924 Experimental Peugeot Kegresse track armoured car being tested in 1923 Peugeot Type 177 produced from 1924 to 1929 Peugeot 202 cabriolet The protected position of the headlights behind the grill became a key identifier for the Peugeot brand during the 1930s Peugeot 601 C Eclipse 1934 Pourtout After World War II Edit In 1946 30 the company restarted car production with the 202 delivering 14 000 copies 29 In 1947 Peugeot introduced the Peugeot 203 with coil springs rack and pinion steering and hydraulic brakes 30 The 203 set new Peugeot sales records remaining in production until 1960 29 Peugeot took over Chenard Walcker in 1950 having already been required to acquire a controlling interest in Hotchkiss in 1942 30 A popular model introduced in 1955 was the Peugeot 403 With a 1 5 liter engine it sold one million copies by the end of its production run in 1962 famously including one cabriolet convertible driven by TV detective Columbo The company began selling cars in the United States in 1958 and in 1960 introduced the Peugeot 404 which used a 1 618 cc 99 cu in engine tilted 45 The 404 proved rugged enough to win the East African Safari Rally four times in 1963 1966 1967 and 1968 More models followed many styled by Pininfarina such as the 504 one of Peugeot s most distinctive models Like many European manufacturers collaboration with other firms increased Peugeot worked with Renault from 1966 and Volvo from 1972 The results of this cooperation included the development of the V6 PRV engine which was first manufactured in 1974 31 Several Peugeot models were assembled in Australia commencing with the 203 in 1953 32 These were followed by 403 404 and 504 models with Australian assembly ending with the 505 in the early 1980s 32 Peugeot 203 Peugeot 403 the sedan version of the cabriolet driven by the American TV detective Columbo Peugeot 404 coupe The Peugeot 204 was the manufacturer s first front wheel drive model and the best selling car in France in 1969 1970 and 1971 Peugeot 504 1969 Car of the year in Europe Takeover of Citroen and Chrysler Europe Edit In 1974 Peugeot bought a 30 share of Citroen and took over it completely in 1975 after the French government gave large sums of money to the new company Citroen was in financial trouble because it developed too many radical new models for its financial resources Some of them notably the Citroen SM and the Comotor Wankel engine venture proved unprofitable Others the Citroen CX and Citroen GS for example proved very successful in the marketplace The joint parent company became the PSA Peugeot Citroen group which aimed to keep separate identities for both the Peugeot and Citroen brands while sharing engineering and technical resources Peugeot thus briefly controlled the Italian Maserati marque but disposed of it in May 1975 The group then took over the European division of Chrysler which were formerly Rootes and Simca in 1978 as the American auto manufacturer struggled to survive Soon the whole Chrysler Simca range was sold under the revived Talbot badge until the production of Talbot branded passenger cars was shelved in 1987 and on commercial vehicles in 1992 33 1980s and 1990s Edit Peugeot 205 In 1983 Peugeot launched the successful Peugeot 205 supermini which is largely credited for turning the company s fortunes around The 205 was regularly the bestselling car in France and was also very popular in other parts of Europe including Britain where sales regularly topped 50 000 a year by the late 1980s It won plaudits for its styling ride and handling It remained on sale in many markets until 1998 overlapping with the introduction of the 106 in 1991 and ceasing production at the launch of the 206 which also proved hugely popular across Europe 34 As part of the Guangzhou Peugeot Automobile Company GPAC joint venture the Peugeot 504 and 505 were built in China from 1985 to 1997 Peugeot 306 By 1987 the company had dropped the Talbot brand for passenger cars when it ceased production of the Simca based Horizon Alpine and Solara models as well as the Talbot Samba supermini which was based on the Peugeot 104 What was to be called the Talbot Arizona became the Peugeot 309 with the former Rootes plant in Ryton and Simca plant in Poissy being turned over for Peugeot assembly Producing Peugeots in Ryton was significant as it signalled the first time Peugeots would be built in Britain The 309 was the first Peugeot badged hatchback of its size and sold well across Europe The 309 s successor the 306 was also built at Ryton The 405 saloon was launched in 1987 to compete with the likes of the Ford Sierra and was voted European Car of the Year This too was a very popular car across Europe and continued to be available in Africa and Asia after it was replaced by the 406 nearly a decade later Production of the 405 in Europe was divided between Britain and France although its 406 successor was only produced in France The 106 Peugeot s entry level model from 1991 was also produced solely in France Peugeot 406 coupe The Talbot name survived for a little longer on commercial vehicles until 1992 before being shelved completely As experienced by other European volume car makers Peugeot s United States and Canadian sales faltered and finally became uneconomical as the Peugeot 505 design aged For a time distribution in the Canadian market was handled by Chrysler Several ideas to turn around sales in the United States such as including the Peugeot 205 in its lineup were considered but not pursued In the early 1990s the newly introduced 405 proved uncompetitive with domestic and import models in the same market segment and sold less than 1 000 units Total sales fell to 4 261 units in 1990 and 2 240 through July 1991 which caused the company to cease its U S and Canada operations after 33 years Peugeot 206 In 1997 just six years after pulling out of both United States and Canadian markets Peugeot returned to Mexico after a 36 year absence under the Chile Mexico Free Trade Agreement However Peugeot models 1997 present are not to be bought or imported into the United States from Mexico 2000s to present Edit On 18 April 2006 PSA Peugeot Citroen announced the closure of the Ryton manufacturing facility in Coventry England This announcement resulted in the loss of 2 300 jobs as well as about 5 000 jobs in the supply chain The plant produced its last Peugeot 206 on 12 December 2006 and finally closed down in January 2007 Peugeot set an ambitious target of selling 4 million units annually by the end of the decade In 2008 its sales stayed below the 2 million mark In mid 2009 adverse market and industry conditions were blamed for falls in sales and operating losses Christian Streiff was replaced by Philippe Varin CEO and Jean Pierre Ploue head of design was transferred from his post at Citroen In 2009 Peugeot returned to the Canadian market with the scooter brand only Peugeot still plans on developing new models to compete in segments where it currently does not compete Collin claimed that the French automaker competed in 72 of market segments in 2007 but he wanted to get that figure up to 90 Despite Peugeot s sportscar racing program the company is not prepared to build a pure sportscar any more hardcore than the RC Z sports coupe It is also pursuing government funding to develop a diesel hybrid drivetrain which might be key to its expansion By 2010 Peugeot planned on pursuing new markets mainly in China Russia and South America In 2011 it decided to re enter India after 14 years with a new factory at Sanand Gujarat 35 Peugeot re entered the Philippines in 2012 after having a short presence in 2005 with distribution done by the Alvarez Group 36 In March 2012 General Motors purchased a 7 share in Peugeot for 320 million euros as part of a cooperation aimed at finding savings through joint purchasing and product development In December 2013 GM sold its entire Peugeot stake taking a loss of about 70 million euros 37 In October 2013 Peugeot closed their production plant at Aulnay sous Bois as part of a restructuring plan to reduce overcapacity in the face of a shrinking domestic market 38 By December 2013 Chinese investors were rumoured to be potential investors 39 In February 2014 the Peugeot family agreed to give up control of the company by reducing its holdings from 25 to 14 As part of this agreement Dongfeng Motors and the French government were each to buy 14 stakes in the company creating three partners with equal voting rights 4 5 6 The board of directors was to be composed of six independent members two representatives of each Dongfeng the French state and the Peugeot family and two members representing employees and employees shareholders 40 The French government took the view the deal did not require approval by Brussels as EU competition rules do not count public investment in a company on the same terms as a private investor as state aid 41 The equity participation by Dongfeng expanded an already budding relationship with Peugeot The pair at the time were jointly operating three car manufacturing plants in China with a capacity of producing 750 000 vehicles a year In July 2014 the joint venture Dongfeng Peugeot Citroen disclosed they were building a fourth factory in China in Chengdu in Sichuan Province targeting the manufacture of 300 000 sport utility and multipurpose vehicles a year starting towards the end of 2016 42 In January 2015 Indian multinational automotive giant Mahindra amp Mahindra purchased a major stake of 51 of Peugeot Motocycles for a price of 28 million euro 43 In 2020 it was announced that a merger of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles FCA and PSA is expected to be completed in the first quarter of 2021 The combined company will be called Stellantis 44 The merger was confirmed on 4 January 2021 after an overwhelming vote of shareholders from both companies and the deal officially closed on 16 January 2021 Stellantis now owns various well known brands such as Peugeot Citroen Jeep Maserati previously owned by Citroen from 1968 through 1975 Chrysler Fiat Lancia and Alfa Romeo among others 45 Factories Edit A Peugeot dealership in Ratingen Germany Stellantis plants Edit France Stellantis Poissy Plant DS 3 Crossback France Stellantis Mulhouse Plant Peugeot 2008 Peugeot 508 Second Generation France Stellantis Sochaux Plant Peugeot 308 Peugeot 3008 Peugeot 5008 First Generation France Stellantis Rennes Plant Peugeot 508 Peugeot 5008 Second Generation Algeria Oran Peugeot 208 Argentina Buenos Aires 208 308 408 Brazil Porto Real Peugeot 208 Peugeot 2008 Portugal Stellantis Mangualde Plant Peugeot Partner Slovakia Stellantis Trnava Plant Peugeot 208 Spain Madrid 207 Plus 207 CC Spain Stellantis Vigo Plant Peugeot Partner Peugeot 301Joint venture and outsourced plants Edit Austria Graz under contract by Magna Steyr Peugeot RCZ Azerbaijan Neftchala assembly under contract to Iran Khodro 206 and 405 China Wuhan joint venture Dongfeng Peugeot Citroen 206 Plus 307 308 408 508 Czech Republic Kolin Toyota Peugeot Citroen Automobile Czech Peugeot 107 Peugeot 108 France joint venture Sevel Nord near Valenciennes Peugeot Expert Iran Tehran assembly under contract to Iran Khodro 206 206 Sedan 207i 206 plus 405 and joint venture IKAP 208 2008 301 508 Italy Atessa joint venture Sevel Peugeot Boxer Japan Mizushima under contract by Mitsubishi Motors Peugeot iOn Malaysia Gurun assembly under contract to Naza Automotive Manufacturing 208 2008 308 408 508 5008 Netherlands NedCar former Peugeot 4007 Nigeria fr Peugeot Automobiles Nigeria Peugeot 301 Russia Kaluga joint venture Peugeot Citroen Mitsubishi Automotiv Peugeot 4007 Peugeot 308 First Generation Tunisia Fouchana Peugeot Pick Up Turkey Bursa under contract by Tofas Peugeot Bipper Vietnam Ho Chi Minh City joint venture THACO Group Peugeot 408 Pakistan Karachi JV Lucky Motors Cooperations Peugeot 2008Vehicles EditMain article List of Peugeot vehicles Peugeot 307 2002 Car of the year in Europe Peugeot 208 2013 Car of the Year in Italy and Spain Peugeot RCZ Diesel Car magazine Sports Car of the Year 46 five years in a row and the Top Gear 2010 Coupe of the Year 47 Peugeot 2008 2014 Car of the Year in Italy Peugeot 308 2014 Car of the year in Europe Peugeot 3008 2017 Car of the year in Europe Peugeot 208 2020 Car of the year in Europe Awards Edit European Car of the Year Edit Peugeot has produced six winners of the European Car of the Year 1969 Peugeot 504 1988 Peugeot 405 2002 Peugeot 307 2014 Peugeot 308 2017 Peugeot 3008 2020 Peugeot 208Four other Peugeot models got either second or third in the contest 1980 Peugeot 505 1984 Peugeot 205 1996 Peugeot 406 1999 Peugeot 206Women s World Car Of The Year 2022 Peugeot 308Semperit Irish Car of the Year award Edit Peugeot has produced two Car of the Year award winners in Ireland since 1978 It is judged by the Irish Motoring Writers Association IMWA 1997 Peugeot 406 2010 Peugeot 3008Car of the Year award in Italy Edit Peugeot has produced four Car of the Year Auto Europa award winners in Italy in 28 years since 1987 Auto Europa is the prize awarded by the jury of the Italian Union of Automotive Journalists UIGA which annually celebrates the best car produced at least at 10 000 units in the 27 countries of the European Union and sold between September and August the previous year 2007 Peugeot 207 48 2010 Peugeot 3008 48 2013 Peugeot 208 48 2014 Peugeot 2008 48 2015 Peugeot 308 48 Car of the Year award in Spain Edit Peugeot has produced nine Car of the year award winners in Spain in 40 years since 1974 1981 Talbot Horizon 1985 Peugeot 205 1999 Peugeot 206 2002 Peugeot 307 2005 Peugeot 407 2006 Peugeot 1007 2007 Peugeot 207 2012 Peugeot 508 2013 Peugeot 208Numbers Edit 100 Series 104 1972 1988 106 1991 2003 107 2005 2014 108 2014 2021 200 Series 201 1929 1937 202 1938 1949 203 1948 1960 204 1965 1976 205 1983 1998 206 1998 2013 207 2006 2014 208 2012 present 300 Series 301 Original 1932 1936 302 1936 1938 304 1969 1980 305 1977 1989 309 1985 1994 306 1993 2002 307 2001 2008 308 2007 present 301 Africa Balkans China Central Europe Eastern Europe Kazakhstan Latin America Middle East Spain Taiwan 2012 present 400 Series 401 1934 1935 402 1935 1942 403 1955 1966 404 1960 1975 405 1987 1997 406 1995 2004 407 2004 2011 408 2010 present 500 Series 504 1968 1983 505 1979 1992 508 2010 present 600 Series 601 1934 1935 604 1975 1985 605 1989 1999 607 1999 2010 800 Series 806 1994 2002 807 2002 2014 900 Series 905 1990 1993 908 2011 9X8 2022 1000 Series 1007 2004 2009 2000 Series 2008 2013 present 3000 Series 3008 2008 present 4000 Series 4007 2007 2012 4008 Europe 2012 2016 4008 China 2016 present 5000 Series 5008 2009 present Others Edit Bipper Boxer DMA DMAH D3 D3A D4 D4A Expert Hoggar a pickup designed and manufactured in Brazil since 2010 J5 J7 J9 P4 Pars also known as Persia Partner RCZ 2010 Type 15 VLV iOn Pick UpElectric and hybrid vehicles Edit See also Peugeot HYbrid4 Peugeot 3008 HYbrid4 German model Peugeot presented a new concept hybrid electric sports sedan at the 2008 Paris Motor Show called the Peugeot RC HYmotion4 Similar to the drivetrain model used in the upcoming Chevrolet Volt the RC concept promises the ability to run solely on electric power for extended periods with a hybrid electric powertrain filling in the gaps when extra range is needed 49 The RC HYmotion4 includes a 70 kW electric motor at the front wheels 50 The Peugeot Prologue HYmotion4 51 was also shown at the 2008 Paris show and is in many ways the opposite of the RC HYmotion4 concept The Prologue puts the internal combustion engine up front and runs on diesel instead of gasoline with the electric motor going at the back 52 The Peugeot BB1 is an electric concept car with in wheel motors in its rear wheels first shown in September 2009 at the Frankfurt Motor Show 53 In 2010 Peugeot started selling the electric Peugeot iOn a rebadged and revised version of the Mitsubishi i MiEV 54 Peugeot VELV electric concept car was presented on 26 September 2011 Motorsport EditMain article Peugeot Sport Early Edit Peugeot wins the 1913 Indianapolis 500 Peugeot was involved in motorsport from the earliest days and entered five cars for the Paris Rouen Trials in 1894 with one of them driven by Lemaitre finishing second the winning car was a steam powered car and was therefore disqualified meaning Lemitre was promoted to first These trials are usually regarded as the first motor sporting competition Participation in a variety of events continued until World War I but in 1912 Peugeot made its most notable contribution to motor sporting history when one of their cars driven by Georges Boillot won the French Grand Prix at Dieppe This revolutionary car was powered by a straight 4 engine designed by Ernest Henry under the guidance of the technically knowledgeable racing drivers Paul Zuccarelli and Georges Boillot The design was very influential for racing engines as it featured for the first time DOHC and four valves per cylinder providing for high engine speeds a radical departure from previous racing engines which relied on huge displacement for power In 1913 Peugeots of similar design to the 1912 Grand Prix car won the French Grand Prix at Amiens and the Indianapolis 500 When one of the Peugeot racers remained in the United States during World War I and parts could not be acquired from France for the 1914 season owner Bob Burman had it serviced in the shop of Harry Miller by a young mechanic named Fred Offenhauser Their familiarity with the Peugeot engine was the basis of the famed Miller racing engine which later developed into the Offenhauser Rallying Edit Peugeot 405 Turbo 16 1989 and 1990 winner of the Dakar Rally with Ari Vatanen Peugeot Sport is one of the most successful winners in rallying along with Citroen Racing eight time WRC winner by winning five times the World Rally Championship Manufacturer s Title 1985 1986 2000 2002 seven times the Dakar Rally 1987 1990 2016 2018 three times the European Rally Championship 2002 2003 2008 three times the Intercontinental Rally Challenge 2007 2009 Peugeot s East African importers had a very impressive record in rallying in the 1960s Nick Nowicki and Paddy Cliff won the East African Safari in 1963 with a Marshall s entered 404 sedan In 1966 and 1967 Tanzania s Tanganyika Motors entered the winning 404 Injection sedan piloted by the late Bert Shankland and Chris Rothwell They might have won again in 1968 but while in second place their engine blew and ultimately Nick Nowicki and Paddy Cliff upheld Peugeot s honour by winning the rally Peugeot also won the Safari Rally in 1975 Andersson in a 504 Injection sedan and in 1978 Nicolas in a 504 Coupe V6 both cars being factory team entries Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 1985 and 1986 winner of the World Rally Championship Peugeot also had further success in international rallying most notably in the World Rally Championship with the four wheel drive turbo charged versions of the Peugeot 205 and more recently the Peugeot 206 In 1981 Jean Todt former co driver for Hannu Mikkola Timo Makinen and Guy Frequelin among others was asked by Jean Boillot the head of Automobiles Peugeot to create a competition department for PSA Peugeot Citroen 55 The resulting Peugeot Talbot Sport established at Bois de Boulogne near Paris 56 debuted its Group B 205 Turbo 16 at the 1984 Tour de Corse in May and took its first world rally win that same year at the 1000 Lakes Rally in August in the hands of Ari Vatanen 57 Excluding an endurance rally where Peugeot were not participating Vatanen went on win five world rallies in a row Peugeot 206 WRC winner of the World Rally Championship from 2000 to 2002 Peugeot s domination continued in the 1985 season Despite Vatanen s nearly fatal accident in Argentina in the middle of the season his teammate and compatriot Timo Salonen led Peugeot to its first drivers and manufacturers world championship titles well ahead of Audi and their Audi Sport Quattro In the 1986 season Vatanen s young replacement Juha Kankkunen beat Lancia s Markku Alen to the drivers title and Peugeot took its second manufacturers title ahead of Lancia Following FIA s banning of Group B cars for 1987 in May after Henri Toivonen s fatal accident Todt was outraged and even unsuccessfully pursued legal action against the federation 55 Peugeot then switched to rally raids Using the 205 and a 405 Peugeot won the Dakar Rally four times in a row from 1987 to 1990 three times with Vatanen and once with Kankkunen In 2015 Peugeot again took part in the Rally Dakar with a newly constructed buggy For the 2016 Paris Dakar Peugeot presented a new team of drivers including 9 time WRC champion Sebastien Loeb and 12 time Dakar winner Stephane Peterhansel who managed to win the 2016 edition for the Peugeot factory team in the Peugeot 2008 DKR The 2017 edition saw Peugeot make the switch to the new 3008 DKR where Peterhansel won the event for the 13th time in a row On 31 October 2017 Peugeot announced that it would end its program in the Dakar Rally after the 2018 edition in order to focus on its FIA World Rallycross Championship career The 2018 event would see Peugeot win for the seventh straight time with ex World Rally Championship driver Carlos Sainz Peugeot 3008 DKR 2017 winner of the Dakar Rally In 1999 Peugeot returned to the World Rally Championship with the 206 WRC The car was immediately competitive against such opposition as the Subaru Impreza WRC the Ford Focus WRC and the Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution Marcus Gronholm gave the car its first win at the 2000 Swedish Rally and Peugeot went on to win the manufacturers title in their first full year since the return and Gronholm the drivers title in his first full WRC season After successfully but narrowly defending their manufacturers title in 2001 Peugeot Sport dominated the 2002 season taking eight wins in the hands of Gronholm and Gilles Panizzi Gronholm also took the drivers title For the 2004 season Peugeot retired the 206 WRC in favour of the new 307 WRC The 307 WRC did not match its predecessor in success but Gronholm took three wins with the car one in 2004 and two in 2005 PSA Peugeot Citroen withdrew Peugeot from the WRC after the 2005 season while Citroen took a sabbatical year in 2006 and returned for the next season Meanwhile Gronholm departed Peugeot when they quit at the end of 2005 to partner young compatriot Mikko Hirvonen at Ford Peugeot 207 S2000 winner of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge from 2007 to 2009 Touring car racing Edit In 2009 and 2011 Peugeot won the Stock Car V8 championship with Caca Bueno here Luciano Burti In 2013 the Peugeot 208GTi won a one two three at the 24 Hours Nurburgring endurance race 58 The Peugeot 306 GTi won the prestigious Spa 24 hours endurance race in 1999 and 2000 Peugeot has been racing successfully in the Asian Touring Car Series winning the 2000 2001 and 2002 championships with the Peugeot 306 GTi Peugeot has been racing successfully in the Stock Car Brasil series since 2007 and won the 2008 2009 and 2011 championships Peugeot won five times the Danish Touringcar Championship with both the Peugeot 306 winner in 1999 2000 and 2001 and the Peugeot 307 winner in 2002 and 2003 With his Peugeot 406 Laurent Aiello won the 1997 Super Tourenwagen Cup season Throughout the mid 1990s the Peugeot 406 saloon called a sedan in some countries contested touring car championships across the world enjoying success in France Germany and Australia yet failing to win a single race in the British Touring Car Championship despite a number of podium finishes under the command of 1992 British Touring Car Champion Tim Harvey In Gran Turismo 2 the 406 saloon description sums its racing career up as a competitive touring car which raced throughout Europe Tim Harvey in a 406 during the 1996 BTCC season The British cars were initially prepared by Peugeot Sport a team from the Peugeot UK factory in Coventry under the direction of team manager Mick Linford in 1996 with Total sponsorship Peugeot Sport was not however a full professional race team akin to those of the competition by now including Williams Prodrive Schnitzer and TWR being as it was run from workshops within the Peugeot factory largely by factory employees from 1992 to 1996 racing the 405 Mi16 from 1992 to 1995 Peugeot therefore contracted Motor Sport Development MSD who had developed and run the Honda Accord in the BTCC from 1995 to 1996 to build amp run the 406 for 1997 98 when they wore a distinctive green and gold flame design in deference to new sponsor Esso Initially the 406 s lack of success was blamed on suspension problems During 1998 the 406 apparently lacked sufficient horsepower to compete with the front runners Nissan Primeras and Honda Accords this was mentioned during a particularly strong showing from Harvey s 406 at the Oulton Park BTCC meeting of 1998 when motorsport commentator Charlie Cox stated some people say the 406 is down on power you re kidding During the first BTCC meeting at Silverstone in the same year Cox mentions that MSD re designed the 406 touring car from the ground up It was however widely reported in publications like the now defunct Super Touring magazine that it was the aero package primarily developed for longer faster tracks in Germany and France that led to its success there but hindered the 406 on the slower twistier tracks of the UK In 2001 Peugeot entered three BTC T Peugeot 406 Coupes into the British Touring Car Championship to compete with the dominant Vauxhall Astra coupes Unfortunately the 406 coupe was at the end of its product lifecycle and was not competitive despite some promise towards the end of the year notably when Peugeot s Steve Soper led a race only to suffer engine failure in the last few laps The 406 coupes were retired at the end of the following year and replaced with the Peugeot 307 again uncompetitively in 2003 Alongside the BTC C 406 s two works supported 306 GTis were also raced in the BTC P Production class by Simon Harrison and Roger Moen with Harrison emerging class champion Sports car racing Edit Peugeot 905 1992 and 1993 winner of 24 Hours of Le Mans In the 1990s the company competed in endurance racing including the World Sportscar Championship and the 24 Hours of Le Mans race with the 905 The sportscar team was established at Velizy Villacoublay France 59 After early problems with reliability and aerodynamics the 905 was successful in the World Sportscar Championship winning eight of the 14 races across the 1991 and 1992 seasons and winning the team and driver titles in 1992 Peugeot also won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1992 and 1993 Peugeot 908 2009 winner of 24 Hours of Le Mans Peugeot returned to sportscar racing and Le Mans in 2007 with the diesel powered Peugeot 908 HDi FAP At the 2007 24 Hours of Le Mans Stephane Sarrazin secured pole position but the 908s proved unreliable and ceded victory to Audi In 2008 Sarrazin earned a pole position but Audi prevailed once again For the 2009 24 Hours of Le Mans the Peugeot 908 HDi FAPs finished first and second overall led by drivers Marc Gene David Brabham and Alexander Wurz Formula One Edit See also Peugeot Grand Prix results and Peugeot Sport Formula One Peugeot as a Formula One engine manufacturerBaseVelizy Villacoublay Ile de France FranceNotable staffJean Pierre JabouilleJean Pierre BoudyFormula One World Championship careerFirst entry1994 Brazilian Grand PrixLast entry2000 Malaysian Grand PrixRaces entered115ChassisMcLaren Jordan ProstConstructors Championships0Drivers Championships0Race victories0Podiums14Points128Pole positions0Fastest laps1The company has also been involved in providing engines to Formula One teams notably to McLaren in 1994 to Jordan for the 1995 1996 and 1997 seasons and to Prost for the 1998 1999 and 2000 seasons Despite a number of podium finishes with each of these three teams the manufacturer did not score any victories and their F1 interests were sold to Asiatech at the end of the 2000 season Pikes Peak Hillclimb Edit Ari Vatanen s Pikes Peak Peugeot 405 In April 2013 a 208 T16 was tested by Sebastien Loeb at Mont Ventoux 60 Loosely based on the shape and design of the production 208 the T16 is a lightweight 875 kg 1 929 lb vehicle that uses the rear wing from the Peugeot 908 and has a 3 2 litre twin turbo V6 engine developing 875 bhp 652 kW 887 PS with the aim of competing at the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb 30 June 2013 saw this car demolish the standing record on Pikes Peak by over a minute and a half with an overall time of 8 13 878 61 Concept cars EditQuasar 1984 Proxima 1986 Oxia 1988 Ion 1994 Touareg 1996 Asphalte 1996 806 Runabout 1997 206 1998 Escapade 1998 Les City Toyz 2000 Peugeot 607 Feline 2000 Peugeot 607 Paladine 2000 Peugeot Sesame 2002 607 Pescarolo 2002 307 CC 2002 H2O 2002 Peugeot RC 2002 Peugeot Hoggar 2003 Peugeot 407 Elixir 2003 Peugeot 4002 2003 407 Silhouette 2004 Peugeot Quark 2004 Peugeot 907 2004 Peugeot Coupe 407 Prologue 2005 Peugeot 20Cup 2005 Peugeot 908 RC 2006 Spider 207 2006 Peugeot RC HYbrid4 HYmotion4 2008 Peugeot RD 2008 Peugeot BB1 2009 Peugeot EX1 Concept 2010 Peugeot HR1 2010 Peugeot SR1 2010 Peugeot 5 by Peugeot 2010 Peugeot HX1 2011 Peugeot SXC 2011 Peugeot Onyx 2012 Peugeot Exalt 2014 Peugeot Quartz 2014 Peugeot Fractal 2015 Peugeot Instinct 2017 Peugeot e Legend 2018 In fiction Edit In the 2017 film Blade Runner 2049 the main character s flying car known in universe as a Spinner was branded as a Peugeot as part of a proposed advertising campaign to re enter the US market The film s production company Alcon Entertainment later sued Peugeot in 2019 for failure to hold up their financial and advertising obligations 62 Peugeot Avenue flagship dealerships EditPeugeot has flagship dealerships named Peugeot Avenue located on the Champs Elysees in Paris and in Berlin The Berlin showroom is larger than the Paris one but both feature regularly changing mini exhibitions displaying production and concept cars Both also feature a small Peugeot Boutique and they are popular places for Peugeot fans to visit Peugeot Avenue Berlin also features a cafe called Cafe de France The Peugeot Avenue at Berlin closed in 2009 Motorcycles EditMain article Peugeot Motocycles Peugeot Motocycles company remained a major producer of scooters underbones mopeds and bicycles in Europe as of 2018 63 64 Peugeot produced an electric motor scooter the Peugeot Scoot Elec from 1996 to 2006 and was projected to re enter the market in 2011 with the E Vivacity Peugeot Elyseo 125 Roland Garros 2002 Peugeot Satelis 125Bicycles EditMain article Cycles Peugeot Peugeot also produced bicycles starting in 1882 in Beaulieu France with ten Tour de France wins between 1903 and 1983 followed by motorcycles and cars in 1889 In the late 1980s Peugeot sold the North American rights to the Peugeot bicycle name to ProCycle a Canadian company which also sold bicycles under the CCM and Velo Sport names 65 The European rights were briefly sold to Cycleurope S A returning to Peugeot in the 1990s 66 Today the Peugeot bicycle brand name remains within the Cycleurope S A portfolio 67 Kitchen and table service equipment EditAs of 2021 the separate Peugeot family owned firm Peugeot Saveurs previously named PSP Peugeot continues to make and market pepper grinders salt grinders corkscrews for 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