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Peugeot (UK: / ˈ p ɜː ʒ oʊ / ⓘ, US: / p (j) uː ˈ ʒ oʊ / ⓘ, French: ⓘ) is a French automobile brand owned by Stellantis. [3] [4] [5]The family business that preceded the current Peugeot companies was established in 1810, [6] making it the oldest car company in the world. [7]
In the United Kingdom, Peugeot Motor Company PLC is a wholly owned United Kingdom subsidiary of PSA Peugeot Citroën that operates the Peugeot UK, Citroën UK, and DS Automobile brands. Peugeot UK's retail arm is Robins & Day which was part of Rootes Group before becoming a wholly owned subsidiary of Peugeot Motor Company PLC in 1970.
Peugeot returned to passenger car production after the war slightly less rapidly than Paris based Renault and Citroën, both of which were quick off the mark with new entrants in the 10HP class. [1] Peugeot's 159 was very much a stopgap solution, and the Type 163 , prepared during the summer of 1919, was a much more modern contender.
Peugeot's origins as an automaker were in the Franche-Comté region, to the west of Belfort and Alsace, and a short distance to the north of the Swiss frontier. The Sochaux plant, opened for the manufacture of trucks in 1912, was therefore located in a region where the Peugeot family was already a significant industrial force, though the town of Sochaux itself had till that point ...
The Peugeot 205 is a four-passenger, front-engine, supermini car manufactured and marketed by Peugeot over a sixteen-year production run from 1983 to 1999, over a single generation. Developed from Projet M24 and introduced on 25 February 1983, the 205 replaced the Peugeot 104 and the Talbot Samba , using major elements from their design. [ 5 ]
Lion-Peugeot: Type 163: Type 160: 1913 1913 6-Cylinder, 7-Litre possibly preceded by Peugeot Type 156 [citation needed] Quadrilette (Type 161) 1921 1922 Peugeot Bébé (Type 69 and Type BP1) Peugeot 5CV (Type 172 BC) Type 163: 1921 1924 Type 159: Peugeot 301 (1932–36) Type 172 (Quadrilette (Type 172) and 5CV series) 1923 1929 Type 163: Type 173
1983 – Peugeot launches the new 205 supermini, styled by Italian designer Pininfarina. Renault has a new competitor in the mid-sized hatchback sector with the new 11. French production of the Peugeot 504 ends after 15 years. At the end of the year, Renault replaces its 20/30 flagship models with the R25. The original Renault Espace
The Douvrin family, formally called ZDJ/ZEJ by Peugeot, was a family of all-aluminum inline-four petrol (and diesel engine, not used by Peugeot) made in a joint-venture between PSA and Renault from 1977 until 1996.