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Peugeot [] is a French vehicle manufacturer and besides one of the oldest still existing automarks; together with Peugeot is part of the PSA group. Peugeot has its largest factories in Sochaux into the Franche close Belfort. Further works are in Tschechien (107-Produktion) and Spain (parts of the 206-Produktion).
Peugeot manufactures bicycles, scooter, do-it-yourself enthusiast machines, grinding mills for the building industry and beside vehicles among other things also.
In Germany Peugeot has its seat in Saarbruecken, the close French border since 1936. 1967 were created the Peugeot Germany GmbH.
Since beginning of series production 1891 world world over 40 million vehicles were manufactured. European-wide the mark Peugeot belongs to the usually sold passenger cars.
Family Peugeot was originally owner of a grain mill, late owner of a 1812 converted the brothers Jean and Jean Pierre Peugeot a grain mill into a steel plant and began with the production of saw blades and clockwork feathers/springs. Peugeot produced also irons and much more besides. Until today pepper mills are produced.
1889 left arm and Peugeot the first vehicle, which build so-called Serpollet tricycle, it with steam were propelled. Only with the change to type 2 the change on petrol engines was carried out, which came however from the Daimler engine society. In the year 1896 it created the enterprise anonymous one of the automobile Peugeot. This enterprise had two company headquarters, one in Audincourt and one in Lille. 1900 was already manufactured 500 vehicles and 20,000 bicycles. Up to the year 1910 there were still two competitive Peugeot marks: Automobile Peugeot with the work in Audincourt and Lille as well as Lions Peugeot in Beaulieu. Both enterprises closed then to the of the automobile et Cycles Peugeot together.
In the year 1912 in Sochaux a further work was built. Originally trucks were produced here; 1925 became the work Sochaux the head office of passenger car production. Many factories, so also Peugeot, were forced by the First World War and the general mobilization, to use their mechanisms for war purposes which led to the fact that no more new projects were accomplished.
1929 was introduced on the fair into of Paris the model 201. This model, which was altogether 140,000 times produced until 1936 140.000, proved as particularly successful and gave to Peugeot a better financial situation and contributed substantially to the good reputation as an automaker.
After the Second World War the reconstruction began, by structuring the technical equipment and machine plants new. The new model 203 became starting from immediately 1948 the success model. 1955 were introduced with that 403 of the first mass-produced Peugeot, which was equipped with a diesel engine. At the same time the 403 the first was vehicle sketched by the italiensischen designer Pininfarina.
In the year 1960 introduced the model 404 was in completely Europe like also to the part of Africa a large success. The 404 was particularly common as taxi vehicle in these countries very. The constant expansion of Peugeot led 1965 to the fact that the getting thing Peugeot S.A. was created, which controls the different societies of the group of firms. In the same year the industrial site Mulhouse was established.
1974 became Peugeot majority shareholder with and took over the company Chrysler Europe. Two years later the fusion was perfect, the PSA group developed.
Peugeot nummerierte into the 1930er years all its models simply under the designation type through. Begun with type 1 up to about type 192. To emphasize the Peugeot (type 69) is, which was built from 1905 to 1912 in large numbers of items, since it was the first genuine small car of Peugeot.
1929 began Robert Peugeot, the successor of arm and Peugeot to provide with that 201, the vehicles with a numbering system with a central zero. Besides it introduced the diesel engine and sun oh. The sequence of numbers 201 rose first from the coincidence. This series were the two hundred and first project of the development department of Peugeot. The simplicity and clarity of the numbering system led to the fact that one designated all six Fahrzeugklassen after this sample. The zero in the center thereby typically for Peugeot and is also mark-legally protected. This led 911 in the year 1963 to it Porsche in the name controversy over the Porsche 901 was subject and it on it called.
Starting from 2004 for special models double zero-numbers also four digit are used.
Since the saw teeth reminded at the throats of a lion, the lion to the characteristic Peugeots.1858 was registered the lion as brand name, which of a local Goldschmied was sketched named Justin Blazer. The lion as Logo symbol light thereby the three qualities of the saw blades: the robustness of the saw blades, the elasticity of the blade and the fast cut. Since 1906 the lion symbol the radiator cricket ziert; until 1958 were used it as radiator figure. In the course of the years the Logo was modified several times.
Peugeot engages itself particularly in the Rallye sport. There for example the 306, 307 and 206 successes could celebrate.
In the debut year (1984) the Finn Ari Vatanen on Korsika demonstrated the potential of this force package with his temporary guidance to the first world championship. Afterwards it did not take three months up to the first victory with the 1000-Seen Rallye in Finland, where thereafter further successes in Italy and in Great Britain lined up - the season and the sensation were perfect.
In the following two years Peugeot dominated the Rallye world championship sovereign despite very strong opponent. The two Finns Timo Salonen and Juha Kankkunen became in consequence on Peugeot world champion of the yearly 1986, the titles in the mark WM went likewise to Paris. Thus AUDI was displaced by the winner landing
With the RAC Rallye at the end of of 1985 was it then at the time, the second edition of the Peugeot 205 T16 to present work designation "evolution 2". It, in order to have against the increasing competition by AUDI, Lancia and Ford the nose in front, missed, submitted of a and the turbo-load pressure to 2,5 bar raised a thought out wing program. Now one had an output of 430 HP with 7500 rpm. reached.
After the development of the Peugeot one had concerned 205 T 16 Evo.II technically at the borders of the Rallyesports, because the HP monsters of the group of B required more for a locked racing course than for open road area. The cars needed the wings alone already over on the road to remain. And with Rallyefahrzeugen faster than the human body to react can, was it drives only one question of the time to something would happen. Peugeot wins the world championship 1986 and Juha Kankkunen becomes driver world champion.
After the prohibition of the group of B in the middle of the 1980er years used Peugeot the Rallye experiences not only with the Pikes peak - mountain running, but above all also with the Paris Dakar in form of the two models 205 and 405 further successfully. With these spectacular engine haven events the Finn Ari Vatanen could register itself also here into the Analen of the Peugeot Motorsportgeschichte. Peugeot got the Paris Dakar of victories in the years 1987-1990.
Besides there were employments in the route car haven, where many successes could be likewise celebrated. The moreover one Peugeot than engine supplier for different formula 1-Teams (among other things Jordan) was active.
Zurzeit covers the offer of person motor vehicles the following models:
Beside these vehicles in some African countries also for partly thirty years vehicles of the series 504 (also than Pickup), 405 and 505 are sold.
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