5100 x 3403 px | 43,2 x 28,8 cm | 17 x 11,3 inches | 300dpi
Date de la prise de vue:
12 octobre 2009
Lieu:
Schlumpfs Museum Rue de l'Épée Mulhouse Alsace France
Informations supplémentaires:
Peugeot is a major French car brand, part of PSA Peugeot Citroën, the second largest European carmaker. The family business that precedes the current Peugeot company was founded in 1810. On 20 November 1858, Emile Peugeot Peugeot family filed the Clerk of the stamp its mark of a lion. The company is directed in part to the car in 1891 and produced its first automobile. Armand Peugeot in 1896 founded the Société des Automobiles Peugeot. The Peugeot company and family is originally from Sochaux, France. Peugeot retains a large manufacturing plant and Peugeot Museum there. Three interesting models of the thirties were the Peugeot 202, Peugeot 302 and Peugeot 402. These cars had curvaceous bodies, with headlights behind sloping grille bars.The 2.1 liter 402 entered production in 1935 and was produced until the end of 1941, despite France's occupation by the Nazis. For 1936, there was the new Airflow-inspired 302 (which ran until 1938) and a 402-based large model, designed by Andrean, which featured a vertical fin and bumper, with the first high-mounted taillight. The entry-level 202 was built in series from 1938-1942. The 202 lifted Peugeot's sales in 1939 to 52, 796, In 1946, the company restarted car production with the 202, delivering 14000 copies.In 1947, Peugeot introduced the Peugeot 203, with coil springs, rack-and-pinion steering, and hydraulic brakes. The 203 set new Peugeot sales records, remaining in production until 1960. Peugeot would take over Chenard-Walcker and buy a part of Hotchkiss in 1950, then introduce a popular model in 1955: the Peugeot 403. The company began selling cars in the United States in 1958, in 1960 introduced the Peugeot 404, which used a 1, 618 cc version of the 403 engine. The 404 proved rugged enough to win the East African Safari Rally, in four of the six years between 1963 and 1968. More models followed, many styled by Pininfarina such as the 504 , one of Peugeot's most distinctive models.
