PEUGEOT. PEUGEOT in FRANCE
Automobiles Peugeot, 75, av.
de la Grande-Armee, F-75116 Paris, France tel. +331/40665511, fax +331/40663574, http://www.peugeot.com
Models produced in: France - 1007, 206, 206CC, 307 (hatchback, SW station
wagon, Break station wagon), 307CC, 407 (limousine and SW station wagon), 407 Coupe, 607,
807; Spain
- Partner; Great Britain - 206, 206SW; the Czech Republic - 107.
Production volume in France in 2003 - 1,208,461 vehicles.
Established in 1810 by Peugeot family, the
manufactory started to build bicycles in 1885. In the year 1889 Armand Peugeot and
Leon Serpollet built a small number of steam-engine vehicles. One year later, a
prototype of the Peugeot Type 2, with an engine licensed from Daimler, was released. In
1925 Peugeot bought Bellanger
manufactory, in 1927 the firm named DeDion Bouton, in 1950 - Chenard Walcker, in 1976 - Citroën and finally established
the PSA Group - the biggest
car producer in
France. In 1978, PSA Groupe bought all Chrysler’s manufacturing plants in Spain, Great Britain and
France (previously Simca) and reactivated the Talbot make (1979 - 87). Now Peugeot is built
in: France, Spain (since 1977), Great Britain (since 1985), Italy (1997 - 2004), Portugal and the
Czech Republic (since 2005), Argentina (since 1960), Brazil (2001), Iran (since 1990 Iran Khodro Peugeot 405 and 206), China
(1986 - 98 Guangzhou Peugeot,
since 2004
Dongfeng
Peugeot), Egypt (since 1994), Nigeria (since 1963) and assembled in Morocco (since
1980), Turkey (since 1997 Karsan Peugeot Partner),
Kenya, Zimbabwe, Indonesia and Thailand. Latest premieres: Paris 2002 - 307CC, 206RC,
restyled Partner and also concept cars: Sesame, H2O and 607 Pescarolo;
Birmingham 2002 - 206 GTI 180; Geneva 2003 - concept car Buggy Hoggar and 807 Grand Touri-smo; Frankfurt/Main 2003 - 307 WRC,
concept cars: 407
Coupe Elixir and 4002 Coupe; Geneva 2004 - 407, 407SW, 307 Sedan (produced in
China) and concept car 407 Silhouette; Paris 2004 - 1007, restyled 607, prototype of 1007RC
and two concept cars: 907 Coupe and Quark; Geneva 2005 - 407 Coupe Prologue, 107 (produced in the
Czech Republic). In 2000 the production of the 306 was ended, in 2002 of the 306 sedan / station wagon / cabrio, in 2003 -
of the 106 and finally in 2004 of the 406 sedan and station
wagon as well as 406 Coupe. Plans for the future: 2005 - 207, 307 face lifted; 2006 - 608 limousine, 207CC
Cabrio and SUV; 2008 - 308. In 2003 1,725,469 vehicles were built in sixteen countries (including
Chile) under the Peugeot mark (without the Iran Khodro Peugeot). The PSA
consortium has so far produced 3,108,192 passenger vehicles and trucks in 17 countries all over
the world, excluding Iran Khodro Peugeot and SAIPA Citroen of Iran.
PEUGEOT 407 COUPE
PEUGEOT 407 COUPE
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