Peugeot History anecdotes ?

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Rob Ruggenberg - 18 Sep 2005 16:39 GMT

Hello everybody,

Eleven year old Jannick is looking for nice history anecdotes and
other stories on Peugeot.

He wants them to write a 'paper' on Peugeot for school.

Can anyone please help him out?

His email address is:

jannickvanholsteinnotthis@hotmail.com

please remove notthis from the address.

Thanks beforehand !

Rob

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G.T - 18 Sep 2005 20:51 GMT

Hi,

> Eleven year old Jannick is looking for nice history anecdotes and
> other stories on Peugeot.

Not common needs for a 11yo boy :-)

> Can anyone please help him out?

I'm gonna give a try : they first started studying a Diesel-powered car in
1935 (based on the 402B) but the development has been stopped by the WW2.
After the war they had to cope with other problems than Diesel engines on
cars, hence their late release : 403 D, XD86 engine, 1816cc and 48HP, year
1959.

Oh, and no matter what Mercedes hams say : Pug has released the first
automotive turbo-Diesel engine in 1979 (even if it was reserved for export
to the US, which is pretty strange).

Regards,
G.T
205 Diesel & turbo-Diesel : www.205d.com

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Ken - 20 Sep 2005 02:17 GMT

Peugeot placed istelf on the map in Australia in 1953 when a 203 won
the first round-Australia reliability trial.

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Pat and Bob Chambers - 20 Sep 2005 09:39 GMT

I thought that might be Ken Taubman for a while there! (The owner/driver of
those round Australia Rally cars 203 (the front suspension sagged and they
had to cut away the wheel arch with an axe I think, but the 203 kept going
when most other makes fell totally apart on the almost "no" roads)
Bob C

> Peugeot placed istelf on the map in Australia in 1953 when a 203 won
> the first round-Australia reliability trial.

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G.T - 20 Sep 2005 18:07 GMT

Hi,

> Peugeot placed istelf on the map in Australia in 1953 when a 203 won
> the first round-Australia reliability trial.

Oh yeah, and won the Safari (Kenyan rally) 4 times between 1964 and 1968
with the 404.
Later did it again with the 504 Coupé.

Regards,
G.T
205 Diesel & turbo-Diesel : www.205d.com

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