Peugeot

This article is about the car manufacturer. For the bicycle manufacturer, see Cycles Peugeot. For the motorbike manufacturer, see Peugeot Motocycles.

Automobiles Peugeot
Company typeSubsidiary (S.A.)[1]
IndustryAutomotive
Founded26 September 1810; 214 years ago (1810-09-26)
FounderArmand Peugeot (who incorporated the automotive company in 1896)
FateMerged with Citroën in 1976 to form the PSA Group
HeadquartersLegal and top level administrative: Poissy (new); Ave. de la Grande Armée, Paris (old)[2]
Operational: Sochaux, France
Area served
Worldwide (except the U.S., Canada and North Korea)
Key people
Linda Jackson (CEO)
Products
Production output
Increase 2,119,845 (2017)
ParentStellantis
DivisionsPeugeot Sport
Cycles Peugeot (formerly)
Websitepeugeot.com

Peugeot (UK: /ˈpɜːʒoʊ/ ⓘ, US: /p(j)uːˈʒoʊ/ ⓘ, French: [pøʒo] ⓘ) 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] On 20 November 1858, Émile Peugeot applied for the lion trademark. Armand Peugeot (1849–1915) built the company's first vehicle, a steam-powered tricycle. In 1886, the company collaborated with Léon Serpollet, followed by the development of an internal combustion car in 1890, which used a Panhard-Daimler engine.[8]

The Peugeot family and company are originally from Sochaux, where Peugeot still operates a large manufacturing facility and the Peugeot Museum.

Peugeot vehicles have received numerous international accolades, including six European Car of the Year awards.[9] The brand also boasts over a century of success in motorsport, with victories including the Indianapolis 500 in 1913, 1916, and 1919. Peugeot Sport has won the World Rally Championship five times (1985, 1986, 2000, 2001, 2002), the Dakar Rally seven times (1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 2016, 2017, 2018), the 24 Hours of Le Mans three times (1992, 1993, 2009), the World Endurance Championship twice (1992, 1993), the Intercontinental Rally Challenge Championship three times, the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup twice (2010, 2011), and the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb three times (1988, 1989, 2013).

  1. ^ "Privacy notice". Automobiles Peugeot. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
  2. ^ "Fahrbericht Peugeot 305" [Peugeot 305 test drive]. Auto Motor und Sport (in German). No. 23. Stuttgart: Vereinigte Motor-Verlag GmbH & Co KG. 1977. pp. 70–78.
  3. ^ Chaudhary, Utkarsh (17 October 2023). "Peugeot 408 GT, our 7th car in Dubai: Initial ownership experience". Team-BHP.com. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
  4. ^ "PEUGEOT Appoints Accenture Song as Global Creative Agency of Record". Newsroom. 6 November 2023. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
  5. ^ Wood, Tom (19 January 2024). "Autonomous Peugeot E-Legend concept is the car of the future". Supercar Blondie. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
  6. ^ "History of the Peugeot family, pioneers of the French industry". www.peugeot.com. Archived from the original on 5 June 2017. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
  7. ^ "9 Oldest Car Companies in the World". Oldest.org. 25 October 2017. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
  8. ^ Darke, Paul. "Peugeot: The Oldest of Them All", in Ward, Ian, executive editor. World of Automobiles (London: Orbis, 1974), Volume 15, p.1683.
  9. ^ "Peugeot 208 wins 2020 European Car of the Year award". 2 March 2020. Retrieved 24 March 2023.