The FINANCIAL — After the bicentenary of the Peugeot Brand celebrated on numerous occasions in 2010, “l’Aventure Peugeot” has chosen to evoke “a century of performances and records” for this edition of Retromobile 2011 and reminds in this way its timelessness and its constant concern of innovation.
According to Peugeot, with 2 or 4 wheels, ancients, models of the fifties and sixties, “youngtimers” or futuristic concept cars, twenty-one vehicles born under the sign of the Lion are represented at the exhibition. Coming from the collection of the “l’Aventure Peugeot” Museum in Sochaux or from private collections, thanks to the co-operation of its federated Clubs, they illustrate the mobility as Peugeot has seen it throughout the ages.
From theType 7 to the 205 T16
A bare chassis of a Type 7 shows the technology of the very first vehicles of the brand. In 1895, a model of this type has been classed first in the race Paris Bordeaux Paris, first chronometred competition in the world where four Peugeots figured in the “top five”.
The 301C equipped with a profiled body in 1932, has beaten the record of 24 hours (in class F) on the Miramas motor- racing track ; 2650 km run at a speed of 110,417 Km per hour. This performance has been realized to support the launching of the 301C product range.
The 402 “Andreau”, an aerodynamic study of 1938 based on a 402. Its streamlined body, equipped with a curious dorsal tail has a CX of 0,35, which was an exceptional value for that period. It had a maximum speed gain of 15 km/h and a reduced consumption of one third compared to a standard model.
Another model of records, the 404 diesel coupé single-seater has shown the ability of performances of the diesel motorization and has changed its image. On the race-track of Monthléry, this 404 has beaten 40 international records of endurance and pure speed (average speed : 161,590 km).
Reminder of other challenges, those of the 205 Turbo 16 which in 1985 and 1986 did its “big number” in winning 2 rally world champion titles. After that, in its rally raid version, it won 2 Paris Dakar and many other challenges.
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