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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 (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 brand of automobiles owned by Stellantis.[3][4][5] The family business that preceded the current Peugeot companies was founded in 1810,[6] and it is regarded as 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 car steam tricycle. They joined forces with Léon Serpollet in 1886; this was followed in 1890 by an internal combustion car with a Panhard-Daimler engine.[8]

The Peugeot company and family are originally from Sochaux. Peugeot retains a large manufacturing plant and Peugeot museum there. In February 2014, the shareholders agreed to a recapitalisation plan for the PSA Group, in which Dongfeng Motors and the French government each bought a 14% stake in the company.[9][10][11]

Peugeot has received many international awards for its vehicles, including six European Car of the Year awards.[12] Peugeot has also been successfully involved in motorsport for more than a century, including victories at the Indianapolis 500 in 1913, 1916, and 1919. Peugeot Sport 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. ^ "Dongfeng, French Government to Invest in Peugeot". TIME. Archived from the original on 19 February 2014. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
  10. ^ Gough, Neil; Jolly, David (18 February 2014). ""Chinese Firm and France to Buy Stakes in Peugeot" 18 February 2014". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 11 November 2014. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
  11. ^ Jolly, David (19 February 2014). "After two centuries, Peugeot family cedes control". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 11 November 2014. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
  12. ^ "Peugeot 208 wins 2020 European Car of the Year award". 2 March 2020. Retrieved 24 March 2023.

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