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1896 saw the first Peugeot engines built ; no longer were they reliant on Daimler.

Designed by Rigoulot, the first engine was an horizontal twin fitted to the back of the Type 15.

It also served as the basis of a nearly exact copy produced by Rochet-Schneider.

Further improvements followed: the engine moved to the front on the Type 48 and was soon under a hood ( bonnet ) at the front of the car, instead of hidden underneath ; the steering wheel was adopted on the Type 36 ; and they began to look more like the modern car.