This was one of a series of collaborative ventures undertaken by Renault in the late 1960s and 1970s, as the company established subsidiaries in Eastern Europe, most notably Dacia in Romania, and South America ( many of which remain active to the present day ) and forged technological cooperation agreements with Volvo and Peugeot ( for instance, for the development of the PRV V6 engine, which was used in Renault 30, Peugeot 604, and Volvo 260 in the late 1970s.

The PRV engine is an automobile petrol V6 engine that was developed jointly by Peugeot, Renault and Volvo Cars – and sold from 1974 to 1998.

In 1971, Volvo joined Peugeot and Renault in the creation of the PRV company, a public limited company ( plc ) in which each of the three manufacturers owned an equal portion.

While Renault were working forced induction into the PRV, Peugeot and Citroen developed their own 24 valve engines as an option in the 605 and XM respectively.

Peugeot, Renault and Citroën continued using the PRV until 1997.

The PRV engine used in the Tagora was different from the one used in contemporary Peugeot vehicles in that it was fitted with triple-barrel Weber carburettors rather than fuel injection, resulting in a higher power-rating.

It was one of the first cars ( the other two being the Peugeot 604 and Volvo 264 ) to use the then newly introduced 2664 cc PRV V6 engine, which was developed jointly between Peugeot, Renault and Volvo ; the PRV produced and could power the R30 to a top speed of.

Unfortunately, the " distances " reported by these methods are not useful in predicting either mileage via existing highways or actual driving time between locations, since they fail to take into account intervening bodies of water ( such as Long Island Sound, Lake Pontchartrain, Peugeot Sound, etc.

Your chauffeur's expenses will average between $7.00 to $12.00 a day, but this charge is the same whether you rent a 7-passenger Cadillac limousine or a 4-passenger Peugeot or Fiat 1800.

The entrants ranged from serious manufacturers like Peugeot, Panhard or De Dion to amateur owners, and only 25 were selected for the main race.

The official winners were Peugeot and Panhard as cars were judged on their speed, handling and safety characteristics, and De Dion's steam car needed a stoker which was forbidden.

The official winner was Paul Koechlin in a Peugeot.

* 1968: Peugeot introduced the first 204 small cars with a transversally mounted diesel engine and front-wheel drive.

Operating predominantly in Indonesia, it is a provider of a full range of automobile and motorcycle products in partnerships with companies which include Toyota, Daihatsu, Isuzu, Nissan Diesel, Peugeot and BMW for automobiles, and Honda for motorcycles.

The fastest finisher was the Comte Jules-Albert de Dion, but The ' official ' victory was awarded to Albert Lemaître driving his 3 hp petrol engined Peugeot.

The Niva has also been available with 1. 9 L Peugeot sourced diesel engine.

Targets included three Ford showrooms ; Peugeot and IKA-Renault showrooms ; Goodyear and Firestone tire distributors, the pharmaceutical manufacturers Riker and Eli Lilly, the Union Carbide Battery Company, the Bank of Boston, Chase Manhattan Bank, the Xerox Corporation, and the soft drink companies, Coca-Cola and Pepsi-Cola.

Matra took their idea to Peugeot who thought it too expensive and risky so the project was then presented to Renault, becoming the Renault Espace introduced in 1984.

PSA Peugeot Citroën and the Fiat Group founded a joint-venture, Sevel, and released in 1994 the eurovan under the nameplates Citroën Evasion ( marked as Synergie in the UK ), Peugeot 806, Fiat Ulysse and Lancia Zeta.

Apart from its domestic brand SEAT, which is the major contributor to the automotive sector of the country, and Santana Motor, many suppliers and foreign car and truck makers-like Volkswagen, Nissan, Daimler Mercedes-Benz, Ford, Renault, GM / Opel, PSA Peugeot / Citroën, Iveco ,... etc.

Brazil also has a successful stock car racing series, with starting grids of 40 or more cars, and four brands competing: Chevrolet, Mitsubishi, Volkswagen and Peugeot.

During WWII, the Allies committed sabotage against the Peugeot truck factory.

Cars produced are Volkswagen, Peugeot, Citroen and Kia.

* April 12 – Eric Peugeot, the youngest son of the founder of the Peugeot Corporation, is kidnapped in Paris.

The day after he bought the team, Prost signed a three-year deal with French car manufacturer Peugeot, who would supply the team with engines for the 1998 season through the 2000 season.

With Peugeot supplying the engines for Prost GP, Mugen-Honda decided to supply the Jordan team.

While the car did not prove to be a major concern, the Peugeot engine proved to be heavy and unreliable.

The French car manufacturer Peugeot commissioned a ' Roland Garros ' limited edition version of its 205 model in celebration of the tennis tournament that bears his name.

Due to the success of this special edition, Peugeot later created Roland Garros editions of its 106, 206, 207, 306 and 806 models.

In 2007 it reached 3, 961, 629 worldwide vehicle sales — surpassing Fiat, Chrysler, PSA / Peugeot, Nissan, and Honda.

* Dingo 2 PRV ( protected reconnaissance vehicle ): 45 armed with a. 50 M2 Browning machine gun in a Protector remote weapon system, and fitted with Thales observation system

Other examples include the Maserati V6 used in the Citroën SM, the PRV V6, the Honda C engine used in the NSX, Chevrolet's 4. 3 L Vortec 4300 and Chrysler's 3. 9 L ( 238 in < sup > 3 </ sup >) Magnum V6 and 3. 7 L ( 226 in < sup > 3 </ sup >) PowerTech V6.

Papayas are susceptible to the papaya ringspot virus ( PRV ), which causes premature molting and malformation of the leaves.

In 2011 Phillipine researchers reported they by intergeneric hybridisation between carica papaya and Vasconcellea quercifolia they had developed conventionally bred, nongenetically engineered papaya that are proving resistant to PRV.

The Routemaster is a double-decker bus built by Associated Equipment Company ( AEC ) and Park Royal Vehicles ( PRV ) in 1954 ( in production from 1958 ) until 1968.

The Routemaster was developed by AEC & PRV in partnership with London Transport, the customer for nearly all new Routemasters, although small numbers were also delivered to the airline British European Airways ( BEA ) and the Northern General Transport Company.

Because of this, the engine sported an unusual 90 ° angle between cylinder banks — a trait shared with the later PRV V6.

In 1976 the A310 was restyled by Robert Opron and fitted with the more powerful and newly developed V6 PRV engine.

After the A310 Alpine transformed into the new Alpine GTA range produced from plastic and polyester components, commencing with normally aspirated PRV V6 engines.

A common opinion of the car is that in stock form it is somewhat underpowered, and a variety of solutions have been implemented, from complete engine swaps ( either to a larger PRV engine, or to completely different engines such as the Cadillac Northstar engine ), turbocharger kits ( single or twin-turbo ), down to simpler solutions such as improved exhausts and other normal engine tuning work.

The PRV engines are sometimes referred to as " Douvrin " engines, though that name is more commonly applied to a family of straight-4s produced at the same time.

The PRV engine could be seen as a V8 with two missing cylinders, having a 90 degree angle between cylinder banks, rather than the customary 60, but with crankpins being 120 degrees apart.

Renault's internal designation for the PRV was Z-Type.

The first PRV engines were officially introduced on 3 October 1974 in the Volvo 264.

Adoption was swift, and the PRV V6 had been sold in at least five different models by the end of 1975.

In 1984, the first commercially available turbocharged PRV V6 was sold in the Renault 25 V6 Turbo.

Meanwhile, French supercar manufacturer Venturi had been developing their own versions of the PRV.

It is the only DOHC PRV.