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Peugeot's final year as Prost's engine supplier in 2000 saw some optimism, Prost hiring his 1991 Ferrari team mate Jean Alesi to drive the lead car and German Nick Heidfeld, who had won the 1999 Formula 3000 championship, to partner him.
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Peugeot's and year
Unfortunately the 406 coupe was at the end of its product life-cycle and was not competitive, despite some promise towards the end of the year, notably when Peugeot's Steve Soper led a race only to suffer engine failure in the last few laps.
He was, however, soon overtaken by a rampant Loeb, and was left to score 71 points for the year, pipping Peugeot's Marcus Grönholm to the championship runner-up spot on a tie break.
Peugeot's and engine
The 1907 Salon showed Peugeot's first six-cylinder, and marked Tony Huber joining as engine builder.
They might have won again in 1968, but while in second place, their engine blew and ultimately Nick Nowicki and Paddy Cliff upheld Peugeot's honour by winning the rally.
The LN was introduced in 1976 as a reworked version of Peugeot's 104 Z, and was powered by the economical 602 cc two-cylinder gasoline engine of the Citroën 2CV.
Peugeot 204 CabrioletThe compact engine and the transverse engine combined with a body wider than the class average to provide a level of interior space comparable to larger cars such as Peugeot's own 404: both cars were Pininfarina designs.
Zen had a diesel variant which used the Peugeot's TUD5 ( PSA TU engine ) engine.
Peugeot's and 2000
Peugeot's F1 interests were sold to Asiatech at the end of the 2000 season.
The 206 GTi 180 and 206 RC were produced to celebrate Peugeot's rallying successes from 2000 to 2003, and to replicate the success Peugeot had with the 205 GTi in the 1980s.
The car was soon a success, however, and won both the manufacturers ' and drivers ' championships in 2000, Peugeot's first such accolades since their withdrawal from the WRC after Group B was banned after the 1986 season, and achieved in the hands of Panizzi, Francois Delecour and Mäkinen's successor as drivers ' world champion, Marcus Grönholm.
The 50th running of the Rally Finland in 2000 was won by Peugeot's Marcus Grönholm, who would go on to dominate the event.
Peugeot's and some
In May 2008, Peugeot's Brazilian branch announced it would not manufacture nor import the Peugeot 207 to Brazil, but instead it would change some elements of the 206 already in production, arguing it would be impractical to do otherwise.
The car was eye catchingly modern and bore a marked resemblance to the American Chevrolet Fleetline fastback, although its wind cheating profile also reflected the streamlining trend apparent in some of Europe's more modern designs, including some of Peugeot's own 402 model, from the 1930s.
Peugeot's and team
He was linked to the lead drive at the Peugeot Talbot Sport, Peugeot's new factory World Rally Championship team, but eventually signed to drive a Porsche 911 SC RS for the Rothmans-sponsored Porsche factory team in the European Rally Championship.
In 1984, Vatanen signed to drive the Peugeot 205 T16 for Peugeot's factory team.
Audi's WRC programme was limited for the 1985 season due to the recent defeats to Peugeot Talbot Sport, Peugeot's factory team headed by Jean Todt.
In 1988 and 1989, Mouton participated in rally raids as part of Peugeot's service team for Ari Vatanen and Jacky Ickx.
Peugeot's and drive
The 505 was Peugeot's last rear-wheel drive car.
Peugeot's and car
As experienced by other European volume car makers, Peugeot's U. S. and Canadian sales faltered and finally became uneconomical, as the Peugeot 505 design aged.
It is often credited as the car which turned Peugeot's fortunes around.
The 309 was not intended to replace Peugeot's own 305 model, but the out of step model number – the next small family car after the 305 should have been named " 306 " – was intended to distance it from the 305 in the marketplace and to reflect the car's Simca origins.
As of 2010, the twelve-year-old 206 was Peugeot's best-selling car of all time.
The 206 was mainly manufactured in Peugeot's Poissy and Mulhouse factories although the car is also produced by Iran Khodro in Iran for that market.
The Brazilian 207 has also been criticized because it was perceived essentially as a facelifted 206, despite Peugeot's efforts to market it as an entirely new car and even selling it at a higher base price.
The 1007 was dropped from Peugeot's UK model line up in 2008, although the car ceased production in mainland Europe in late 2009.
The car wasn't designed to go into production, instead it was intended to be a prototype featuring Peugeot's new design techniques.
The design is based on Peugeot's ' VSS ' prototype safety vehicle, which Peugeot created to improve car safety.
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Peugeot's East African importers had a very impressive record in rallying in the 1960s-Nick Nowicki and Paddy Cliff won the East African Safari in 1963 with a Marshall's entered 404 sedan.
The genesis of the 205 lay within Peugeot's takeover in 1978 of Simca, which had the necessary expertise in making small cars.
The last British Horizons were sold in 1986, soon after the launch of Peugeot's Ryton-built 309 which had originally been intended for sale as the Talbot Arizona, as a Talbot-branded successor to the Horizon, and went on sale in January 1986.
Since 1985, it had also produced Peugeot's 309, 405 and 306 ranges.
The company at first had just two lathes and three employees, one of them Peugeot's former chief designer.
Alén had won that event and the loss of points handed the title to Peugeot's Juha Kankkunen.
In 1986, he was the world champion for eleven days, until Peugeot's appeal went through and the results of Rallye Sanremo, which Alén had won, were annulled.
Peugeot's and .
), but the designated 901 nomenclature contravened Peugeot's trademarks on all ' x0x ' names, so it was adjusted to 911.
By 1910, Peugeot's product line included a two-cylinder and six four-cylinders, of between 2 liters and 6 liters.
The 202 lifted Peugeot's sales in 1939 to 52, 796, just behind Citroën.
More models followed, many styled by Pininfarina such as the 504, one of Peugeot's most distinctive models.
Despite Peugeot's sportscar racing program, the company is not prepared to build a pure sportscar any more hardcore than the upcoming RC Z sports-coupe.
Peugeot's domination continued in the 1985 season.
In 1921, Ballot premiered its 2LS, with a remarkable DOHC two liter, designed by Ernest Henry ( formerly of Peugeot's Grand Prix program ), capable of 150 km / h ( 90 mph ); at most, one hundred were built in four years.
Available in saloon, estate and coupé bodystyles with a choice of petrol or turbodiesel engines, the 406 replaced the Peugeot 405 in Peugeot's lineup, and was itself replaced by the Peugeot 407.
Although Alén beat Kankkunen to the win, he was the world champion only for eleven days, until Peugeot's appeal went through.
The Visa lacked the Peugeot's three-door hatchback option, being available only as a five-door hatchback.
Peugeot's flagship, the 504 made its public debut on 12 September 1968 at the Paris Salon.
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