Citroën was always under-capitalised until the 1970s Peugeot takeover.

After the takeover of Citroën by Peugeot in the wake of the 1974 oil crisis, the renamed " Projet VD ( Voiture Diminuée )" became the Citroën Visa, incorporating the floor pan of the Peugeot 104, to use the advanced 104 engine, with transmission ( under the engine ) and chassis.

Following the Hillman Avenger's move to Linwood in 1976, the very last European Hunters were assembled in the Santry plant, Shanowen Road, Ireland from " complete knock down " ( CKD ) kits until production ended in 1979 – but no evidence exists to suggest that the Talbot badge was applied to any production Hunter following Chrysler Europe's 1978 takeover by Peugeot, and the application of that badge to other Chrysler models sold on or after 1 August 1979.

After the takeover of Citroën by Peugeot in the wake of the 1974 oil crisis, the renamed " Projet VD ( Voiture Diminuée )" became the Citroën Visa, incorporating the floor pan of the Peugeot 104, to use the advanced 104 engine, with transmission ( under the engine ) and chassis.

After the takeover of Citroën by Peugeot in the wake of the 1974 oil crisis, the renamed " Projet VD ( Voiture Diminuée )" became the Citroën Visa, incorporating the floor pan of the Peugeot 104, to use the advanced 104 engine, with transmission ( under the engine ) and chassis.

A rumored takeover by Peugeot or Mercedes did not materialize, leading to the end of passenger car production in 1932.

The car was initially badged as the Chrysler Alpine, and then finally as the Talbot Alpine following Chrysler Europe's takeover by Peugeot in 1978.

The name Solara was previously used on a motor vehicle by Peugeot, with their Talbot Solara, a notchback variant of the Chrysler Alpine hatchback developed by Chrysler Europe before their takeover by Peugeot in 1978.

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

1913 saw a Peugeot driven by Jules Goux winning the Indianapolis 500.

In early 1996 the Peugeot 106 also formed the basis for the near identical looks and size Citroën Saxo, and at this time the 106 received a facelift which saw all engines get fuel injection and equipment levels raised.

He went on to make a complete recovery and his return to motorsport in 1987 saw him go on to win the Paris-Dakar Rally four times ; with Peugeot in 1987, 1989 and 1990, and with Citroën in 1991.

It has three WRC victories to its name, but saw its competition life cut short at the end of 2005 by PSA's decision to withdraw both Citroën and Peugeot from top-level rallying.

1969 saw the Autumn launch of the Peugeot 304 which was essentially a 204 with a slightly larger engine, a restyled front end and, in the case of the saloon version, a substantially increased rear overhang giving rise to more luggage space.

In 1994 he succeeded Jean Todt as director of Peugeot Sport, but unsuccessful seasons for the marque in association with McLaren and Jordan saw him sacked in 1995.

The 1985 season saw him finish runner-up to Timo Salonen of the new Peugeot Talbot Sport team headed by Jean Todt.

A second place in the championship followed in 1984, behind his team-mate Stig Blomqvist, but 1985 saw him compete in only four world rallies, with three retirements and a fourth place, and slip to 22nd in the final standings after the Audi team was overwhelmed by new Group B competition from Peugeot and Lancia.

Peugeot is a long way off from its ambitious target of selling 4 million units annually by the end of the decade.

Meanwhile, Gronholm departed Peugeot when they quit at the end of 2005 to partner young compatriot Mikko Hirvonen at Ford.

The 406 coupes were retired at the end of the following year and replaced with the Peugeot 307 — again, uncompetitively — in 2003.

The Peugeot 309 used Simca engines until October 1991 ( some 18 months before the end of production ) when they were replaced by PSA's own TU and XU series of engines.

The Otosan factory also came to take over the tools for manufacturing the previously South African-built Cortina mk V-based Ford P100 pick-up truck, although building it with their own loading bed with foldable sides ( reminiscent of the Peugeot U10 ) and its own front end with dual square headlights and a colourmatched grille.

Johnny Aitken, in a Peugeot, in the end triumphed in all three events, his final victories at the facility.

Inventions that either are associated with this era or became generally common in this era include the perfection of lightly sprung, noiseless carriages in a multitude of new fashionable forms, which were superseded towards the end of the era by the automobile, which was for its first decade a luxurious experiment for the well-heeled, French automobile manufacturers such as Peugeot were already pioneers in automobile manufacturing.

From 1975 until 1978, the Chevette was the UK's best selling hatchback as UK branded rivals failed to respond to the challenge of the imported Peugeot 104, Fiat 127 and Renault 5 until the arrival of Ford's Fiesta at the end of 1976.

Peugeot started production of the 309 hatchback at Ryton in January 1986, followed by the 405 at the end of 1987.

At the end of 1998, the Peugeot 106 range was reduced to the 1. 1 L petrol ( Independence, XN, XL, XT Look or Zest 1 / 2 / 3 ), 1. 4 petrol ( XR, Roland Garros or Quiksilver ), 1. 6 8v petrol ( XS or Rallye ) and 1. 5 L diesel ( XND ) models as well as the 1. 6 16v petrol ( GTi / S16 or Rallye ).

In the end only 6, 400 Peugeot 106 Electriques were sold between 1995 and 2003, most purchased by the French Administration.

In the end, the Peugeot 205 T16 Evo.

Peugeot started building their 309 model there on 28 October 1985, and by the end of 1987 it had been joined by the 405.

The Peugeot 205 was still offered in the " Sacré Numéro " and " Génération " models until the end of the production in 1998.

Marlboro also has a long history in rallying sponsorship, including with the factory World Rally Championship teams of Toyota ( notably with Freddy Loix until the end of 1998 ), Mitsubishi ( to whom Loix moved from 1999 until 2001, with the iconic livery remaining on successive Lancer Evolutions until the marque's temporary WRC withdrawal at the end of 2002 ), and Peugeot, from 2003 to 2005.

The Peugeot Pars, also known as the Peugeot Persia, is a facelifted 405 with a redesigned front end including clear lamp lenses and a revised rear.

File: 1991 Peugeot 405S. jpg | 1991 US-market Peugeot 405 S ( last year available, showing slightly altered rear end )

At the end of production an improved model called Viceroy was released in collaboration with Peugeot, France.

Production continued until 1981, when Peugeot closed the Linwood production plant and concentrated all British production at the Ryton plant, which was in use until the end of 2006, by which time it had been making Peugeot cars for 21 years.

On its launch in 1972, the Peugeot 104 was offered as a four-door saloon, with a sloping rear end that suggested a hatchback.

Peugeot had been afraid that a five-door 104 would steal sales from the old-fashioned 204 Break, but with production of the 204 coming to an end in July 1976 this was no longer a concern.

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

Following Chrysler Europe's collapse in 1977, and the sale of their assets to Peugeot, the Chrysler / Dodge British and Spanish factories were quickly passed on to Renault Véhicules Industriels, who gradually re-branded the range of vans and trucks as Renaults through the 1980s.

In 1978, Chrysler divested its European operations to another French automaker, PSA Peugeot Citroën, which replaced the Simca brand with Talbot, thus ending the life of the brand ( although some models were badged as Simca-Talbots for a time ).

However, Chrysler's forced marriage of Simca and Rootes was not a happy one: Chrysler Europe collapsed in 1977 and the remains were sold to Peugeot the following year.

Iacocca joined Chrysler and began rebuilding the entire company from the ground up, laying off many workers, selling the loss-making Chrysler Europe division to Peugeot, and bringing in many former associates from his former company.

Chrysler sold its European interests ( including those in the UK ) to Peugeot in 1977, to allow it to concentrate on its own difficulties in America.

The expansion and economy of Linwood from 1961 onwards relied heavily on the Rootes, later Chrysler then Peugeot Talbot car plant, and the associated Pressed Steel Company body parts pressing facility.

After Chrysler UK was bought by Peugeot Talbot, a review of the plant and associated models decided to close the Linwood plant in favour of retaining the Ryton plant near Coventry.

In 1981 Peugeot Talbot, formerly Chrysler and before that Rootes, announced that its Linwood factory just outside of Paisley would cease production.

Chrysler itself entered financial difficulties and sold the plant for a symbolic US $ 1. 00 to PSA Peugeot Citroën in 1978.

Other hatchbacks which conformed to the new hatchback format included the 1978 Chrysler / Talbot Sunbeam Ti with and brisker acceleration than the Golf and followed a year later by the 2. 2 litre Talbot Lotus Sunbeam offered a then astonishing and a 0-60 mph time of around 6. 8 seconds ,, Peugeot 104 ZS and Simca 1100 TI ( 1974 ).

It replaced the long-running Paykan which was itself based on the Hillman Hunter, an ancestor ( in corporate ownership and model positioning terms ) of the 405, having been produced by the Rootes Group and Chrysler UK from 1963 until 1979-the year that Peugeot purchased Chrysler's European operations.

The company no longer exists, having been taken over in stages by Chrysler, and subsequently sold to Peugeot and, in part, Renault.

The Avenger and Hunter ranges were rebadged as Chryslers until 1979 when Chrysler sold its European division to Peugeot.

Chrysler stewardship was blamed by some for the demise of the Imp in March 1976, after fewer than 500, 000 had been built and the entire empire collapsed two years later, when it became part of Peugeot.

After Peugeot purchased Chrysler Europe in 1978, the Commer factory was run in partnership with the truck division of Renault, Renault Trucks.

In 1978, Peugeot took over the Rootes company after it collapsed under the ownership of Chrysler Europe ; a year later Peugeot ended Hunter production.

Production in France began in late summer of 1985, with the first French customers getting their cars in October of that year, but it was decided that right-hand drive models would be built at the Ryton plant near Coventry, England, which had previously been owned by the Rootes Group and then Chrysler Europe before Peugeot took it over in 1978.

The 309 was also significant in that it was the first Peugeot car to be assembled in the former Rootes factory in Ryton-on-Dunsmore, which Peugeot had inherited from Chrysler Europe in 1978.