Aventure Peugeot

[Colin]

Also copying this item over from my other regular forum, The Motor.

Last weekend, I went to the "Aventure Peugeot", an absolutely fascinating museum (none of this "adventure stuff, that is just marketing hyperbole!) in the small town of Sochaux, about 10 km south west of Belfort, just off junction 9 of the A36.

There are a whole series of displays telling the story of Peugeot from the early beginnings of the Freres Peugeot who converted the family mill to producing steel products, bicycles and then to cars.

I took lots of pictures (there's a surprise!), and here are some of them:

60s and 70s, when Peugeots still sold to the "bourgeoisie":





















A couple of the early 50s offerings, when the 203 was the sole model:





There were a row of glorious 402s, reminscent of the Chrysler Airflow, but rather more elegant:



And who said that the metal roof cabrio a la SLK and 206CC was "enw", as here is the 30s precursor. Again, a 402 Cabrio:



And there was a slightly earlier model, too:



There was a special exhbition of limousines - mostly "blinde" (that's armoured in French!)........ the 405 was built in Iran! 







And a reminder of the rallying pedigree from the 70s and the 80s:







Tucked away were a whole row of more impressive and more recent machines:



.... and for the beginners, a reminder of entry level motor sport:



A series of 601s Pegueots - luxury and elegance for the 30s:








And finally, a series of the early Peugeots, starting over 100 years ago:





















and racing in the 30s, even....... this was a 301:



Notable that there was no evidence of the recent aberrations............ will the 07 range make it, or will history judge these as not worth preserving?

Anyway, for anyone in the area, it is highly recommended.......... oh, and the brasserie did a good lunch, too!

[Michael Estorol]

thanks Colin - the 104zs brought back memories...


... of a terrible talbot samba owned by relatives   

[omicron]

That car is worth owning if only for the seats.

[Morris Minor]

Thanks, Colin, great pictures.

Wen I was a yoof, I lived in France for a while and well remember bombing around the countryside in a Peugeot 204.  I never got my hands on the family's 504Ti, which was a pretty cool family saloon for its day. I think the 504 is still sold in Kenya & Nigeria.

[Panama_Chopster]

Gorgeous!


The new models are horrific. And that grill........I'll keep the comment to myself.

Thank you for the pictures. When I get better at speaking French I might try to go there.