Cycles Peugeot

Cycles Peugeot, founded in 1882, is a Sochaux, France based manufacturer of bicycles.

History

Peugeot is a French manufacturer founded by Jean Pequignot Peugeot, a 19th-century manufacturer of water mills. Using the mills' profits, Peugeot expanded with a steelworks in Montbéliard, which Jean Peugeot ran with a colleague and his two brothers. The company's trademark, a lion, was created in 1858 by an engraver, Justin Blazer, who lived near the factory. The company turned their steel into knives and forks, hydraulic equipment and, from 1882, bicycles, sold as Cycles Peugeot. In Beaulieu-sur-Doubs (in Mandeure, Doubs) during the same year, the first Peugeot bicycle—a penny-farthing (high wheeler) called Le Grand Bi—was hand-built by Armand Peugeot.

During World War I, Peugeot built nearly 63,000 bicycles per year. It also manufactured 9,000 cars and trucks, 1,000 motorcycles, 10,000 plane engines, and 6 million artillery shells.

In 1926, the auto and bicycle manufacturing divisions at Peugeot were divided. Automobiles were constructed at Automobiles Peugeot, while bicycles were made at Cycles Peugeot. In 1930, bicycle production reached 162,000 units per year at the Beaulieu factory.

Peugeot (cycling team)

Peugeot team was a French professional cycling team that promoted and rode Peugeot racing bikes.

It is listed as the most successful cycling team of all time, on www.cyclingranking.com, with a large margin on the second placed team, Alcyon.

History

Peugeot cycles started producing bicycles in 1882, and from then on it was involved in sponsoring cyclists.

At the beginning of the century a Peugeot cycling team existed. Hippolyte Aucouturier rode Peugeot cycles when he won Paris–Roubaix and Bordeaux–Paris in 1903, and when he was disqualified from the 1904 Tour de France in which he had finished 4th overall, for the illegal use of trains and cars.

But the Peugeot team obtained success for the following 4 years in the Tour de France with Louis Trousselier, René Pottier and Lucien Petit-Breton. The Peugeot team finished second overall the 1912 Giro d'Italia. The team would obtain two further victories in the Tour de France with Belgian Philippe Thys before the outbreak of the First World War.

Peugeot 5008

The Peugeot 5008 is a compact MPV unveiled by French automaker Peugeot in June 2009 and has been on sale since November 2009. Five- and seven-seat versions are currently available. Its engine range mimics the Peugeot 308.

First generation (T8, 2009-)

Design

The 5008 shares underskin structure and mechanical components with the first generation Citroën C4 Grand Picasso.

The 5008 was awarded 2010 MPV of the Year by What Car? magazine.

Availability

The 5008 is available in North Africa, South America, Australia and Europe (excluding Ukraine and Russia). It is also available in 11 countries in Asia, which are; the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Kazakhstan, Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Brunei, Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines and Indonesia.

Engines

Safety

Sales and production

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