Peugeot Type 68
Peugeot Type 68 | |
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Overview | |
Manufacturer | Peugeot |
Production | 1905 |
Body and chassis | |
Class | mid-sized car |
Layout | FR layout |
The Peugeot Type 68 is an early motor car that the French auto-maker Peugeot produced at their Audincourt plant during 1905. 276 were produced.
Three different version of the Type 68 were listed. A single-cylinder 883 cc four-stroke engine, mounted ahead of the driver, propelled the Type 68A and Type 68B. The rear wheels received a maximum of 8 hp via a rotating drive-shaft. The Type 68C was similarly powered except that the single-cylinder engine had a capacity of 987 cc.
The car had a 2,000 mm (78.7 in) wheelbase. The open carriage Tonneau format body offered space for four as did the covered carriage format Phaeton / Torpedo bodied version. In retrospect the car can be seen as Peugeot’s first Torpedo bodied car, although the classification is anachronistic since the term “Torpedo” to describe a car body was coined only in 1908. Buyers opting for the larger engined Type 68C had the chance to specify a racing car body.
Sources and further reading
- Wolfgang Schmarbeck: Alle Peugeot Automobile 1890-1990. Motorbuch-Verlag. Stuttgart 1990. ISBN 3-613-01351-7
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9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
Supermini | 1 | 2 | 3 / 4 | 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 | 21 / 24 / 30 / 31 | 37 | 54 | 57 | 69 "Bébé" | B P1/ B3/P1 "Bébé"¹ | 161/172 "Quadrilette" | 5CV | 190 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
26 / 27 / 28 | 48 | 56 | 58 | 126 | 201 | 202 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Small family car | 14 / 15 / 25 | 56 | 58 | 68 | VA/VC/VY¹ | V2C/V2Y¹ | VD/VD2¹ | 159 | 163 | 301 | 302 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
33 / 36 | 63 | 99 | 108 | 118 | 125 | 173 / 177 / 181 / 183 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Family car | 9 / 10 / 11 / 12 | 16 / 17 / 19 / 32 | 49/50 | 65/67 | 77 | 78 | 88 | 127 | 143 | 153 | 153 B/BR | 176 | 401 | 402 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | 39 | 43/44 | 61 | 71 | 81 | 96 | 106 | 116 | 126 | 138 | 175 | 601 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Large family car | 23 | 42 | 62 | 72 | 82 | 92 | 104 | 112/117/ 122/130/134 | 139 | 145/146/148 | 174 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
66 | 76 | 83 | 93 | 135 | 156 | 184 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Executive car | 80 | 103 | 113 | 141 | 147/150 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
85 | 95 | 105 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cabriolet / Spider | 91 | 101/120 | 133 / 111/129/131 | 136 | 144 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Panel van | 13 | 22 | 34/35 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Minibus | 20 / 29 | 107 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1 These cars were marketed as "Lion-Peugeots", produced by what was till 1910 a separate Peugeot company, run by cousins of Armand Peugeot, then in charge of the principal automobile business. In 1910, Armand having no sons of his own, it was agreed that the two branches of the Peugeot business be reunited. |