Peugeot is undoubtedly an estate specialist! Whether it is a horse-drawn carriage baptized with this name in 1894 or the very last 308 SW which will arrive in concession at the beginning of 2022, the lion’s expertise in the matter is well established. Back on a very long saga.
Breaks and Peugeot, it’s a very long story ! It began even before the brand’s automotive debut in 1896, since the family business already offered, in 1894, a horse-drawn vehicle called Fiacre Peugeot Break.
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Wooden station wagon …
Peugeot 202 UH Canadian (1947-1949).
However, “automobile” station wagon bodies, as we know them today, only appeared very gradually in the range. It was at the turn of the second world war, with partially wooden bodied models, because of the shortage of steel, that the station wagon slowly but surely begins to make a place for itself among the manufacturer’s offer. These are still marginal achievements produced in very small series or even individually like the Peugeot 402.
… to the industrial offensive
In the 1950s, the industrial offensive was launched with the Peugeot 203 wagon. Relentlessly to this day, his heirs have systematically taken up the torch. This is evidenced by the very latest generation of the Peugeot 308 SW, presented in June 2021 and which will arrive in dealerships at the start of 2022. Today, let us retrace the saga of Peugeot station wagons, polymorphic models accepting without flinching the various tasks entrusted to them, to the image of the robust Dangel versions.
Peugeot 206 Escapade (Brazil)
This panorama is also an opportunity to make an overview, beyond the French borders, to evoke the Peugeot station wagons having tried the adventure, with more or less success, on other continents. Each market has its peculiarities and maturity, Peugeot has therefore adapted.
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