Armand Peugeot Biography

The PEUGEOT logo in October PEUGEOT introduced an updated model C, which soon became a real bestseller and continued the success of simply. The novelty stood on the conveyor for six years and became one of the most popular French post -war cars today Peugeot, one of the oldest world car manufacturers. The company has already celebrated its summer anniversary, and for more than half of this time it produces cars.

Since the founding of Peugeot, it has been a family enterprise and was engaged in the production of iron - springs, knives, carpentry and locksmith tools, sewing machines, rifles, and later bicycles. The company began to produce new times at the end of the 19th century due to the fact that the grandson of one of the founders of the brand, Arman Peugeot, was fond of the construction of mechanical crews.

It was he who persuaded relatives to do such an unusual business for that time. Contemporaries recalled that Uncle Arman possessed enviable perseverance and balanced character, which allowed him not only to achieve their goals, but also to avoid conflicts related to doing business. The first gasoline car Peugeot appeared in the city of a novelty in the town of Bolie.

The products of Arman Pejo were very high quality, so there were quite a few customers. Among the clients of the company was even the Tunisian Bay, who in the city of especially prestige of the brand rose after its models won several competitions. In the city of Peugeot, Paris - Rouen defeated in the mileage, and in the city this brought new orders and inspired Arman Pejo to further expand automobile production.

Here he was overtaken by unforeseen difficulties. Although the Peugeot family as a whole was condescending to the hobby of Arman’s uncle, it seemed to some relatives that he was in vain spending money that could be invested in the release of products traditional for the company. In April, the end of the century before last became successful for him: the beginning of the twentieth century developed well in the city.

The most noticeable achievement of that period was the BEBE miniature model, presented at the car interior in Paris in G. thanks to the phenomenal commercial instinct of Arman Pejo, one of the first in the world, realized the inexhaustible potential of this category of cars. Relatives admitted that Arman was right, only in the city of several years the firms worked in parallel and united in the city after that the enterprise began to expand, and the next year a new plant was erected in Sosho.

One of the most famous cars of Peugeot of that period was the second -generation Bebe model, designed by Ettore Bugatti. The machine had a 4-cylinder engine of 10 liters. Bebe was demonstrated at a car exhibition in St. Petersburg in G. After a couple of months such a car was purchased for the heir to the Russian throne Tsarevich Alexei, who rode on it along the paths of the Palace Park.

Peugeot produced more than 9.3 thousand. More than 2.5 thousand operated in its factories. Before the First World War, the company was one of the largest automotive companies in France, and the concerns of Arman Pejo at the enterprises were introduced by modern production systems for that time. The growth of the company was slowed down by the war, and in the city, however, this loss did not affect the activities of the company, it continued the production of cars.

Peugeot cars were constantly improved. So, in the city of World War II, the companies inflicted serious damage to the company, since the areas of the main production were located next to the German border and were occupied very quickly. And at the end of the war, the Nazis blew up Peugeot factories, taking out more or less valuable equipment from them. New times in the city were the main factory in Sosho, where about 9.5 thousand worked.

By the end of the next year, more than 14 thousand came out of the walls of the enterprise. At the same time, the development of a new model was carried out, and in the city, this machine was the first designed for Peugeot on the side-in the Italian design studio Pininfarina. The end of the X was marked by Peugeot's exit to the American market. The company maintained a course for annual sales expansion, and for this every four to five years was supposed to represent a new model.

Throughout the years, the company continued to develop successfully, and in the middle of the X there was an event that brought it into the ranks of the largest automakers in Europe: the Association of Peugeot-Citroen was formed. A little later, the French branch of the American concern Chrysler with the head factory in Poissi also included in it. This association has made the company more competitive.

The PEUGEOT logo was developed in G. at first the emblem was three: the lion was branded the best products, a crescent - the second -bit products, and a hand was depicted on the products of the third category. When the company began to produce cars, a lion appeared on their hoods. He flaunts there today.