Peugeot 406 Coupé - Italian saloon lion
Summary
After the 404 and 504, Peugeot once again worked with Pininfarina in the mid-nineties to create an elegant coupé to accompany its conservative mid-range model. When the 406 Coupé was presented at the end of 1996, it was considered one of the most beautiful cars of its time and sold better than any Peugeot Coupé before or since. This article tells the story of the Peugeot 406 Coupé and shows it in many photos. There is also a sound sample of the V6.
This article contains the following chapters
- French coupés from Italy
- A beauty in sheet metal
- Luxor or Lugano?
- A farmer's engine in evening dress
- Sportier than expected
- The last Pininfarina-Peugeot
Estimated reading time: 8min
Preview (beginning of the article)
There was once a time when not every tiny gap in the market was so violently torn open until another SUV fitted in. Instead, some manufacturers even treated themselves to an elegant coupé to round off the top end of the model range alongside their best-selling rational models in estate and saloon form. Of course, no one expected record-breaking sales figures from these extravaganzas, but they were nevertheless included in the range - for the good reputation and for customers with exquisite taste, a little more money and a little less space. In the second half of the 20th century, Peugeot was one of the most eagerly producing saloon halves, albeit usually with a generation break between model changes. An official coupé version of the Peugeot 203, introduced in 1948, first appeared in 1952, which had a very American look and disappeared from the range just one year later. For the successor 403, it was left to Peugeot dealer Émile Darl'mat to turn the Pininfarina design of the saloon into a sleek two-door model with a panoramic rear window.
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