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A modern car with no surprises - (historical) Peugeot 204 driving report

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Created on March 30, 1965

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Clauspeter Becker

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Peugeot 204 Sedan (1965) - as a four-door sedan

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Peugeot 204 Sedan (1965) - as a four-door Berline

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Peugeot 204 (1965) - at the IAA in Frankfurt 1965

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Peugeot 204 Sedan (1965) - the four-door Berline

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Peugeot 204 (1966) - first appearance in Geneva - Geneva Motor Show 1966

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Peugeot 204 (1965) - mechanical construction

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Peugeot 204 (1965) - Transparency drawing

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Peugeot 204 (1965) - Cockpit

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Peugeot 204 (1965) - Interior

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Peugeot 204 (1965) - View into the trunk

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Peugeot 204 (1966) - transverse engine and thus mass concentration on the front axle

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Peugeot 204 (1968) - space-saving design with transverse front engine - Geneva Motor Show 1968

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Peugeot 204 (1967) - four-cylinder engine arranged at right angles to the car's axis for optimum use of space - Geneva Motor Show 1967

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Peugeot 204 (1966) - high technical level clearly demonstrated - overhead camshaft - Geneva Motor Show 1966

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Peugeot 204 (1966) - Engine selection - set up like a modern sculpture - Geneva Motor Show 1966

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Peugeot 204 (1965) - Engine, gearbox and final drive

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Peugeot 204 (1965) - as a four-door sedan

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Peugeot 204 Berline Grand Luxe (1965) - as a four-door sedan

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Peugeot 204 Berline Grand Luxe (1967) - as a four-door sedan, built in 1968

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Peugeot 204 (1969) - as " Berline Grand Luxe"

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Peugeot 204 Sedan (1965) - four-door sedan

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Peugeot 204 Break Grand Luxe (1966) - the estate version

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Peugeot 204 Break Grand Luxe (1966) - the estate version

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Peugeot 204 Break (1966) - as a five-door estate car

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Peugeot 204 Coupé (1967) - elegant and compact coupé

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Peugeot 204 (1967) - as a coupé, wheelbase 5 cm shorter than the sedan, but with reclining seats - Geneva Motor Show 1967

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Peugeot 204 (1969) - Advertisement from 1969

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Peugeot 204 (1967) - in advertising - classy through and through

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Peugeot 204 (1968) - in the advertisement - George Lazenby shows Peugeot level

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Peugeot 204 (1969) - in the advertisement - as spirited as the people who drive it

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Summary

The Peugeot 204 was actually a very modern car, absolutely in tune with the times. Nevertheless, the first test drivers were somewhat disappointed that it couldn't do things better and at a price that was higher than the competition. This article reproduces an early historical driving report from the launch year and shows the small saloon in historical pictures and in the sales brochure.

This article contains the following chapters

Too heavy?
Handy and smooth
Not enough displacement?
Elaborately built
Solid chassis
A genuine but expensive Peugeot
Technical data

Estimated reading time: 8min

Preview (beginning of the article)

Extensive and perhaps not entirely unintentional leaks made the Peugeot 204 a long-awaited vehicle. Now, after Peugeot let the cat out of the bag bit by bit, so to speak, it is here and turns out to be better than one might have hoped. It is indeed a modern car in the best sense of the word. But its advantages have to be paid for. Just as proud as the factory can be of it is its price. You have to pay at least 7350 marks for this car with little more than 1100 cc. The version with sunroof costs 7495. At this price, it is hardly an unrivaled offer at first glance. The BMC 1100 Hydrolastik, which is technically closest to it, costs 900 marks less. The considerably larger Renault 16 will not be much more expensive, and the R 8-Major, although different but still comparable, offers similar driving performance and almost the same interior for considerably less.

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