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Pretty practical and beautifully airy - Peugeot 304 Coupé and Cabrio in the (historic) test

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Created on July 11, 1970

Reading time 10min

Written by:

Dr. Paul Simsa

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Peugeot 304 Cabriolet (1970) – typisch französisch mit komfortablem Fahrwerk auch für schlechte Wegstrecken

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Peugeot 304 Coupé (1970) – moderner Kompaktwagen mit Quermotor, Schrägheck und Vorderradantrieb

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Peugeot 304 Coupé (1970) – kurzes, sehr übersichtliches Stummelheck mit grosser Ladeklappe

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Peugeot 304 Cabriolet (1970) – im Fotostudio

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Peugeot 304 Coupé (1971) – Kleines Kombi-Coupé mit grosser Heckklappe

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Peugeot 304 Cabriolet (1971) – eleganter kleiner Flitzer für zwei Personen

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Peugeot 304 Coupé (1972) – flink dank 65 PS, wendig dank kurzem Radstand

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Peugeot 304 Cabriolet (1972) – eignet sich als Stadtflitzer und für den Ausflug aufs Land

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Peugeot 304 Cabriolet (1970) – Innenraum mit Kunstledersitzen

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Peugeot 304 Cabriolet (1971) – Armaturenbrett mit elegantem, aber schlecht abzulesendem Kombiinstrument

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Peugeot 304 Coupé (1970) – Cockpit mit hellen Stoffsitzen

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Peugeot 304 Coupé (1970) – Innenraum mit stufenlos justierbaren Liegesitzen und höchstens kindertauglicher Rücksitzbank

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Peugeot 304 Coupé (1970) – Kofferraum unter der klappbaren Hutablage

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Peugeot 304 Cabriolet (1970) – Kofferraum mit genug Platz für das Gepäck von zwei Passagieren

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Peugeot 304 Cabriolet (1970) – Durchsichtszeichnung

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Peugeot 304 Coupé (1970) – Durchsichtszeichnung

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Peugeot 304 Coupé (1970) – Antriebseinheit und Fahrwerk

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Peugeot 304 Coupé und 304 Cabrio (1970) – Abmessungen und Gewichte

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Peugeot 304 Coupé und 304 Cabrio (1970) – Diagramme für Beschleunigung, Geschwindigkeit und Leistung

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Summary

The Peugeot 304 Coupé and Cabriolet were pretty little cars with quite different characters. With its hatchback and large tailgate, the Coupé was almost a small estate car, whereas the Cabriolet was built more for pleasure trips for two. And while there was no lack of fresh air in the convertible, a little more ventilation would have been desirable in the coupé. This historical test report reveals the rest.

This article contains the following chapters

Mini estate
Open-top city runabout
Annoying weaknesses
Lively engine
mot overall verdict
Plus points
Minus points

Estimated reading time: 10min

Preview (beginning of the article)

No completely new models, further development: 204 became 304 with 1300 ccm (exactly 1288 ccm) instead of 1130 ccm, 65 hp instead of 55 hp, center shift. The 204 continued to be built as a saloon, the coupé and convertible were converted entirely to 304. Headlights on the coupé/convertible with halogen dipped and main beam headlights, new tail lights. Dashboard as on the 304 saloon, unfortunately - we haven't met anyone at Peugeot who likes the too small, low-set speedometer with the poorly legible digits; round instruments are due with the next model change, probably as early as the Paris Motor Show in October. The previous round instruments were better and also looked better. But the 304 dashboard has overall advantages for interior safety.

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