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Peugeot Darl'mat - Bringing the lion up to speed

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Created on January 1, 1982

Reading time 6min

Written by:

Halwart Schrader

Photos:

Daniel Reinhard

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Stellantis/Peugeot

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Stephan Traber

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Bruno von Rotz

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Artcurial

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Bernard Canonne - Courtesy RM Auctions

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Archiv Martin Schröder

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Martin Schatzmann

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Daniel Reinhard

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Stellantis/Peugeot

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Stephan Traber

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Bruno von Rotz

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Bernard Canonne - Courtesy RM Auctions

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Martin Schatzmann

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Peugeot 402 Darl'mat Roadster (1937) - wunderschönes Plakat aus der Zeit

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Peugeot 402 (1935) - Design inspiriert vom Chrysler Airflow?

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Peugeot 402 Darl'mat (1938) - Sieger der Zweilitgerklasse bei den 24 Stunden von Le Mans 1938, ausgestellt auf dem Pariser Autosalon 1938

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Peugeot 402 Darl'mat (1938) - Equippe anlässlich der 24 Stunden von Le Mans 1938

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Peugeot 402 Darl'mat (1937) - an den 24 Stunden von Le Mans 1937

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Peugeot 402 Darl'mat Le Mans (1938) – Repro einer Aufnahme von damals

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Peugeot 402 Darl'mat (1937) - am Bergrennen von Anzére im Jahr 1979

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Peugeot Darl'Mat 402 DSE (1937) am Veteranenrennen vor Le Mans 1973 - In den Jahren 1937 und 1938 waren diese Peugeot Darl'Mat am Start und erreichten immer Platzierungen unter den ersten 10!

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Peugeot 402 Darl'mat (1937) - zwischen anderen berühmten Peugeot-Modellen im Museum

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Peugeot 402 B Coach (1939) - eleganter Zweitürer

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Peugeot 402 B Légère Sport (1940) - zweitüriges Coupé

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Peugeot 402 Berline (1936) - Viertürer mit sechs Plätzen

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Peugeot 402 BL Cabriolet Décapotable Metallique (1937) - Cabriolet mit versenkbarem Hardtop

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Peugeot 402 Cabriolet transformable electrique (1936) - mit geöffnetem Dach

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Peugeot 402 Cabriolet Transformable Electrique (1937) - Darl'mat-Cabriolet

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Peugeot 402 Coach 6 Plätze (1936) - elegante zweitürige Limousine

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Peugeot 402 Coach Décapotable (1939) - Werks-Cabriolet mit Stoffdach

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Peugeot 402 Coupé Décapotable (1936) - mit Platz für die ganze Gang

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Peugeot 402 Coupé Décapotable (1935) - zweitüriges Cabriolet

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Peugeot 402 Coach (1936) - die Scheinwerfer hinter dem Kühlergitter machten ihn fast einmalig

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Peugeot 402 Limousine normale (1940) - Viertürer mit sechs Sitzplätzen

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Peugeot 202 Coupé Darl'mat (1947) - aerodynamisches Coupé

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Peugeot 202 Coupé Darl'mat (1947) - aerodynamisches Coupé

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Peugeot 202 Darl'mat (1947) - Rekordfahrzeug für Montlhéry im Jahr 1947

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Peugeot 203 Darl'mat (1947) - leistunggesteigerte Version mit karosserieseitigen Anpassungen zum Grundmodell (vermutlich zur Verbesserung der Aerodynamik)

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Peugeot 402 Roadster Darl'mat (1938) - eines der schönsten Autos Frankreichs - Rétromobile Paris 2016

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Peugeot 402 Roadster Darl'mat (1938) - nahm in den Jahren 1939 bis 1948 an vielen Wettbewerben (u.a. Brighton, Goodwood) teil - Rétromobile Paris 2016

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Peugeot 402 Darl'mat Roadster (1938) - Strandaufnahme der Schönheit

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Peugeot 402 Darl'mat Roadster (1938) - mit herrlicher Pastell-Lackierung

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Peugeot 402 Darl'mat Roadster (1938) - mit herrlicher Pastell-Lackierung

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Peugeot 402 Darl'mat (1938) - bei Peugeot gesehen - Rétromobile Paris 2014

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Peugeot 402 Darl'Mat Roadster (1938) - von Artcurial am 7. Februar 2014 an der Rétromobile Paris versteigert

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Peugeot 402 Darl'mat Roadster (1938) - auf dem Peugeot-Stand entdeckt (Rétromobile 2012)

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Peugeot 402 Darl'mat Légère Special Sport Roadster by Marcel Portout (1937) - als Lot 248 an der Monterey RM Auction vom 17. und 18. August 2012 angeboten

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Peugeot 302 DS Darl'mat Pourtout Cabriolet (1937) - Platz 3 in der Kategorie "European Classic - French Grand Touring" - Pebble Beach 2012 (J3-04)

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Peugeot 402 Darl'mat (1937) - Le Mans Classic 2014 - Plateau 1

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Peugeot 402 Darl`mat (1938) - Plateau 1 - Le Mans Classic 2016

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Peugeot 402 Darl'Mat Sport (1938) - am Vintage Revival Montlhéry 2015

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Der Peugeot Darl’mat 402 von 1938 überzeugt mit seiner eleganten Form - Vintage Revival Montlhéry 2013

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Summary

The Darl'mat cars occupy a special position among the Peugeot classic cars, of which only a few models enjoy a decidedly sporty reputation. They are rare and are traded at high prices. This report tells the story of the Darl'mat versions and shows some of them in historical and modern photographs.

This article contains the following chapters

Georges Paulin has an idea
Excitement on the Côte d'Azur
The Montlhéry magic formula
Successes at Le Mans
One held on through
A new beginning after the end
Few survivors

Estimated reading time: 6min

Preview (beginning of the article)

The sporting image of the traditional French brand Peugeot had reached its peak before the outbreak of the First World War. Men like Jules Goux, Georges Boillot and Rene Thomas drove their Peugeot cars to great victories that made headlines in the world press. Peugeot was all the more "bourgeois" in the twenties and thirties. The brand competed with Renault and Citroen for the market of the well-behaved family man, the businessman, the small tradesman - those with sporting ambitions could not do too much with a Peugeot. Until Emile Darl'mat came along. The man with the peculiar surname had become a Peugeot concessionaire in Paris in 1926 and had previously been a representative of the La Buire brand. He had always had a penchant for tuning, even giving the weak-chested Peugeot quadrilettes a few extra horsepower every now and then. The result was that the already fragmentary rear brakes of the little car were sometimes severely overtaxed.

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