In 1912, that first dohc racing engine also had a cross-flow head and I think hemi combustion chambers; but the big change was the small displacement. With the less sophisticated layout of previous engines, they needed displacement for power; and the last Fiat racing engine was 24ltrs.( I think).
Peugeot won its first Indy in 1913.
Peugeot invented the light diesel engine- remember Rudolf Diesel?
They were also the first to introduce car diesel starting with the ignition switch.
"(-Phil-)" <listacct@mindfart.com> wrote: According to my propaganda stack:
- Invented Cold Rolled Steel
- Started Manufacturing Bicycles
- First Peugeot Car (steam powered) Demonstrated at the Dedication
Ceremony of the Eiffel Tower (Paris Exposition)
(A side note states: "Neither the Peugeot or the Tower were well
received")
- Armand Peugeot entered a Gas-Powered Car in a Bicycle race
(Finished dead last @ 8mph average, but set a record of 1500
total miles traveled by a gas powered car)
- 29 gas-Powered Peugeots built
- 24 gas-Powered Peugeots built
- 40 gas-Powered Peugeots built, Including the Introduction of the
world's first station wagon (Type 10)
- First recorded organized Car Race - Peugeot tied w/ Panhard in the 78
mile event.
- 72 cars built
- Peugeot wins 732 Mile Paris-Bordeaux-Paris Rally
(The Michelin Bros also raced a Peugeot in that event, finishing
dead last in the first car with Pneumatic tires - 50 flats!)
- Peugeot builds first engine. 1645cc 2-cylinder 4 stroke developing
6bhp @ 700 rpm - Won 165 mile race w/ this engine
- 92 cars built
- Armand Peugeot splits off from family business and forms "Société
Anonyme des Automobiles Peugeot" in Audincourt.
- Automotive Business takes off - Begin construction of new Plant in
Lille
- Lille plant operational - Peugeot invents Battery-powered ignition
- Peugeot produces first 4-valve Dual-Overhead Camshaft engine
- Peugeot wins Indy 500 in America
- 4-wheel braking system
- World's First Diesel car - Peugeot World's oldest manufacturer of
Diesel engines.
- 21 seat Diesel-Powered Omnibus Produced
- Peugeot introduces 3 digit numbering system with "0" in the middle.
- World's First Hemispherical ("Hemi") engine in Mass production
- First front-wheel drive passenger car
- World's first High-RPM Diesel (5450 redline) (Aluminum)
- (81 model) First Turbo Diesel in America
- Original Message -----
From: "gary freeman" <riven2649@yahoo.com>
To: "N9TE" <Fujitsu@turbo505.com>; <peugeot-L@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2006 5:33 PM
Subject: Re: [Peugeot-L] Is your Peugeot the car you love the most?
> Not only is Peugeot my favorite car, but they are my favorite
> manufacturer. With all of their history, they were actually fun to sell.
> How many of you know that the guy who first sculpted the Peugeot lion,
> also sculpted the Statue of Liberty? Or that Peugeot was the first to
> develop battery ignition, first to make a station wagon, that Michelin
> developed pneumatic tires on Peugeots, and that they were the first to
> put all the elements together that defined the modern racing engine. That
> they won the Indy 500 3 times in the period between 1910 and 1920, and
> that the company goes back to the 15th century. They also developed the
> process of cold rolling steel back in 1810, which is how steel for autos
> is made. Peugeot , I think, are still a steel maker; and probably the
> only car manufacturer to make their own steel.
>
> N9TE <Fujitsu@turbo505.com> wrote: I recently sold my Supra
> (awesome car) and lately have been driving the
> wife's Cressida (as reliable as taxes and just as exciting). Both are
> great
> cars that will last forever. But, there's nothing like my 505 turbo.
> I'm
> looking forward to getting a Cx or SM when I move next year. I suppose
> that
> car will take the top slot. But, I know life would not be the same if I
> didn't have my 505.
>
> Heading down to the garage to work on it now as a result of your prompt!
> Thanks Paul!
>
> K o l l
> 87S
>
> ----- Original Message -----
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> To: <peugeot-L@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2006 2:13 PM
> Subject: [Peugeot-L] Is your Peugeot the car you love the most?
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