[PTA SC] Peugeot 604

PPeugeot 604
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In April 2000 it will be 25 years since the Peugeot 604 was introduced. Chris Deligny reports in an anniversary special report.

Chris Deligny

IN the very early , Peugeot and Renault were both looking for a new engine to power a large, upmarket car. They realised, in typical Gallic fashion, that neither could economically design and build such an engine, so they joined forces & pooled finances is a better description; and started work on what was then going to be a V8!

The early were a period of change. The V8 project soon became a V6, and Volvo came on board.

This V6 was probably better than the planned V8. It was compact, being only three cylinders long, and rigid, though not as frugal as it should have been. However, it was broad and engine bay filling with its 90-degree cylinder inclination instead of 60 degrees.

So, Peugeot first assault in 40 years on the top end of the luxury six-cylinder market long dominated by Mercedes and other foreign imports had begun.

Peugeot skipped a couple of model numbers to follow the long, sleek 601 of 1934, which became a depression casualty in 1935 after the production of 4,000 vehicles.

As is usual for Peugeot, the new model was previewed before it became available to the buying public. Its first showing was at the Geneva Motor Show in March 1975, although the motor itself was also being used in the 504 Coupé.

The punters had to wait until the Paris Motor Show of September, 1975 to be able to drive out of the showroom in a Peugeot 604. This gave plenty of time for publicity, and the car was eagerly awaited. It also gave the makers the advantage of it being in the next model year, as they call anything released after the European summer (August) as the next calendar year.

The Peugeot 604 was a conventional but well-engineered sedan. It had the 2,664 cc V6 engine, called the ZM112. Compression was 8.65 to 1. Power was rated at 101.3 kW at 5,750 rpm, and 15CV for fiscal purposes. A four-speed manual transmission (BA10) was standard, and a GM three-speed auto gearbox was optional. It was, of course, rear-wheel drive.

The very early models could be identified by their 504-type fixed chrome rear view mirrors. It had the so-called first generation of interiors, with a rubber-topped dashboard, three-spoke steering wheel and reinforced seat back.

Also standard were power four-wheel discs, ventilated in the front, power steering, remote mirrors, fast glass, with an optional sunroof. Most importantly, it had a round fuel filler cap.

Price was FFr41,700 manual (6950 AUS$), and FFr44,700 auto (7450 AUS$). Difficult to equate that to Aussie dollars, as the exchange rate was about six francs to the dollar at that time, but went up to eight to one not long after. It is now four to one.

The Renault 30, with the same engine, was released about the same time. While it went well in France, this front-wheel drive car was never released in Australia, where it was regarded as too eccentric.
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[ Bericht 1% gewijzigd door Mukie op 07-09-2005 13:00:40 (ff 1 tagje aangepast) ]

Dank je.

Ik vind dit nou echt zo'n auto die mijn moeder had kunnen kopen, (derdehands) Zou wel passen bij haar Opel Kadett D, Volkswagen Jetta, en de Ford Feest...