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| 1896 - 1901
THE EMANSIPATION OF ARMAND (Page 1 of 2) | |
Armand Peugeot sets up his own company, leaving the traditional industries to the rest of the family. |
 1896 Establishment of Société des auto-mobiles Peugeot in Lille by Armand Peugeot. It is to be devoted to the manufacture of touring cars and trucks while the sons of his cousin Eugène, Pierre (1871 -1927), Robert (1873 - 1945) and Jules (1882- 1959) as "les Fils de Peugeot frères" turn their energies to tools, bicycles and motorbikes. The car remained the domain of Armand who had no male heirs. The Type 14 appears in the summer. It is the first model to have a Peugeot 2 cylinder horizontal engine (patented by Michaux). The Daimler engines that Armand Peugeot used to buy from Panhard and Levassor, the French importers of the engine, will not be used from the following year on.
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| Car body workshop in Audincourt |
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Beaulieu factory |
1897 Armand builds a motor car factory (with a total floor area of 50,000 sq.meters, 4,000 of them covered) at Audincourt in the Doubs region and another one at Fives-Lille in the north of the country, the first Peugeot site outside Franche-Comté. From now on, Armand Peugeot will manufacture his own 2-cylinder horizontal engine and he updates practically his whole product range with the Type 14 (a two-seater), Type 15 (a phaeton), Type 16 (a Vis-à-vis), Type 17 (a very small car requiring no license) and Type 18 (an 8-seater estate), all fitted with Peugeot engines. From this date on, Peugeot cars are available with optional Michelin tires with tubes, instead of the old solid tires. |
