Peugeot Type 3

Peugeot Type 3

Overview
Manufacturer	S. A. des Automobiles Peugeot
Production	1891-1894 64 produced
Designer	Armand Peugeot
Body and chassis
Body style	Runabout
Layout	RR layout
Powertrain
Engine	565 cc V-twin 2 hp @ 1000 rpm
Dimensions
Wheelbase	1.63 metres (64 in)
Chronology
Predecessor	Peugeot Type 2
Successor	Peugeot Type 4

The Peugeot Type 3 was an early French automobile; it was Peugeot's first model to be mass produced. It was their second car with an internal combustion engine.

Background

The earliest Peugeot models from 1889 were steam-powered tricycles, which were built in collaboration with Léon Serpollet. In 1890, Armand Peugeot met with car technology innovators, Gottlieb Daimler and Émile Levassor and became convinced that reliable and practical vehicles would have to be powered by petrol and have four wheels. The Type 2 was the first such model. Peugeot's one-time partner, Serpollet, continued with steam technology under the brand name Gardner-Serpollet until Serpollet's death in 1907.

Performance

The engine was a German design by Daimler, but was licensed for production in France by Panhard et Levassor and then sold to Peugeot. It was a 15° V-twin and produced 2 bhp, sufficient for a top speed of approximately 18 kilometres per hour (11 mph).

World record

In the year 1891. Armand Peugeot decided to show the quality of the Type 3 by running it alongside the cyclists in the inaugural Paris–Brest–Paris cycle race, thus gaining official confirmation of progress from the race marshals and time-keepers. His Chief Engineer Louis Rigoulot and rising workshop foreman Auguste Doriot demonstrated the robustness of the design, as the Quadricycle operated for 14,710 kilometres (9,140 mi) without major malfunctions, the longest to that time by a petrol-powered vehicle and about three times further than the previous record set by Leon Serpollet from Paris to Lyon.

It later became the first Peugeot sold to the public. A lightened Type 3 was entered into the Paris–Bordeaux–Paris race, finishing second and maintaining an average speed of 21.7 kilometres per hour (13.5 mph).

References

Peugeot, a marque of PSA Peugeot Citroën, road vehicle timeline, 1889–1944 — next »
Type		1890s										1900s										1910s										1920s										1930s										1940s
Type	9	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2	3	4
Supermini	1	2	3 / 4			5 / 6 / 7 / 8				21 / 24 / 30 / 31				37	54	57	69 "Bébé"								B P1/ B3/P1 "Bébé"¹											161/172 "Quadrilette"				5CV			190
Supermini											26 / 27 / 28			48	56	58						126																			201									202
Small family car									14 / 15 / 25						56	58	68	VA/VC/VY¹				V2C/V2Y¹			VD/VD2¹						159	163												301				302
Small family car													33 / 36			63			99	108	118	125													173 / 177 / 181 / 183
Family car						9 / 10 / 11 / 12				16 / 17 / 19 / 32				49/50		65/67	77	78	88			127		143		153						153 B/BR					176									401		402
Family car								18						39	43/44	61	71	81	96	106	116	126	138												175
Large family car										23					42	62	72	82	92	104	112/117/ 122/130/134		139		145/146/148										174
Large family car																66	76	83	93				135									156								184
Executive car																		80	103		113		141			147/150
Executive car																		85	95	105
Cabriolet / Spider																		91		101/120		133 / 111/129/131	136			144
Panel van							13			22			34/35
Minibus									20 / 29											107
¹ These cars were marketed as "Lion-Peugeots", produced by what was till 1910 a separate Peugeot company, run by cousins of Armand Peugeot, then in charge of the principal automobile business. In 1910, Armand having no sons of his own, it was agreed that the two branches of the Peugeot business be reunited.

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