Peugeot 406

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Peugeot 406
Peugeot 406
Manufacturer: PSA
Production: 1995–2004
Predecessor: Peugeot 405
Successor: Peugeot 407
Class: Large family car
Body style: 2-door coupé
4-door sedan
5-door estate
Related: Citroën Xantia
Similar: Honda Accord
Toyota Camry
Opel/Vauxhall Vectra
Volkswagen Passat
Ford Mondeo
Renault Laguna
Audi A4
Peugeot 406 Coupé
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Peugeot 406 Coupé

The Peugeot 406 was a large family car from the French automaker Peugeot from 1995 to 2004. Available in sedan, station wagon and coupé bodystyles with a choice of gasoline or turbodiesel engines, the 406 replaced the Peugeot 405 in Peugeot's lineup, and was itself replaced by the Peugeot 407. It used the same platform as the Citroën Xantia, though without that car's sophisticated hydropneumatic suspension system. There were over 1.5 million 406's sold.[citation needed]

The diesel versions were very popular, and the 406 became one of Europe's best-selling diesel-powered cars.[citation needed] Initially, the car was available with 1.8 L and 2.0 L gasoline and 1.9 L turbodiesel engines, followed by a 110 bhp 2.1 L turbodiesel, turbocharged 2.0 L and 3.0 L gasoline V6 engines. The 2-door coupé was both designed and built by Italian designer Pininfarina, with choices of a 2.0 L 4-cylinder engine or a 3.0 L V6, and from 2001, a 2.2 L HDi diesel engine.

The 406 was notably successful in the UK, where it was built in the factories inherited from Chrysler Europe. It broke into the key UK fleet sales market, with 90 percent of units becoming company cars.[citation needed] UK sales overshadowed the Peugeot 205, Peugeot's previous best-selling model in the UK.[citation needed]

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[edit] Engines

The 406 was available with the following engines:

[edit] Unleaded Petroleum

  • 1.6 L I4 - 90 bhp
  • 1.8 L I4 - 110 bhp
  • 2.0 L I4 - 136 bhp
  • 2.0 L turbocharged I4 - 150 bhp
  • 2.2 L I4 - 150 bhp
  • 3.0 L ES9 V6 - 190 bhp and 210 bhp

[edit] Diesel

  • 1.9 L diesel I4 - power rating unknown
  • 1.9 L turbodiesel I4 - 92 bhp
  • 2.0 L diesel HDi I4 - 90 bhp and 110 bhp (The 110 is intercooled, the 90 is not.)
  • 2.1 L turbodiesel I4 - 110 bhp
  • 2.2 L diesel HDi I4 - 135 bhp

[edit] Movie appearance

The 406 sedan was most famously featured in the French "Taxi" trilogy. In "Taxi" the 406 was simply a modified 3.0 V6 capable of tremendous speed; in "Taxi 2" the car had pop-out wings to aid aerial movement, such as when the car "jumps" over French army tanks trying to block its escape; in "Taxi 3", the 406 is further upgraded to be able to travel in icy terrain.

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