Peugeot 405

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Peugeot 405
Peugeot 405 GL
Manufacturer Peugeot
Production 1988–1997; 2006-
Predecessor Peugeot 404
Successor Peugeot 406
Class Large family car
Body style 4-door sedan
5-door wagon
Platform FF
Engine Inline-4, 1.6-2.0 L, petrol/diesel
Similar Audi 80
Citroën BX
Citroën Xantia
Ford Mondeo
Ford Sierra
Honda Accord
Renault 21
Renault Laguna
1990 Peugeot 405 Mi16
1990 Peugeot 405 Mi16
1990 Peugeot 405 Mi16
1990 Peugeot 405 Mi16
1994 Peugeot 405
1994 Peugeot 405

The Peugeot 405 is a large family car released by the French automaker Peugeot in 1988 and which continues to be manufactured under license outside France. The 405 was voted European Car of the Year in 1988. In 2006, the vehicle was re-introduced into certain markets in the Middle East as the Peugeot Roa. [1]

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[edit] Design and styling

It has been available in left-hand and right-hand-drive versions, as a saloon and station wagon, in front-wheel, rear-wheel, and four-wheel drive.

[edit] Production and markets

About 2.5 million vehicles have been sold worldwide. It slotted into the Peugeot range between the smaller 309 and the larger 505, giving it a firm rival for the Ford Sierra and Vauxhall Cavalier.

Designed in France, it has been manufactured at

The 405 was the last Peugeot vehicle sold in the US, the company withdrawing in 1991 Peugeot withdraws from US due to market reaction to 405 model.

[edit] Timeline

  • 1987: In July, Peugeot unveiled 10 versions of the 405 simultaneously for the 1988 model year. The 405 was available as a 4-door only. Four-cylinder petrol engines included 65, 92, 110, 125, and 160 hp (48, 69, 82, 93, and 119 kW) units.
  • 1988: 70 and 90 hp (52 and 67 kW) diesel engines are added to the range.
  • 1989: Estate introduced. 500,000 vehicles already produced.
  • 1990: In France, the 1 millionth 405 leaves the Sochaux factory. BE1 transmission replaced by the BE3.
  • 1991: Updates to the dashboard, steering wheel, and soundproofing.
  • 1992: Launch of the turbocharged, 16-valve, four wheel drive 405 T16. (LHD only)
  • 1993: Phase 2 model. New boot (trunk) with better ingress, new rear lights and boot design and new dashboard.
  • 1995: The 405's replacement, the 406 is introduced. 405 saloon discontinued. Airbag becomes an option on some models, and standard on the Mi16 and T16.
  • 1997: Estate discontinued in Europe, marking the end of European production of the 405.

[edit] Versions

  • GE/GL/GR - 1.6 L 8-valve carburreted, basic model
  • GLX - 1.9 L 8-valve Turbo Diesel, luxury specification including rear spolier
  • GR - 1.9 L 110 hp 8-valve carburreted, basic model
  • SR - Same as GL but included optionals such as power windows, climate control, body coloured rear view mirrors and door handles.
  • SRi /GRi /GTX - 1.9 L 125 hp 8-valve fuel injected, based on the same engine as the 205 GTI 1.9.
  • Mi16 - Initially 1.9L (1905cc) 16-valve fuel injected, with 148 hp (160 hp for UK). The engine (XU9J4) of the Mi16 was later used by Peugeot as the basis for the engine in the 206 WRC, winning two championships. The engine underwent a redesign for model year 1993; its displacement was increased to 2.0 L and in programming the injection system some peak horsepower was traded for more torque
  • T16 - The top of the line, 200 hp at 1,1 bar (normal boost) 220 hp at 1,3 bar (overboost) for 45 sec. 2.0 L 16-valve turbocharged XU10J4TE engine with watercooled chargecooler, constant four wheel drive with 53/47% power distrubution. 1046 examples were built, 10 of them for the French Police.

[edit] Motorsport

The most famous motorsport version of the 405, the rallying 405 Turbo 16 GR, was very different from the road-going 405. It was built in a coupe body style in mid-engine configuration, had constant four wheel drive with electronically-adjustable center differential like the 205 T16, as it was based on the same technology. Only two examples were made, one raced hill climbs and the other competed in the Paris-Dakar rally. Today, one is in the official Peugeot museum, and the other is in a private collection. A famous short movie, named Climb Dance produced by Peugeot and directed by Jean Louis Mourey featuring Ari Vatanen won the Grand Prix Du Film in Festival De Chamonix, the Silver Screen at US Industrial Film & Video Festival Chicago, the Prix Special Du Jury at the Festival International Du Film D'Aventure Val D´Isere and a Golden Award at the International Film Festival Houston in 1990. The film showed the 405 Turbo 16 GR climbing Pikes Peak at the Pikes Peak International Hillclimb

  • 1988: Finnish driver Ari Vatanen set a new record in the Pikes Peak International Hillclimb. Kankkunen and Piironen win the Paris-Dakar Rally in the 405 T16 GR.
  • 1989: Victory in the Paris-Dakar rally by the Vatanen-Ickx team in a 405 T16 GR.
  • 1990: Victory in the Paris-Dakar rally by the Vatanen-Berglund team in a 405 T16 GR.

Racing 405s much closer in specification to the road-going models were campaigned for several years in European touring car racing during the early to mid 1990s, most notably in the British Touring Car Championship and the French Supertourisme Championship. In Britain, the 405 did not achieve much success, but the car won the French series in both 1994 and 1995, in the hands of Laurent Aïello.

[edit] Trivia

  • Two examples of the purpose-built 405 Turbo-16 GR were made, although no coupe was commercialised, unlike the 504 and 406.
  • The 405 platform is used in the Iranian 'National Car', the IranKhodro Samand.
  • Peugeot's TV advertising campaign for the 405 featured an example of the car driving through exploding fields of fire, with the Berlin hit Take My Breath Away playing in the background. This campaign, which began in October 1990, co-incided with a re-release of the song which had appeared on the Top Gun film soundtrack four years earlier.
  • The 405 was a strong seller in the UK, and in 1991 appeared in the country's top 10 new car sales figures for the first time. In 1992, 1993 and 1994, it was Peugeot's best-selling car in the UK.
  • The 405 Mi16 was declared a 'future classic' in the December 21, 2003 episode of the BBC motoring programme Top Gear.
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