Peugeot Type 48

Peugeot Type 48
Manufacturer	Peugeot
Production	1902 - 1909
Class	small car
Layout	FR layout
Wheelbase	1,700 mm (66.9 in)
Length	2,900 mm (114.2 in)

The Peugeot Type 48 is an early motor vehicle produced between 1902 and 1909 by the French auto-maker Peugeot at their Audincourt plant. It was a small and (relatively) inexpensive open bodied four seater.

The vehicle was powered by a single-cylinder 833 cc four stroke engine. An innovation at the time was the use of a steel rotating drive shaft to deliver the power to the rear wheels in place of the Chain-drive mechanism that Peugeot had used hitherto. Replacing the drive chain with a drive shaft enabled the manufacturer to move the engine from its accustomed place behind the driver, and it was now positioned at the front of the car. 6.5 hp (5 kW) was the claimed maximum power output, achieved at 1200 rpm.

The 2,900 mm (114.2 in) long car sat on a wheel-base of just 1,700 mm (66.9 in). The open bodied Tonneau / Phaeton format body was built around a frame of tubular steel and offered space for four people.

The Type 48 remained in production until 1909 by which year it had achieved the longest production run of any Peugeot model. 131 had been produced.

Sources and further reading

Wolfgang Schmarbeck: Alle Peugeot Automobile 1890-1990. Motorbuch-Verlag. Stuttgart 1990. ISBN 3-613-01351-7

This article incorporates information from the equivalent article on the German Wikipedia.

This article incorporates information from the revision as of 2011-17-06 of the equivalent article on the Italian Wikipedia.


Type	1880s	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							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		61	71	81	96	106	116	126	138												175
Large family car										23					42/43/44	62	72	82	92	104	112/117/ 122/130/134		139		145/146/148										174 / 184											601
Large family car																66	76	83	93				135									156
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.