• Peugeot Is Officially Leading the Return of French Cars to the U.S.
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Peugeot Cars Coming Back to the U.S. – Led by French Company PSA French car company PSA's plans for reentering the U.S. market are finally starting to materialize. The company will lead its North American efforts with the Peugeot brand, a name that many Americans may recognize from the French car company's last stint in the U.S. market, which ended in 1991. PSA hasn't presented an official timeline for when it plans to start selling Peugeot cars here again, but Automotive News reports that the company has discussed 2026. PSA first announced a plan to return to the U.S. in 2016 and has slowly been fleshing out its future here. After it launched a car-sharing app here called Free2Move, reports began circulating that PSA was homologating its vehicles for the U.S. market, including looking into adhering to our safety and emissions standards. PSA also acquired General Motors' European brand Opel in 2017. Automotive News reports that PSA CEO Carlos Tavares said that the U.S.-bound Peugeot vehicles will be built in both Europe and China. PSA is also deploying other brands to new global markets, including Citroën in India and Opel in Russia. It's too early to tell at this point what Peugeot's lineup in the States will look like, but we can look at what it sells elsewhere to get an idea of its range of vehicles. The 2008, 3008, and 5008 crossover models seem like fair bets to come here, although given the timing it will likely be the next generation of these vehicles that we get. The attractive 508 sedan and station wagon (pictured above) look like they could be savvy competitors to the likes of the Audi A4, and the new Peugeot 208 small hatchback fits in well with PSA's initiative towards electrified models, as it offers a fully electric variant. Stay tuned for more information to come about Peugeot's return to our shores.
I for one, welcome the influx of more euro cars. American manufacturers have been seriously disappointing and in a lot of cases really unreliable. So it'll be nice to see a new brand.
Ehh, dont hold your breath
We are coming.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buQxF0eIeXI
Just like Blade Runner predicted.
https://youtu.be/50A9wjJ40Dk?t=32 Americans right now
Citroen's are nice, very comfortable suspension
I didn't say they'd be more reliable. Just said it's nice to have more brands to see broken down on the road.
Peugeots truly are the pinnacle of French cars, right after the Twingo. If these Top Gear videos didn't convince you to buy one, I don't know what will. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQugEZOrZSc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TnGjq9mWSI
man if they brought back a fucking skits classic like a 106 Rallye I'd be all over it like a hog on shit
That's a renault (twingo if I'm not mistaken), not a Peugeot.
Perfect timing with Ford killing off their cars.
My ex gf who lived in the US had no idea what Peugeot even was
My citroen is faster than my friend's much more powerful ibiza because I can take slight bumps and elevation changes flat out without bottoming out :V
is it really a good time to try and sell cars to americans when americans aren't even buying enough cars for the companies that are here?
When the 208 gets there, there won't be a need to thank the french. They know you're thankful. Why and how? Don't worry about that either, they just do... But seriously, the new 208 looks great.
The 508 looks fucking great, it's too bad modern cars are such electronic-ridden shit though, and I say that as an IT Professional and tech enthusiast. We're going to need a generation of mini Louis Rossmanns to keep these things going out of warranty, because the parts will be ungodly expensive or cease to exist because this or that electronic component is out of production.
Oh yeah since I seem to have been calls coming from you guys repeatedly the last few days for some reason
Gonna be super difficult to get them serviced
I love Audis, they look fucking amazing to me, but the 508 and the new 208 coming 2020? They look fuckin' fantastic. They look mad good. Really considering getting one of those once I can and once my A3 has run its course. It's not modern cars. Cars from the late 90's, obviously the more premium and luxurious ones that can picked up for cheap today, will already give you a shitload of headaches. Both of the A3s here at home give the exact same airbag error, because the cables under the seats wear out, moving the seat breaks them or something, and they give out the error. Funny thing, because the passenger seat has the airbag messed up, ALL the airbags are disabled.
I actually got to ride in an audi once, they pushed that bitch passed 120 MPH (for those that aren't US it'd be about 193.121 KPH) that was such a smooth fucking ride
America is an insanely huge automotive market. Ford and GM closing down factories in America has more to do with them making terrible products, rather than Americans no longer buying cars. That’s exactly what happened here and is why Australia no longer makes cars. And even if Americans were buying fewer cars, it may still make sense for Peugeot and others to sell low volume in America if they can get a high margin from each unit. Peugeots, Renaults, Citroëns etc are practically average cars in most markets - even here in Australia. I imagine that when such cars are first sold in America, they will be higher spec models, eg like how the lowest spec BMW 3 series you can get in America is a 330i, but other markets around the world, like here, can get eg a 318i and 320d.
there's a lot of evidence that the US auto market is rapidly softening as people all rushed out in the last 5-10 years and got wrapped up under huge car loans as dealers have been massively upselling on those 0% interest loans. Car loan defaults are at a historic high and as for sales, well GM, Ford and Chrystler aren't reporting monthly sales anymore
They're pretty good. You probably had the non sport version, which is practically better because the sport suspensions (pr whatever passes for sport suspension), give the car a terrible ride quality over bumps. On a smooth road its fine though, and yeah the thing won't shake at high speeds. Mine only shakes beyond 210 kph. I don't condone driving fast either, only doing it on highway if it has enough space for maneuvres. Cops here are rabid though, and if you see radars, duck and cover...
when i was driving through texas i was going 9-10 over the speed limit on the highway and a state trooper pulled me over and gave me a warning, not even a ticket. dude must've been super bored and wanted to bully a dude with a kentucky license plate
I sent this story to my brother and he just replied with a very large Hon.
I'm not even joking, he texted me this image: https://files.facepunch.com/forum/upload/266286/b9967cf0-5b10-4a3d-a089-a94125b0b69e/Screenshot9520190217-14481895Chrome.jpg
I still miss my father's good old Peugeot 504... Such a great car, we used to daily it, but at least is a museum piece now :-) Hon
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