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Foondit | 1810 as a coffee mill company 1830 as a bicycle manufacturer 1882 as a car manufacturer 1898 as a motorcycle company 1926 as a separate company |
Foonder | Armand Peugeot |
Heidquarters | Legal and top level administrative: Ave de la Grande Armée, Paris[1] Operational: Sochaux, Fraunce |
Key fowk | Carlos Tavares (CEO) Jean-Pierre Ploue (heid o design) |
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Production ootpit | 1,739,000[2] (2009) |
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Nummer o employees | 198,210 (2010) (PSA Peugeot Citroën total)[4] |
Parent | Stellantis[5] |
Diveesions | Peugeot Motorcycles Peugeot Cycles Peugeot Sport |
Wabsteid | Peugeot.com |
Peugeot is a major French caur brand, pairt o Stellantis, the seicont lairgest carmaker based in Europe.
The faimily business that precedes the current Peugeot company wis foondit in 1810. On 20 November 1858, Emile Peugeot applee'd for the lion trademark. The company producit its first automobile in 1891. Due tae faimily discord, Armand Peugeot in 1896 foondit the Société des Automobiles Peugeot.
Peugeot's roots go back tae 19t-century coffee mill an bicycle manufacturing. The Peugeot company an faimily is oreeginally frae Sochaux, France. Peugeot retains a lairge manufacturin plant an Peugeot Museum thare. It sponsors the Sochaux fitbaa club an aw, foondit in 1928 bi a member o the Peugeot faimily.
The name is pronooncit [pøˈʒo] in French, but teepically /ˈpɝːʒoʊ/ (PUR-zhoh) in the UK.
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