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Car Of The Day: May 8, 2017; Majorette '88 Peugeot 405 Mi16
Topic Started: May 8 2017, 08:37 PM (302 Views)
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Today's Car Of The Day is Majorette's 1988 Peugeot 405 Mi16.

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The Peugeot 405 is a large family car released by the French automaker Peugeot in July 1987, and which continues to be manufactured under license outside France. It was voted European Car of the Year for 1988 by the largest number of votes in the history of the contest. About 2.5 million vehicles have been sold worldwide, both in LHD & RHD, as a sedan and station wagon.

Its appearance is similar to the Alfa Romeo 164, launched the same year and also styled by Pininfarina. While the 405 shares its bottom plate with the Citroën BX, it does not have that car's hydropneumatic suspension. As with the BX, the 405 used TU/XU petrol and XUD diesel engines.

The 405 was the last Peugeot vehicle sold in the United States, on sale between 1988 and 1991, including the Mi16.


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For more information and pictures of the real car, please visit: Peugeot 405

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This was the last French car sold in America. After 1991, Peugeot retreated from the United States. That means no new French car has been sold here in over 25 years.

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The 405 has been available in LHD, and RHD versions, as a saloon and estate, in front-wheel, and four-wheel drive. No coupé was ever offered to the public, unlike the 504 and later 406, as only two examples of the purpose-built 405 Turbo-16 (not to be confused with 405 T16) were made.

The 405 was first introduced in July 1987, with Peugeot unveiling 10 versions of the 405 simultaneously. European mainland sales began shortly afterwards; despite being British-built, it was not launched onto the British market until 22 January 1988. The 405 was originally available as a four-door saloon only. Four-cylinder petrol engines ranging from 65 to 160 PS (48 to 118 kW) were available. In 1988 naturally aspirated and turbocharged diesel engines were added to the range. An Estate model was also introduced during 1988. The 500,000th 405 was produced during 1989, followed by the one millionth 405 to leave the Sochaux factory in 1990. This was also when the BE1 transmission was replaced by the BE3.

In 1991, there were updates to the dashboard, steering wheel, and soundproofing, but for 1993 the Phase 2 model arrived with a new boot (trunk) with better ingress, new rear lights and boot design and a new dashboard. 405 production had reached over 1.5 million by this time. In the autumn of 1995 the 405's replacement, the 406 was introduced and the 405 saloon discontinued. Airbag had earlier become an option on some models, and standard on the left-hand-drive Mi16 and T16.

In early 1997, the estate version of the 406 was launched, marking the end of European production of the 405 after a decade.


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The 405 range included three petrol engines and two diesel engines, all four-cylinders, in a variety of states of tune and specification. The range was tailored to suit different export markets. The 1.6-litre saloon featured a low drag co-efficient of Cd=0.29, with other models varying up to Cd=0.33. The 1.4-litre (1360 cc) engine was fitted with a four-speed manual gearbox. It produced 70 hp (52 kW) at 5600 rpm. The 1.6-litre (1580 cc) engine was fitted with a five-speed manual gearbox and produced 92 hp (69 kW) at 6000 rpm. The 1.9-litre (1905 cc) engine was available with a five speed manual gearbox, with an option of an automatic in the lower powered version.

The eight-valve version of the engine was available in two levels of tune; 110 hp (82 kW) or 125 hp (93 kW). A 16-valve version was available with the Mi16 model and this produced 160 hp (120 kW) at 6500 rpm and could reach a top speed of 220 km/h. In 1992 the range was facelifted. While the changes were deep, including a modified bottom plate and chassis structure, the design was almost indistinguishable from the pre-facelift model. The windscreens were now bonded; all of these changes increased torsional rigidity considerably while still allowing a deeper opening for the bootlid of the sedan. The taillights were also redesigned and the trim piece between them removed, all in the image of the bigger 605. The interior was also redone, with an all-new dashboard and door trim, inheriting lots of detail parts as well as the overall appearance from the 605.

n 1993, the T16 homologation special was introduced with a 2.0-litre 16-valve turbocharged XU10J4TE engine with water-cooled chargecooler, constant four-wheel drive with 53/47% power distribution and self-regulating hydraulic rear axle. It was never built in a right-hand-drive model. The T16 produced 200 hp (150 kW) at 1.1 bar (16 psi) (normal boost) 220 hp at 1.3 bar (19 psi) (overboost) for 45 seconds. 1061 examples were built, 60 of them for the French Police.

The diesel options included a 1.9-litre (1905 cc) producing 70 bhp (52 kW) at 4600 rpm or a turbocharged 1.8-litre (1769 cc) producing 90 bhp (67 kW).

Three versions of the 405 saloon were sold in North America from the end of 1988; the 1.9 (110 hp (82 kW)) DL and S, and the Mi16 (150 hp (110 kW)). The DL and S were available in estate form called Sportswagen


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And I've been fortunate to shoot a few of these as well:

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Ripa
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I have always loved this casting - even though I think it's proportions are quite off when compared to the actual one. I think HW did the proportions better even though Majorette did the detail better.

The actual car was a huge seller here too, but notorious for its bad quality, especially in the electrical parts. Most of them were scrapped ages ago, and the rest exported to North African countries. Occasionally I see one on the roads, and I DO pay attention to one nowadays. I have driven a few of those, and I have to say that even in today's standards, one that is in good condition IS very comfy to drive!

But did you know - even though introduced in 1987, they STILL build this car. In Iran. There is even a lower-end version of it, which uses an older Peugeot 504 RWD platform with this "modern" 405 body. That would be cool to try out!
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pjedsel
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:thumbup: Pug Day! A very nice model from Majorette. I had forgotten this was the last Pug sold in the US market. Thanks for the additional background information on this car, Ripa - interesting to read that is still being built in Iran.
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A nice choice of what Majorette do best - ordinary bread and butter cars.

Ripa is right - they got the proportions out making it a bit stumpy.

We had a diesel estate in the early to late 90s. Sadly the previous owners hadn't ticked the power steering option and it was a bit heavy to manoeuvre. Once on its way it was a great handling car, possibly the best we've had.

Plenty of space and a light airy interior. We took it into a 6 figure mileage and only got rid of it because water got into the back suspension bearings and ruined them. They were not a replaceable part, unless I wanted to get a whole new subframe.

I quite miss that car. It took us on quite a few holidays.

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