Peugeot Type 5

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Peugeot Type 5
File:Peugeot Type 5.jpg
Overview
Manufacturer S. A. des Automobiles Peugeot
Production 1893-1896
14 produced
Body and chassis
Body style Runabout
Layout RR layout
Powertrain
Engine 565 cc V-twin
2 hp @ 1000 rpm
Dimensions
Wheelbase 1.30 metres (51 in)
Curb weight 400 kg
Chronology
Predecessor Peugeot Type 4
Successor Peugeot Type 6

The Peugeot Type 5 was a small car by Peugeot, produced from 1893 to 1896. Mechanically, little was changed from the Peugeot Type 3. The engine and most of the mechanical parts were unchanged, but the car was shorter, lighter, and correspondingly made more of its 2 horsepower. However, against larger models from Peugeot, this car did not fare well. A total of 14 were sold.

A motor racing first

Paris-Rouen 1894. Albert Lemaître (pictured on left) was classified 1st in his Peugeot 3hp. Bicycle manufacturer Adolphe Clément-Bayard was the front passenger.

The 1894 Paris–Rouen "contest for horseless carriages" organised by Le Petit Journal. Albert Lemaître, driving the 3 hp Peugeot (No.65), was the first petrol (gasoline) engined finisher. Five Peugeots reached the finish at Rouen - Albert Lemaître, Auguste Doriot, Émile Kraeutler, Michaud, and Louis Rigoulot. 'Les fils de Peugeot Frères' were judged to have won the first prize, the 5,000 franc Prix du Petit Journal, which they shared equally with Panhard et Levassor.[Notes 1]

Notes

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