I bet you can guess who was the head of design at Peugeot when this next car was released. Stylish boxy shape, details that make the design great, and a handsome façade — yup this is a Pininfarina design, but the interior was penned by our favorite French designer Paul Bracq. Unfortunately, the 505 (even […]
When you see a car and think to yourself “wow, I’m glad this comes with a spare car” you should probably stop and think carefully about your purchase. Because, as a rule, cars that come with a spare car are ones where the parts availability is limited to what you can find in the homebrew junkyard in your front yard. However, according to a guy I know who grew up in Africa, the 505 was the last reliable Pug to leave the factories in wherever they were built. I think Jeremy Clarkson might have said the same thing, but he doesn’t have the same street cred as a guy who grew up in Addis Ababa. He probably told me some other things about the diesel powered Peugeot, but I should probably should pay more attention when people tell me things. Find this 1985 Peugeot 505 D Turbo Station Wagon offered for $3900 in Fortuna, CA via craigslist. Tip from Rock On!
Welcome back to another feature in our Bracq Friday spectacular — a celebration of the best cars from Frenchman Paul Bracq. This next car doesn’t have an exterior that was penned by our favorite French car designer, but he was head of interior design for Peugeot when this car was released and contributed to that […]
How…why…wait! This next car is one of those head-scratching oddballs that begs the questions — how did it survive in this condition; why would it be in this nice shape compared to its siblings and cousins; wait, I want it but it might take 10 years to drive home! Find this 1981 Peugeot 505 Turbo Diesel […]
Peugeots have always been for the eccentrics. My next door neighbor growing up had one. He also had a telephone booth sitting in his overgrown front yard and yelled at people for burning leaves, citing emissions concerns. So why not drive a mobile excuse for your strange behavior? Let others say “Oh, he drives a […]
The Peugeot 505 may not be a regular visitor on the streets of the US of A, but it was sold in staggering quantities around the world. You can find them used as taxi cabs in Morocco and carnival parade cars in Buenos Aires, and owners will swear by their basic ruggedness. Between 1979 and […]
The river Styx was a mythological river of the Greek tradition that was the boundary between Earth and the Underworld. It was a magical place where gods swore oaths to each other and a dip in it would bestow invulnerability (Achilles was dipped in the river sticks as a boy, dipped in the river by […]
French automaker Peugeot built over 1.3 million of its 505 sedans for worldwide consumption between 1979 and 1999, a ridiculous number all things considered. The 505 was successful in the third world where its comfortable ride over rough roads and simple front engine / rear drive layout made the constant repairs easy for non-French reading […]
French automaker Peugeot built over 1.3 million of its 505 sedans for worldwide consumption between 1979 and 1999, a staggering number all things considered. The 505 was rather successful in the third world where its comfortable ride over rough roads and simple front engine / rear drive layout made the constant repairs easy for non-French […]
The Peugeot 505 was the final rear-wheel-drive car from French automaker Peugeot and was produced in stunning quantities worldwide, even though you don’t see many here in the United States. Between 1979 and 1995, over one million 505s were built in factories in France, Argentina, China, Indonesia and Taiwan, but only a few made it […]