Peugeot Type 7
Peugeot Type 7
The Peugeot Type 7 was an early car built by Peugeot between 1894 and 1897. It used the same chassis as the Type 6 but had a bigger engine: a 1.3-liter rear-mounted V-twin made by Daimler, producing about 3.7 horsepower. The car had a four-seat phaeton body and drove the rear wheels through a cone clutch, a four-speed gearbox, and chains. It weighed around 650 kg and could reach about 18–20 km/h. Some models used steel wire wheels with rubber tires, while others had wooden wheels. The radiator sat at the front, with coolant flowing through tubes in the chassis.
About 25 units were made. The Type 7 is noted for finishing the 1894 Paris–Rouen Horseless Carriage race as the first petrol-powered car to finish (a few minutes behind the steam-powered De Dion). In 1895 a Type 7 driven by Paul Koechlin won the Paris–Bordeaux–Paris race. In 1910 Peugeot united its two family branches.
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