The PEUGEOT 106 celebrates its 30th anniversary
Added: 24 June 2021
The PEUGEOT 106 celebrates its 30th anniversary in September 2021 and thus becomes an eligible youngtimer for a vintage car.
The PEUGEOT 106 was the first car of generation 6. This new vehicle was intended to expand PEUGEOT's offer in the B segment of small city cars representing at the time just over a third of European registrations and 40% of registrations. in France.
The commercial launch of the PEUGEOT 106 took place on September 12, 1991, it was presented to the press as “ a ball of sympathy wrapped in smiles and dressed in charm that feels so perfectly good in its 3.56 m of surprises and of surprise. Designed to be versatile, sculpted for the city cut for the road, it is a concentrate of elegance and seduction, front-wheel drive with a transverse engine born from PEUGEOT know-how and drawing its roots from the same tradition ”.
It was first produced in three doors, then in five doors from 1992 to nearly 2,800,000 units until the end of its marketing in 2003. The PEUGEOT 106 was mainly manufactured in Mulhouse, but the factories de Sochaux and Aulnay-sous-bois came as reinforcements at the height of customer demand. The PEUGEOT 106 is a front-wheel drive, offered as a 4-cylinder TU petrol engine: from 954 to 1587 cm3 and from 1360 to 1558 cm3 in diesel.
The PEUGEOT 106 is certainly one of the cars of the lion brand which has offered the most special series, around twenty in total in twelve years of marketing. The most emblematic are the very beautiful “Roland Garros” and “Zénith” which appeared in 1993, the famous 106 Kid and its denim seats in 1994, the very fun 106 Cartoon presented by Droopy from 1996 to 1999, the elegant “Inès de la Fressange ”in 1997, or the Enfant Terrible marketed in 2000.
This car was also distinguished by sports versions with the 106 Rallye in 1993, the 106 XSI of 95 hp in 1992 and 105 hp in 1995 and the 106 S16 120 hp in 1996 for its last year on the market. She had a good sporting career during Peugeot Sport meetings and in Group N rallies. It was in 1997 that the 106 Maxi was unveiled, it was inspired by the 306 Maxi. Developed and led by Lionel Mountain in 1998, it is run by Cedric Robert in 2000 who finished 5 th in the championship of France Rally.
PEUGEOT precursor of the electric car with the first VLV vehicle presented in 1941, the PEUGEOT 106 was the second and will hold the world record for electric car sales until 2010. The electric version sold nearly 3,550 units, it was aimed at both individual customers and fleet customers.
Finally, the PEUGEOT 106 is also emblematic advertising campaigns based essentially on humor with the famous: "Monsieur is ready to do anything to be able to borrow his wife's car"
To find the PEUGEOT 106, the PEUGEOT Adventure Museum in Sochaux is devoting an exhibition to it until the end of 2021. Eight models are on display for this anniversary: ??106 Rallye (Italian version) from 1994, 106 XSI from 1992, 106 Signature from 1995, 106 S16 from 1997, 106 Enfant Terrible from 2002, 106 Electric from 1996, 106 Maxi from 1997 and a prototype of 106 Cabriolet from 1992.
The Museum teams are also preparing a large PEUGEOT 106 gathering with the Club 106 Team Rallye and the Club 106 s16 on Saturday 11 September 2021. All PEUGEOT 106 owners will be welcome. For more information: www.museepeugeot.com