Takes Your Breath Away - The Peugeot 405 Story

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  @BigCar2 · 3 years ago · pinned

  Erratum: Despite Wikipedia saying so, there's no other evidence the 406 and Xantia were based on the same platform.

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  @williamegler8771 · 3 years ago

  The last new Peugeot sold in the United States. <br>My parents bought a leftover wagon from a dealership that had switched over to Hyundai.<br>It was two years old but only had 107 miles.<br>They drove it for the next twenty years, &nbsp;first as a daily driver and then as the extra vehicle and dog taxi, until parts and service became almost impossible to find.<br>It went to the scrap yard with 250,000 miles on it when they couldn&apos;t source a replacement windshield for it and with a major crack in the driver&apos;s line of sight it wouldn&apos;t pass inspection. It was parked for almost a year while they tried to source a windshield.<br>It was serviced by the former dealership head mechanic who set up an independent shop after the dealership closed and when he retired nobody else was interested in servicing it.<br>It was very reliable and durable over its lifetime and problems were few and far between and mostly minor.<br>The most expensive repair was the replacement of the ABS pump at 150,000 miles. In the whole 20 years they owned it they only recalled seeing three others and those for sedans.

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  @flemmingsorensen5470 · 3 years ago

  I had totally forgotten, how stylish both the 405 and 406 looked! Lines were so crisp and uncluttered, back in those days.

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  @kimva-is · 3 years ago

  Fun fact - according to the Finnish inspection statistics the Peugeot 405 was one of the few cars that had lot of individual cars with more than half a million kilometers on them - Mercedes(-Benz) obviously &nbsp;held the top positions but among a few other German premium cars and a few Volvos there was the Peugeot 405.<br><br>I think I&apos;ve also heard the joke &quot;what happens to a Peugeot 405 after it has server 500 000 km as a Taxi in France? - It gets shipped to Algeria for 1 million kilometers more&quot; more than once.<br><br>...and as anecdotal evidence, my mother drove one until 430 000 km on the odometer to work, daily, 100km a day or so ... and I still have a photo that shows that car&apos;s thermometer showing -35C when my dad was picking us up from the airport.<br><br>If there ever was solid French engineering, that automobile definitely was a stellar example of it.

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  @Suleiman-s4p · 1 month ago (edited)

  Wow, the history of the Peugeot 405 is incredibly fascinating. It won the European Car of the Year in 1988. It has been in production for over 36 years. It was built in many different countries on four continents. The last production was in 2023 in Azerbaijan. The Peugeot 405 is a legendary family car that achieved massive global longevity, famously continuing production via international partners long after its European run ended.

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  @berwhaletheavenger · 2 years ago

  I drove a 405 GTX in 1989 and could not believe just how good it was.

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  @max_slinger · 2 years ago

  My dad is a retired commercial artist. He was commissioned whilst working for the advertising agency, McCann Erickson, to head, and draw the storyboards for the iconic 405 advert, take my breath away. I remember him sat at the dining table, drawing his hand in a position that later became the shot of the drivers hand changing gear. The advert is still today, one of the most iconic adverts talked about in the advertising industry. My dad, Robert Jones, absolute Legend.

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  @keyhanasga · 3 years ago

  I’m from Iran and my first car was a Peugeot 405 GLX, I loved it. <br>By the way I’m impressed by how accurate were the things you said about 405’s story in Iran, and also how correctly you pronounced Persian words. Even news channels do it wrong often. <br>Thanks again for another great video ❤

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  @amiralavi5585 · 3 years ago

  As an Iranian, who&apos;s had almost no choice but to own a 405, it was great to watch this video, especially the section on derivatives made by Iran Khodro. I should point out that 405 derivatives mostly sell well in Iran because there are almost no alternatives in their price range due to various restrictions on car imports.

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  @davidgriffith8292 · 3 years ago

  Happily had 405 estate for a number of years. Sold it when it had 280k+ miles on the clock. Knew the new owner who ran it until it finally died at over 380k miles. Super reliable 1.9TDi lump. Wasn’t the fastest wasn’t the most stylish but it was a load lugger and comfy.

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  @robwebber1217 · 3 years ago

  I had the estate version with a diesel engine as a company car back in the 90&apos;s, I did 130,000 miles in that car with no issues, loved it.

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  @Robin-c8e1q · 3 years ago

  Pinky and Perky singing Take my breath away. Sublime

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