

The Peugeot family of Valentigney, Montbéliard, Franche-Comté, France began in the manufacturing business in 1810 with a steel foundry, which quickly started manufacturing saws then other hand tools and, circa 1840 to 1842, coffee grinders then, in 1874, pepper grinders and then, circa 1880, bicycles. 10 Kitchen- and table-service equipment.4.1.2 Semperit Irish Car of the Year award.2.2 Joint venture and outsourced plants.1.5 Takeover of Citroën and Chrysler Europe.Peugeot Sport won the World Rally Championship five times (1985, 1986, 2000, 2001, 2002), the Dakar Rally seven times (1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 2016, 2017, 2018), the 24 Hours of Le Mans three times (1992, 1993, 2009), the World Endurance Championship twice (1992, 1993), the Intercontinental Rally Challenge Championship three times, the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup twice (2010, 2011) and the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb three times (1988, 1989, 2013). Peugeot has been involved successfully in motorsport for more than a century, including victories at the Indianapolis 500 in 1913, 1916, and 1919. Peugeot has received many international awards for its vehicles, including six European Car of the Year awards.

In February 2014, the shareholders agreed to a recapitalisation plan for the PSA Group, in which Dongfeng Motors and the French government each bought a 14% stake in the company. Peugeot retains a large manufacturing plant and Peugeot museum there. The Peugeot company and family are originally from Sochaux. Armand Peugeot (1849–1915) built the company's first car steam tricycle, in collaboration with Léon Serpollet in 1889 this was followed in 1890 by an internal combustion car with a Panhard- Daimler engine.

On 20 November 1858, Émile Peugeot applied for the lion trademark. The family business that preceded the current Peugeot companies was founded in 1810, with a steel foundry that soon started making hand tools and kitchen equipment, and then bicycles. Peugeot ( UK: / ˈ p ɜː ʒ oʊ/, US: / p( j) uː ˈ ʒ oʊ/ ( listen), French: ( listen)) is a French brand of automobiles owned by Stellantis. Peugeot RCZ won the Diesel Car magazine 'Sports Car of the Year' five years in a row and the Top Gear 2010 Coupé of the Year.
