The Peugeot 146 is an automotive model produced by
Peugeot
Peugeot (, , ) is a French brand of automobiles owned by Stellantis.
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 ...
between 1913 and 1914.
History
The engine of the car generated around , and has a speed of . Carrying a full load, it can reach nearly . The car, shown at a 1912 autoshow, carried a price of 13,000
francs.
During the
First World War, the car was used as staff cars or ambulances. They were also used as fire-engines, because of their large chassis. A number of Peugeot 146s, along with Peugeot 148s and
Peugeot 153s, were converted to
armoured cars
Armored (or armoured) car or vehicle may refer to:
Wheeled armored vehicles
* Armoured fighting vehicle, any armed combat vehicle protected by armor
** Armored car (military), a military wheeled armored vehicle
* Armored car (valuables), an arm ...
.
The Peugeot 146, including the variant 146S and colonial variant 146A, was produced in
Lille
Lille ( , ; nl, Rijsel ; pcd, Lile; vls, Rysel) is a city in the northern part of France, in French Flanders. On the river Deƻle, near France's border with Belgium, it is the capital of the Hauts-de-France region, the prefecture of the No ...
. A total of 428 examples were produced.
References
{{Peugeot historic timeline
Type 146
Cars introduced in 1913
1910s cars