The Peugeot Type 15 was an early
Peugeot model built from 1897 to 1901. Its production run of 276 vehicles was the highest by the company up to that point, and in excess of all previous models combined.
Engine
Peugeot ended its
Daimler
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People
* Gottlieb Daimler (1834–1900), German inventor, industrialist and namesake of a series of automobile companies
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partnership and produced their first in-house engine for this car, made in their recently built Audincourt factory. Their
transversely mounted flat-twin was a departure from this prior foreign-made
V-twin engine. It produced 8 bhp.
Famous owners
Charles Rolls, who collaborated with
Henry Royce
Sir Frederick Henry Royce, 1st Baronet, (27 March 1863 – 22 April 1933) was an English engineer famous for his designs of car and aeroplane engines with a reputation for reliability and longevity. With Charles Rolls (1877–1910) and Claude ...
to found the famous
Rolls-Royce marque in 1906, owned a Peugeot Type 15 and established a dealership in Britain selling Peugeot and other French cars in 1902.
Alberto Santos-Dumont purchased a Type 15 while in France, and later had it exported to his home country of Brazil.
See also
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Timeline of most powerful production cars
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Eligible cars
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References
Peugeot models from 1889–1909*Peugeot's
Famous Welsh: Charles Rolls
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1890s cars
Type 15
Rear-engined vehicles
Cars introduced in 1897