The Peugeot Type 24 is an early motor vehicle produced between 1898 and 1901 by the

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auto-maker Peugeot at their

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plant. Twenty were produced. The vehicle was powered by a rear-mounted four stroke engine, manufactured by Peugeot themselves. The engine's two cylinders were mounted in parallel and not in the V-format used for the company's first petrol engined vehicle. The engine was mounted behind the driver and his (or, at least in principle, her) passenger above the rear axle. A maximum output of between 10 and was delivered to the rear wheels via a

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mechanism. A wheelbase of supported a vehicle length of , with an open fronted carriage format body designed to accommodate two people, albeit with limited space for a third in an emergency. A similar but longer vehicle with space for four, the

Peugeot Type 21 The Peugeot Type 21 is an early motor vehicle produced between 1898 and 1901 by the French auto-maker Peugeot at their Audincourt plant. Nine were produced. The vehicle was powered by a rear-mounted two-cylinder four-stroke engine, manufactured b ...

, was introduced in the same year. Two years later, in 1900, the company introduced the Peugeot Type 31 which was a variation on the same theme, but a little shorter than the Type 24.

Sources and further reading

* Wolfgang Schmarbeck: ''Alle Peugeot Automobile 1890-1990''. Motorbuch-Verlag. Stuttgart 1990. {{Peugeot historic timeline 1890s cars 1900s cars Type 24 Cars introduced in 1898 Rear-engined vehicles it:Peugeot Type 21, 24, 30 e 31