The Peugeot Type 7 was built on the same
chassis
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as the
Peugeot Type 6
The Peugeot Type 6 was the ordinally last Peugeot vehicle to carry over the tired 2-hp 565 cc V-twin from the earliest Peugeot models. It was larger than the Type 5 and offered for 1894 only. A mere 7 units were built and sold, of which one ...
and shared some mechanicals but its engine was twice the size, and twice as powerful. It had a phaeton style body for 4 persons. 25 units were built between 1894 and 1897. The engine was carried over to the
Type 8.
Description
The 1,282 cc V-twin Daimler engine was mounted at the back, and produced 3.7 hp. The cooling radiator was mounted at the front of the vehicle and the coolant flowed within the chassis tubing. Transmission was via a cone clutch, 4 speed gearbox and chains propelling the rear wheels. Some models had steel wire wheels with rubber tyres and others had wooden wheels. The weight was circa 650 kg and top speed was 18-20 km/h.
Competition
In 1894 Peugeot entered the Le Petit Journal' Competition for Horseless Carriages'' that ran from
Paris to Rouen with several
Type 5's and 7s.
Albert Lemaître
Albert Lemaître (c. 1864 – in or after 1906), (aka Georges LemaîtreSome modern anglophone secondary sources (and myriad derivative internet sites) use the name Georges Lemaître, but the leading contemporary French sources of the 1890s–1900 ...
's Type 7 Phaeton was the first petrol powered vehicle to finish, 3 minutes behind
Jules-Albert, ''Comte'' de Dion on his steam powered tractor.
In 1895, a Peugeot Type 7 driven by
Paul Koechlin
The Koechlin family is an Alsatian family which acquired its wealth in the textile industry and became leading industrialists and politicians of the region.
Early family history
The first traces of the family can be found in 1440, when Johann Koe ...
with Rubichon as a mechanic, won the
Paris–Bordeaux–Paris
The Paris–Bordeaux–Paris Trail race of June 1895 is sometimes called the "first motor race", although it did not fit modern competition where the fastest is the winner. It was a win for Émile Levassor, who came first after completing the 1,1 ...
race.
References
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1890s cars
Type 7
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Rear-engined vehicles
Vehicles introduced in 1894