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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 the ...
between 1913 and 1914.


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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
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. During the
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, 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
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. The Peugeot 146, including the variant 146S and colonial variant 146A, was produced in
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. A total of 428 examples were produced.


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{{Peugeot historic timeline Type 146 Cars introduced in 1913 1910s cars