Peugeot Type 21

Motor vehicle

Peugeot Type 21
Overview
Manufacturer	Peugeot
Production	1898-1901
Body and chassis
Class	small car
Layout	RR layout
Dimensions
Wheelbase	1,650 mm (65 in)

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 by Peugeot themselves. The two cylinders were configured in parallel rather than in the V-format used in the first Petrol driven Peugeot, and above the rear axle to which it was linked by a chain-drive. A maximum output of between 5 and 8 hp (6 kW) of power was delivered to the rear wheels via a chain-drive mechanism.

The vehicle closely followed the format of the Peugeot Type 24 which appeared in the same year, but the wheelbase was extended from 1,380 mm (54.3 in) to 1,650 mm (65.0 in), which supported a vehicle length of 2,600 mm (102.4 in). The Type 21 featured a carriage format coupé body designed to accommodate up to four people. At that time a "coupé" automobile was broadly similar to a closed two-door carriage but without the horses. Whereas it would not be completely correct to refer it as a coupé, the design was indeed a "berline" body work as in horse drawn carriages. This marks the Type 21 to be the first motorized ICE brougham in the world. In the years to come, this design would evolve to become popular especially in the electrics and doctor coupés.

In 1900 Peugeot added the little Type 31 and Type 30 to their range. The Type 30 could be seen as an open-topped version of the Type 21. However, whereas only 9 Peugeot Type 21s were produced, the Type 30 reached a production level of 84 during a model life of approximately two years which coincided with a period of rapid expansion for the French auto industry taken as a whole.

Sources and further reading

Wolfgang Schmarbeck: Alle Peugeot Automobile 1890–1990. Motorbuch-Verlag. Stuttgart 1990. ISBN 3-613-01351-7

Peugeot road vehicle timeline, 1889–1944 — next »

Type		1890s										1900s										1910s										1920s										1930s										1940s
	9	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2	3	4
Supermini	1	2	3 / 4			5 / 6 / 7 / 8				21 / 24 / 30 / 31				37	54	57	69 "Bébé"								B P1/ B3/P1 "Bébé"¹											161/172 "Quadrilette"				5CV			190
											26 / 27 / 28			48	56	58						126																			201									202
Small family car									14 / 15 / 25						56	58	68	VA/VC/VY¹				V2C/V2Y¹			VD/VD2¹						159	163												301				302
													33 / 36			63			99	108	118	125													173 / 177 / 181 / 183
Family car						9 / 10 / 11 / 12				16 / 17 / 19 / 32				49/50		65/67	77	78	88			127		143		153						153 B/BR					176									401		402
								18						39	43/44	61	71	81	96	106	116	126	138												175											601
Large family car										23					42	62	72	82	92	104	112/117/ 122/130/134		139		145/146/148										174
																66	76	83	93				135									156								184
Executive car																		80	103		113		141			147/150
																		85	95	105
Cabriolet / Spider																		91		101/120		133 / 111/129/131	136			144
Panel van							13			22			34/35
Minibus									20 / 29											107
¹ These cars were marketed as "Lion-Peugeots", produced by what was till 1910 a separate Peugeot company, run by cousins of Armand Peugeot, then in charge of the principal automobile business. In 1910, Armand having no sons of his own, it was agreed that the two branches of the Peugeot business be reunited.