"Cé hé sin" (michael-m-mouse)
05/06/2018 at 18:17 • Filed to: Peugeot 605
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"Cé hé sin" (michael-m-mouse)
05/06/2018 at 18:17 • Filed to: Peugeot 605 | 1
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Let’s meet another large Peugeot that didn’t do much outside France, or even in it.
Chateau non compris.
BJ
> Cé hé sin
05/06/2018 at 19:15 |
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It’s a handsome car. What was wrong with it?
FSI
> BJ
05/06/2018 at 23:55 |
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Prestige. Or the lack of it.
Vítor
> BJ
05/07/2018 at 00:06 |
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- A executive sedan that isn’t German in a continent and country that much prefers compacts
- It’s from France, and large, quasi-luxury French cars usually only sold well nationally
- It’s a flagship from the 1989, which means that it was full of ambitious electronics that were horribly unreliable in practice
- Massive and extensive recall (pretty much all the engine room wiring and the exhaust system was replaced) in the car’s early life killed it’s reputation
- It looked identical to the quite cheaper Peugeot 405. Brand identity is a pretty old concept
- The initial engine line-up was poor: the 4 cylinders, both petrol and diesel, were weak for the 605's size, and the V6 drank too much
- It competed with cars such as the Alfa Romeo 164, Lancia Thema, BMW E34, Mercedes W124, Saab 9000 and Audi A6
duurtlang
> BJ
05/07/2018 at 02:56 |
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Large non-German cars don’t tend to do well. Buyers in that segment are extremely conservative. The car itself was fine. Not perfect, but fine.
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Cé hé sin
> BJ
05/07/2018 at 07:16 |
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Apart from the reliability issues it looked too much like the cheaper 405. The 607 that followed it and which I occasionally see was much chromier and differentiated from lower models. Still didn’t sell though and wasn’t directly replaced.