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"Cé hé sin" (michael-m-mouse) 05/04/2018 at 17:23 • Filed to: Peugeot 405, Peugeot ROA

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This is a Peugeot 405.

This isn’t. It’s a Hillman Hunter, a similarly sized but rwd car made in the UK by the Rootes group, later Chrysler UK. Exotically, that’s a Lancia Beta behind it. Not many of those left. The white car to our right is a Triumph Stag.

This isn’t quite a Hunter. It’s a Paykan, a licence built version from Iran. Note the funny numbers, which are Arabic. Oddly our numbers are called Arabic too.

The Iranians wanted to update the ancient Paykan but wouldn’t rise to an actual new model as they wanted something cheap.

Enter a touch of Frankenstein in the form of the Peugeot ROA.

Looks just like a 405. Nothing to see here. Nothing like the Paykan either.

But what’s this?

It’s a longitudinal engine. But the 405 was fwd. What on earth?

The ROA is the body of an unsuspecting 405 glued on to the running gear of a Paykan. It was made until 2011. Interestingly, the Iranians still make a version of the actual, fwd 405 as the Peugeot Pars.

KnowsAboutCars > Cé hé sin 05/04/2018 at 18:06

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TIL.

By the way, did you replace the FTO with the Smart?

Cé hé sin > KnowsAboutCars 05/04/2018 at 18:07

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At the moment, I have both! Only the Smart is insured though.

AuthiCooper1300 > Cé hé sin 05/04/2018 at 18:25

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Well, obviously they wanted a cheap product, but the basic idea behind the first version (“RD”) of the Paykan/405 hybrid was to offer a nice-looking car that could still be fixed by local mechanics... which by now knew the Paykan extremely well.

The ROA is an aggiornamento of the RD, but with a new engine somewhat related to PSA’s TU5 unit (instead of a warmed-over Paykan one).

ttyymmnn > Cé hé sin 05/04/2018 at 18:54

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Back in high school (ca. 1983) I had a friend who drove a 504 similar to this one. It was awesome. But then he got wasted and totaled it.