The Peugeot 106 is a 3/5-door hatchback from Peugeot, built from 1991 to 2003, when airbags, anti-lock brakes and Japanese build quality became the world standard. Under the bonnet: Petrol engine. Laurent Rossi under Philippe Couvreur (exterior) / Paul Bracq (interior) drew it. The total made was 2,798,200.
How it came about
The Peugeot 106 is a supermini car produced by French automaker Peugeot between 1991 and 2003. Launched in September 1991, it was Peugeot's entry level offering throughout its production life, and was initially sold only as a three-door hatchback, with a five-door hatchback joining the range in August 1992.
Production ended in July 2003. For the first year of production, the 1.0 and 1.1 petrol engines came with a carburettor, but they were replaced by fuel injected engines from the end of 1992, as a result of EEC emissions regulations.
The hardware
Power comes from Petrol engine; other versions carried different engines, listed in the specification table below. It weighs 790 -. The layout matters: the engine drives the front wheels, the packaging choice that gives a small car a big cabin. The wheelbase is Phase I: 2385 mm / Phase II: 2387 mm. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
Family and rivals
Its family tree is legible: it took over from the Peugeot 205; its successor was the Peugeot 107; assembly was at Mulhouse, France. Its contemporaries in the catalogue — the Dodge Viper, the Opel Astra, the Volvo 850 — show what else the money bought that year. Its Peugeot stablemates include the Peugeot Onyx and the Peugeot Pars.