Peugeot does not build many cars like the Peugeot 401 with 1.7 , built from 1934 to 1935 when streamlining and independent suspension were arriving together.
How it came about
The Peugeot 401 is a mid-size model from Peugeot produced in 1934 and 1935. It was introduced at the October 1934 Paris Motor Show and was again on display at the 29th Paris Show of 1935.
It featured in a full page newspaper advertisement placed by Peugeot in "L'Argus" on 10 October 1935, and disappeared from the manufacturer's price list only three months later, at the start of 1936, reflecting the need to dispose of an inventory backlog. Production of the 401 had already come to an end in August 1935, less than a year after the model's introduction. The limited production Peugeot 401 Eclipse, introduced in 1934, was the first series produced car to be built (by Carrosserie Pourtout) as a coupé-convertible, with a retractable hardtop that could be moved and stowed under a reverse-hinged rear luggage lid.
The hardware
Under the skin sits 1.7 . The layout matters: a front engine drives the rear wheels, the classic proportion — long bonnet, cabin set back — that most people picture when they picture a sports saloon or a grand tourer. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
Family and rivals
Where it sits in Peugeot's history is not in doubt: the Peugeot Type 176 came before it; the Peugeot 402 followed it. On a showroom list of its day it stood against the Bugatti Type 57, the Chevrolet Suburban, the DKW F4. Its Peugeot stablemates include the Peugeot Onyx and the Peugeot Pars.
The money
There is no federal ownership record for the Peugeot 401 — it predates the complaint database or was never sold in the United States — so MotorJury publishes no running-cost figure for it. For a car of this age the price is set by the collector market and the condition of the individual example, not by a formula.