The Peugeot J9 is a Van/Minibus from Peugeot, built from 1981 to 2010, in the age of turbocharging and the first electronic engine management. The total made was 240,000.
Where it came from
The Peugeot J9 is a van manufactured by Peugeot from January 1981 until 1991. It was also manufactured under license by commercial vehicles manufacturer Karsan in Turkey, from 1981 until 2010. After a facelift in 1991, in 2006, Karsan released the restyled J9 Premier. Production ended in 2010 when the J9 was replaced by the closely related Karsan J10.
When first introduced, the J9 had 1.6 or 2.0 litre petrol engines, or the Indenor diesel engines of 2.1 or 2.3 litres. Late in the French production run, the 2.5 litre diesel engine also became available.
Under the skin
The record carries the shape — a Van/Minibus — and the layout: the engine drives the front wheels, the packaging choice that gives a small car a big cabin. The engine, output and weight have not yet reached the open record, and MotorJury does not guess at them.
In context
Its family tree is legible: it took over from the Peugeot J7 / Dodge SpaceVan; its successor was the Peugeot J5 / Karsan J10; assembly was at France. Its contemporaries in the catalogue — the DeLorean Motor Company DeLorean DMC-12, the Mitsubishi Pajero, the Dodge Ram — show what else the money bought that year. Nearby in the Peugeot catalogue sit the Peugeot Onyx and the Peugeot Pars.
What it costs now
MotorJury scores cars on the United States complaint and recall record, and the Peugeot J9 has none: too old, too rare, or never sold there. Its value today is a collector's question, decided by provenance and condition rather than by a class average.