Société Anonyme des Automobiles Peugeot 1896

occupation:
Manufacturer of automobiles
Nationality:
French
born in:
Audincourt, Doubs, Franche-Comté, France

1810 - Jean-Pierre and Jean-Frédéric Peugeot diversify their activity by manufacturing steel strips for dressmaking, saws and springs for watchmaking in their grain mill transformed into a steel foundry.

1891 - type 3 is the first series-manufactured car in the world

1896 - Les Fils de Peugeot Frères continue with traditional manufacturing (bikes, tooling, etc.) whilst Armand Peugeot creates Automobiles Peugeot, a limited liability company (Société Anonyme).

1905 - Lion Peugeot brand

1910 - Les Fils de Peugeot Frères and Armand Peugeot merge to create the Automobiles and Cycles Peugeot, a limited liability company (Société Anonyme).

1965 - PSA Group created, Automobiles Peugeot becomes a holding under the name of PSA Group and controls all of the Group’s companies.

1976 - PSA becomes PSA PEUGEOT CITROEN with two automobile subsidiaries