Peugeot 406

The Peugeot 406 was a large family car from the French automaker Peugeot from 1995 to 2004. Available in sedan, station wagon and coupé bodystyles with a choice of gasoline or turbodiesel engines, the 406 replaced the Peugeot 405 in Peugeot's lineup, and was itself replaced by the Peugeot 407. It used the same platform as the Citroën Xantia, though without that car's sophisticated hydropneumatic suspension system.

The diesel versions were very popular, and the 406 became one of Europe's best-selling diesel-powered cars. Initially, the car was available with 1.8 L and 2.0 L gasoline and 1.9 L turbodiesel engines, followed by a 110 bhp 2.1 L turbodiesel, turbocharged 2.0 L and 3.0 L gasoline V6 engines. The 2-door coupé was both designed and built by Italian designer Pininfarina, with choices of a 2.0 L 4-cylinder engine or a 3.0 L V6, and from 2001, a 2.2 L HDi diesel engine.

The 406 was notably successful in the UK, where it was built in the factories inherited from Chrysler Europe. It broke into the key UK fleet sales market, with 90 percent of units becoming company cars.

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Engine and Transmission
The 406 was available with the following engines:

Unleaded Petroleum

 * 1.6 L I4 - 90 bhp
 * 1.8 L I4 - 110 bhp
 * 1.8 L I4 - 115 bhp
 * 2.0 L XU10 J4R I4 - 133 hp
 * 2.0 L EW10 J4 I4 - 134 hp
 * 2.0 L XU10 J2TE turbocharged I4 - 147 hp
 * 2.2 L EW12 J4 I4 - 156 hp
 * 3.0l ES9 J4 V6 - 190 PS (187 hp/140 kW), (Coupé 97-00, Sedan 97-99, Estate 97-99)
 * 3.0l ES9 J4S V6 - 207 PS (204 hp/152 kW), (Coupé 00-03, Sedan 00-04, Estate 00-04)

Diesel

 * 1.9 L diesel I4 - 75 bhp
 * 1.9 L turbodiesel XUD9 TE/Y I4 - 88 hp
 * 2.0 L turbodiesel HDi DW10 TD I4 88 hp
 * 2.0 L turbodiesel HDi DW10 ATED I4 106 hp
 * 2.1 L turbodiesel XUD11 BTE I4 - 108 hp
 * 2.2 L turbodiesel HDi DW12 TED4 I4 - 131 hp

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 * see Peugeot 405

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Design quirks and oddities
The 406 sedan was featured in the French Taxi movie series. In Taxi the 406 was simply a modified 3.0 V6 capable of tremendous speed; in Taxi 2 the car had pop-out wings to aid aerial movement, such as when the car "jumps" over French army tanks trying to block its escape; in Taxi 3, the 406 is further upgraded to be able to travel in icy terrain; The fourth movie Taxi 4 features a 407 instead.

According to the Herald Sun, a 1997 Peugeot 406 Coupe is considered a modern collectable. The car, priced at $75,750 AUD when new can be had for $9,900 to $12,100 AUD.

In 2002, Peugeot held the first fuel economy record with a stock standard 406 HDi that travelled from Melbourne to Rockhampton (2,348 kilometres) on a single 70 litre tank. 

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