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DRICYCLE, 1903

Peugeot inizia a costruire At the time Armand Peugeot started building automo-
gestita dal cugino Eugène biles, in 1890, his cousin Eugène, then at the helm of
a mobilità individuale a mo- the family business, had yet to accept the idea of indi-
si divide: Armand costituirà vidual motorized mobility. Shortly after, the company
biles Peugeot” ed Eugène split in two: Armand set up “Automobiles Peugeot” in
one e la produzione di bici- Audincourt, while Eugène kept the Lion Peugeot fam-
prevede che Eugène possa ily brand and the production of bicycles and tools. The
a motore, ma, senza sedi- agreement stipulated that Eugène could also build
guidatore) e senza volante motorized quadricyles, but without seats (only a sad-
gono proposti col marchio dle for the driver) and without steering wheels (only
he Quadricycles, tutti equi- handlebars). Accordingly, both tricycles and quad-
n. Si rivelano mezzi anacro- ricycles were offered under the Lion Peugeot brand,
tici e vengono soppiantati all equipped with De Dion engines. They proved to
Nel 1905 la famiglia Peugeot be anachronistic, expensive and impractical means of
diventare oggi PSA Groupe. transport that were soon supplanted by the nascent
esemplare proposto in asta, automobiles. In 1905 the Peugeot family was reunited
nservato e che negli ultimi and formed the company that is today part of the PSA
proprietari. Funzionante, è Groupe. Little is known of the history of this particular
ssima London to Brighton. quadricycle, other than that it has been well preserved
a d'acquisto. and had two owners in the past ten years. Still running,
it is all set to leave for the next London to Brighton.
Sold with sale invoice.

AUTO E MOTO CLASSICHE
Classic motor vehicles