2000 Peugeot 406 Coupe - Tail Light Detail - Edited
What a beautiful machine. Peugeot had a long history of partnership with Italian car design firm and coachbuilder Pininfarina; the Peugeot 406 Coupe was both designed and built by Pininfarina in Italy.
The car was manufactured and sold between 1996 and 2004, and had several engine choices available - a 2 litre petrol engine (3 variants over the lifespan), a 2.2 litre petrol engine, a 3.0 litre V6 petrol engine (2 variants), and - unusually for a coupe of that era - a 2.2 litre turbodiesel engine. 107,633 cars were built in total, with over half being sold in France.
There were two main trim levels available - S and SE. The S trim was the entry-level option, and had cloth-covered, mechanically-adjusted seats. The SE trim had full leather interior, with motorized seats, a premium JBL sound system with amplifier and 6 CD changer, satellite navigation, and headlamp washers. There were several special edition trims also - the Silver & Black editions had different alloy wheels and half-leather interior. The Settant'Anni edition had special white leather interior with the Pininfarina logo embossed on the headrests. Regardless of the trim level, the seats were designed by Pininfarina and built by Recaro.
The SE trim had the leather available in several colours - black, tan, or red, with the door cards, steering wheel, and gearshift gaiter (on manual transmission cars) in matching leather trim.
The body was available in a range of 15 different paints, some of which are metallic, others pearlescent, and others simply solid paint.
This particular car has a V6 engine, but from the crossover year so it's not really easy to guess whether it was the original ES9J4 (194 HP) or the tuned ES9J4S (210 HP) version. This car has automatic transmission, which for the V6 models comes in the form of a four-speed ZF gearbox (ZF 4HP20). Note on the front wheels the large Brembo four-cylinder brake calipers - the V6 model of the car had these as standard through most of the car's life. The 16in alloy wheels were fitted as standard to the V6 version as the 15in version of this wheel was not large enough to fit over the large Brembo calipers. The wheels were designed by Pininfarina and built by BBS. The V6 model also had variable power steering, an effort to keep the steering feel responsive with the weighty V6 engine up front. The paint colour on this car is Polaris Blue, a metallic paint. The car has headlamp washers, so it has SE trim. The interior is tan leather.
I owned one of these cars for 7 years and it was simply fantastic; I still miss it. Mine was Scarlet Red, in SE trim, with the black leather interior, and the 2.2 litre 160HP petrol engine.
2000 Peugeot 406 Coupe - Tail Light Detail - Edited
What a beautiful machine. Peugeot had a long history of partnership with Italian car design firm and coachbuilder Pininfarina; the Peugeot 406 Coupe was both designed and built by Pininfarina in Italy.
The car was manufactured and sold between 1996 and 2004, and had several engine choices available - a 2 litre petrol engine (3 variants over the lifespan), a 2.2 litre petrol engine, a 3.0 litre V6 petrol engine (2 variants), and - unusually for a coupe of that era - a 2.2 litre turbodiesel engine. 107,633 cars were built in total, with over half being sold in France.
There were two main trim levels available - S and SE. The S trim was the entry-level option, and had cloth-covered, mechanically-adjusted seats. The SE trim had full leather interior, with motorized seats, a premium JBL sound system with amplifier and 6 CD changer, satellite navigation, and headlamp washers. There were several special edition trims also - the Silver & Black editions had different alloy wheels and half-leather interior. The Settant'Anni edition had special white leather interior with the Pininfarina logo embossed on the headrests. Regardless of the trim level, the seats were designed by Pininfarina and built by Recaro.
The SE trim had the leather available in several colours - black, tan, or red, with the door cards, steering wheel, and gearshift gaiter (on manual transmission cars) in matching leather trim.
The body was available in a range of 15 different paints, some of which are metallic, others pearlescent, and others simply solid paint.
This particular car has a V6 engine, but from the crossover year so it's not really easy to guess whether it was the original ES9J4 (194 HP) or the tuned ES9J4S (210 HP) version. This car has automatic transmission, which for the V6 models comes in the form of a four-speed ZF gearbox (ZF 4HP20). Note on the front wheels the large Brembo four-cylinder brake calipers - the V6 model of the car had these as standard through most of the car's life. The 16in alloy wheels were fitted as standard to the V6 version as the 15in version of this wheel was not large enough to fit over the large Brembo calipers. The wheels were designed by Pininfarina and built by BBS. The V6 model also had variable power steering, an effort to keep the steering feel responsive with the weighty V6 engine up front. The paint colour on this car is Polaris Blue, a metallic paint. The car has headlamp washers, so it has SE trim. The interior is tan leather.
I owned one of these cars for 7 years and it was simply fantastic; I still miss it. Mine was Scarlet Red, in SE trim, with the black leather interior, and the 2.2 litre 160HP petrol engine.