Peugeot
Motion & Emotion.
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| Industry | Automotive |
| Founded | 1810 as a coffee mill company 1830 as a bicycle manufacturer 1882 as a car manufacturer 1898 as a motorcycle company 1926 as a separate company |
| Founder | Armand Peugeot |
| Headquarters | Legal and top level administrative: Ave de la Grande Armée, Paris Operational: Sochaux, France |
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Key people
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Carlos Tavares (CEO) Jean-Pierre Ploue (head of design) |
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Production output
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1,739,000 (2009) |
 €1,202 million (2015) |
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Number of employees
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198,210 (2010) (PSA Peugeot Citroën total) |
| Parent | Groupe PSA |
| Divisions |
Peugeot Motorcycles Peugeot Cycles Peugeot Sport |
| Website | Peugeot.com |
Peugeot (US /puːˈʒoʊ/; UK /ˈpɜːrʒoʊ/; French pronunciation: [pøʒo]) is a French car manufacturer, part of Groupe PSA.
The family business that preceded the current Peugeot company was founded in 1810, and manufactured coffee mills and bicycles. On 20 November 1858, Émile Peugeot applied for the lion trademark. Armand Peugeot built the company's first car, an unreliable steam tricycle, in collaboration with Leon Serpollet in 1889; this was followed in 1890 by an internal combustion car with a Panhard-Daimler engine. Due to family discord, Armand Peugeot in 1896 founded the Société des Automobiles Peugeot.
The Peugeot company and family are originally from Sochaux, France. Peugeot retains a large manufacturing plant and Peugeot museum there. In February 2014, the shareholders agreed to a recapitalisation plan, in which Dongfeng Motors and the French government each bought a 14% stake in the company.
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