Peugeot 309
| Peugeot 309 | |
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| Overview | |
| Manufacturer | Peugeot |
| Production | 1985—1993 |
| Assembly |
Poissy, France Valladolid, Spain Ryton-on-Dunsmore, United Kingdom Kalyan, India by Premier |
| Body and chassis | |
| Class | Small family car (C) |
| Body style | 3/5-door hatchback |
| Layout | FF layout |
| Related | Peugeot 205 |
| Powertrain | |
| Transmission | 4-speed manual 5-speed manual 3-speed automatic 4-speed automatic ZF 4HP14 |
| Dimensions | |
| Wheelbase | 2,470 mm (97 in) |
| Length | 4,050 mm (159 in) |
| Width | 1,630 mm (64 in) |
| Height | 1,380 mm (54 in) |
| Chronology | |
| Predecessor | Chrysler-Talbot Horizon |
| Successor | Peugeot 306 |
The Peugeot 309 was a small family car manufactured between 1985 and 1993 in England, Spain and France by PSA Peugeot Citroën. It was originally intended to be badged as a Talbot and, as development progressed, to be called the Talbot Arizona. It was the replacement for the Talbot Horizon, which had started life as a Chrysler in Britain and a Simca in France, and was also being built in several guises for the American market.
In 1985, the PSA Group decided to discontinue the Talbot brand, with the last Talbot passenger vehicle to be launched being the Samba of 1981, and to market the car as a Peugeot instead. The Talbot brand was phased out completely when Talbot Express production stopped in 1994.
The 309 had been conceived as Projet C28 as a replacement for the Talbot Horizon, and as a result its development had been performed by the former Chrysler/Simca wing of PSA. Styling was the responsibility of the former Chrysler-Rootes design studios in Coventry, whilst much of the engineering was done at the Simca site at Poissy in France. The only stipulation from PSA management was that the new car had to use as much existing architecture as possible; hence the use of a stretched Peugeot 205 floorpan and door shells, whilst the Simca engines and transmissions from the Horizon were also carried over.
Production in France began at the former Simca plant in Poissy in late summer of 1985, with the first French customers getting their cars in October of that year; but it was decided that RHD models would be built at the Ryton plant near Coventry, England, which had previously been owned by the Rootes Group and then Chrysler Europe before Peugeot took it over in 1978.
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