Peugeot Type 190

Motor vehicle
Peugeot Type 190
Overview
ManufacturerPeugeot SA
Production1928-1931
33,677 produced[1]
Body and chassis
Body styleTorpedo
Spider
LayoutFR layout
Powertrain
Engine695 cc I4
Chronology
PredecessorPeugeot 5CV
SuccessorPeugeot 201

The Peugeot Type 190 S is a model of Peugeot produced between 1928 and 1931.

The Type 190 was launched in late 1928 and sold alongside the lightweight Peugeot 5CV (itself based on the Quadrilette), a best-seller of the 1920s, which it was intended to replace. The Type 190 was also a small vehicle, but more traditional compared to earlier models. Its body was available in torpedo and spider configurations. The Type 190 carried over the small four-cylinder 695 cc engine from the 5CV, which developed 14 metric horsepower (10 kW)[1] and could push the car to a maximum speed of 60 kilometres per hour (37 mph). The type 190 was quite successful and a total of more than 33,000 vehicles were produced. In 1929, its intended successor, the Peugeot 201, was launched, though production of the Type 190 ran until 1931.

Traditional body construction

The 190S was one of the last Peugeot models to come with a timber-frame body. Each piece of the frame was individually shaped from ash or beech wood, using traditional carpenters' tools.[2]

End of traditional nomenclature

The Type 190 was so named because it was the 190th distinct design developed by Peugeot. However, at the time few customers would have been aware of the name. Even in the company's own brochures, the car was simply called "La 5CV Peugeot" (The Peugeot 5 hp). That all changed when this model was replaced.[3] Cars after the Type 190 use names three digits long with a zero in the middle, beginning with the 201, abandoning Peugeot's original procedure of naming each new model with a successive ordinal number. Cars of the 20x class would be smaller than cars of the 30x or 40x class, and cars of the same class would be usually replaced by the next ordinal number (e.g. the 201 was replaced with the Peugeot 202).

References

  1. ^ a b "1928 : 5 CV Type 190 S". peugeot.com. Archived from the original on 2012-02-06. Retrieved 2008-03-09.
  2. ^ Musée de l'Aventure Peugeot. The exhibit label (2012) states: « Le Type 190S est un des derniers exemples à être équipé d’une carrosserie à armature bois. Toute les pièces de l’ossature sont constituées de montant en bois de frêne ou de hêtre, assembles par mortaises, tenons et chevilles »
  3. ^ Musée de l'Aventure Peugeot. The exhibit label (2012) states: « Jusqu'à présente le modèles Peugeot se suivaient dans une numérotation plus ou moins logique qui d’ailleurs n’était que peu utilise par la publicité. Par exemple le 190 S était présenté dans les brochures sous le nom « Le 5 CV Peugeot ». Avec la 201 une ère novelle commence.»
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Peugeot road vehicle timeline, 1889–1944 — next »
Type 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s
9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
Supermini 1 2 3 / 4 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 21 / 24 / 30 / 31 37 54 57 69 "Bébé" B P1/ B3/P1 "Bébé"¹ 161/172 "Quadrilette" 5CV 190
26 / 27 / 28 48 56 58 126 201 202
Small
family car 		14 / 15 / 25 56 58 68 VA/VC/VY¹ V2C/V2Y¹ VD/VD2¹ 159 163 301 302
33 / 36 63 99 108 118 125 173 / 177 / 181 / 183
Family
car 		9 / 10 / 11 / 12 16 / 17 / 19 / 32 49/50 65/67 77 78 88 127 143 153 153 B/BR 176 401 402
18 39 43/44 61 71 81 96 106 116 126 138 175 601
Large
family car 		23 42 62 72 82 92 104 112/117/ 122/130/134 139 145/146/148 174
66 76 83 93 135 156 184
Executive
car 		80 103 113 141 147/150
85 95 105
Cabriolet
/ Spider 		91 101/120 133 / 111/129/131 136 144
Panel van 13 22 34/35
Minibus 20 / 29 107
1 These cars were marketed as "Lion-Peugeots", produced by what was till 1910 a separate Peugeot company, run by cousins of Armand Peugeot, then in charge of the principal automobile business.

In 1910, Armand having no sons of his own, it was agreed that the two branches of the Peugeot business be reunited.