Peugeot Sales (1958-onwards)

Robert Cullemore (robertc@octonline.com)
Thu, 01 May 1997 04:57:08 -0700

These are the figures (rounded to the nearest thousand) for Peugeot's
sales in the US from their forst year (1957) through till the end...

1958: 5,000
1959: 12,000
1960: 12,000
1961: 6,000
1962: 5,000
1963: 3,000
1964: 3,000
1965: 3,000
1966: 2,500
1967: 4,000
1968: 4,000
1969: 4,500
1970: 5,000
1971: 6,000
1972: 5,000
1973: 4,500
1974: 8,000
1975: 12,000
1976: 9,500
1977: 10,000
1978: 9,500
1979: 12,000
1980: 13,000
1981: 17,000
1982: 14,500
1983: 15,000
1984: 20,007 --> Peugeot's best year in the United States
1985: 15,500
1986: 14,500
1987: 9,000
1988: 6,500
1989: 6,095
1990: 4,292
1991: 3,714
1992: 335
1993: 3

Total Sales from 1958-1991 = 283,000

Thanks to my archives of the Automotive News for these stats.

An interesting sidebar to the 1984 record year for Peugeot; nearly all
of those 20,007 units sold were diesels.

- More interesting info regarding the pullout to come...

Robert Cullemore
1989 Peugeot 405 Mi16
Toronto, Canada