Nobody, probably: if it is ever like my car, there is some marking (on
the plastic hood over the radiator) specifically stating that the car is
not covered in the US or Canada. For what Peugeot's warranty is worth,
anyway (1 year, unlimited mileage in France).
> The price, 18,000 pounds, is quite reasonable. You'd be hard pressed to
> find any 406 coupe here for that cheap. There's a 97 406 SE coupe that
> I'm going to drive one of these days at a dealer that has 6,000 miles on
> it and is 26,000 pounds.
>
Aren't those prices a bit inflated (or am I way off in my estimate of
the pound/french franc exchange rate)? The 2.0L retails for 170,800
FFr(*) here (6 months waiting list, though). If I am not mistaken, the
SE is the V6 powered variant with all the toys (and at 26000 pounds, it
should have them!). The French list price is a tad over 250000FFr. If
you drive it, I'd like to hear your impressions (I'm considering the
"base" V6 for my next car purchase)
> The 2 litre in the 406 coupe advertised is a revised version of the
> infamous XU9J2, as seen in the US 405 DL and S. I believe it is now the
> XU10J2.
>
I'm not that familiar with Peugeot's engine nomenclature, but I thought
the last "2" referred to the number of valves per cylinder. If that is
the case, then the engine is probably an XU10J4 (as in my car). The 406
coupe is definitively, as the classifieds poster wrote it, a stunning
looker, but the 2L is a bit short in the engine department to qualify as
a "driver", especially in the US (alll IMHO, of course).
> - Robert Cullemore
> London, England
>
(*) Price include our lovely 20.6% VAT...
-- Jean-Marc Calvez, jmcalvez@club-internet.fr Grenoble, France