How come.They're good gas efficient cars and don't guzzle gas!!!
I had the liberty of driving one this past week in Paris,France.
Me and some friends are vacationing in Paris for the summer.
Anyway i drove a Peugeot 607 and man is it an excellent
automobile!!! Does anyone know if i can purchase one in the U.S
and if so how?
2006-06-27 10:51:40 · 10 answers · asked by reshard06 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Car Makes ➔ Peugeot
They did, for a long time. But they were not selling well in the US market, and eventually they just threw in the towel.
French cars in general don't do well here, primarily because they can't compete with the Japanese on quality or value for dollar.
2006-06-27 10:55:54 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Peugeot's use to be sold in the USA back before the mid 80's. The Peugeot 505 was actually a pretty big hit for a basic high line car. But others like Benz, Audi, Land Rover had the USA market more sewn up and then Lexus was born so Peugeot choose to remove themselves from the USA market.
My step dad use to have the 505 and has taken me at 147mph in the car.....scared the crap out of me when I was younger.
2006-06-27 18:28:11 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
How many reasons do you want?
To start with, the french fries put too high of a price in general on any product exported to the USA (and their cars simply aren't that great compared to what you can buy and drive here for the same amount of $$$$$), there are only so many parts that any Auto Zone or wherever can keep on hand - Pugeots will need many parts throughout its lifetime (keeping them going is a major pain in the a$$ because of that), and there's simply just not enough interest for Pugeots here.
Enjoy your drive with one there, because you won't be seeing them here in the near future, unless you can actually find one still around from back in That 70s Decade.
2006-06-27 18:03:40 · answer #3 · answered by Joey 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For unknown reasons to me the Americans don't import Peugeots or Citroens into their country anymore. Can't understand why as I have been a proud owner of a Citroen Xantia for many years, and now own a Peurgeot 407 which is economical and reliable
2006-06-28 17:12:55 · answer #4 · answered by bigandneedy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lots of good answers here, many correct, but outside of North America, Peugot has a good reputation. I think alot of it has to do with the former taxes on foreign parts, and the fact our mechanics didnt like to work with metric in the 70's and 80's...then the French pulled out...as well as the Italians, as North Amercians were turning our attention to Japanese, if we didnt buy American. Our cold winters can be tough on European cars as well! My Renault R4 was a riot to drive, and a great little beeter!
2006-06-27 19:10:46 · answer #5 · answered by cbmaclean 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They dont sell Fiats either. I think US is a rtough market to penetrate and needs alot of investment.
Some hick here mentions "french fries" and other derogatory half-truths. For the record, US has stiff import duties on imported cars.
2006-06-27 17:55:11 · answer #6 · answered by TheMetallian 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are JUNK. I worked for a dealer that sold Alpha Romeo (no longer available here (JUNK) ) and Peugeot (no longer available here (JUNK) ) and SAAB. The Peugeot's were constant problems... JUNK.
They are nice when they are new.... but after a couple of miles they are JUNK.
2006-06-27 17:56:50 · answer #7 · answered by ubet426 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The QUALITY was so bad, 'no one' would buy them. They basically went out of business in the U.S. because they could not compete effectively in the marketplace.
2006-06-27 17:55:57 · answer #8 · answered by Doctor J 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
u cant Peugeot does not export to the US
2006-06-27 17:55:03 · answer #9 · answered by XXX 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they cant meet us smog specs..
2006-06-27 17:55:58 · answer #10 · answered by Dan H 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋