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11-08-03, 04:50 PM
The early 80's thread has me doing some research.....
lets see if we can get some sort of a timeline going.
1882 Peugeot Bicycles first produced
1926 Society of Automobiles and Bicycles seperates into two seperate companies. Automobiles Peugoet and Cycles Peugoet. Peugeot did not 'sell off' the bicycle division at this point.
1947 Automobiles Peugeot establishes Sedis
1956 Crisis in the bicycle industry. Turnover at Cycles Peugeot drops by 50%
1956 In order to maintain the crisis Cycles Peugeot turns to the production of car components and becomes an equiptment manufacturer.
1959 Lions are removed from the hoods of cars because they are dangerous to pedestrians and cyclists
1965 Automobiles Peugeot becomes a holding operating under Peugeot S.A. This new holding company controls all Peugeot interests including Cycles Peugeot
1974 Factory of Romilly-sur-Seine Acquired. This factory produces all bicycles from 1987 on.
1974 ProCyle of Canada acquires rights to distribute French made Peugeots
1978 ProCycle signs agreement to manufacture and distribute Peugeots in Canada....French Peugoets still sold in U.S.
1983 ProCycle exports Canadian made Peugeots to the U.S. French made Peugeots still sold in the U.S.
1987 merger of AOP (Acier et Outillages Peugeot) and Cycles Peugeot to form ECIA (Equiptment et Composants pour I'Industrie Automobile)
2001 ProCyle discontinues the Peugeot brand.
There are few big holes in the timeline.
1. When were Fench made Peugeots first sold in the U.S.
I know they go back as far as the late 60's. Anyone?
2. Until the demise of the French made Peugeots in the late 80's, were they continuously sold in the U.S? I believe I worked at the only dealer that sold them continuously from the 60's through their demise in 2001.
3. What year were the French made Peugeots last sold in the U.S.? I know it was in the late 80's.
Currently North American rights to Peugeot are owned by Procycle of Canada www.procycle.com and european rights are owned by Cycleurope www.cycleurope.com Oddly enough cycleurope owns Bianchi........
As far as I can tell, until at least 1987, Peugeot S.A. still owned Cycles Peugeot.
Perhaps 1987 or 1988 was when french made Peugeots were no longer sold in the U.S.
lets see if we can get some sort of a timeline going.
1882 Peugeot Bicycles first produced
1926 Society of Automobiles and Bicycles seperates into two seperate companies. Automobiles Peugoet and Cycles Peugoet. Peugeot did not 'sell off' the bicycle division at this point.
1947 Automobiles Peugeot establishes Sedis
1956 Crisis in the bicycle industry. Turnover at Cycles Peugeot drops by 50%
1956 In order to maintain the crisis Cycles Peugeot turns to the production of car components and becomes an equiptment manufacturer.
1959 Lions are removed from the hoods of cars because they are dangerous to pedestrians and cyclists
1965 Automobiles Peugeot becomes a holding operating under Peugeot S.A. This new holding company controls all Peugeot interests including Cycles Peugeot
1974 Factory of Romilly-sur-Seine Acquired. This factory produces all bicycles from 1987 on.
1974 ProCyle of Canada acquires rights to distribute French made Peugeots
1978 ProCycle signs agreement to manufacture and distribute Peugeots in Canada....French Peugoets still sold in U.S.
1983 ProCycle exports Canadian made Peugeots to the U.S. French made Peugeots still sold in the U.S.
1987 merger of AOP (Acier et Outillages Peugeot) and Cycles Peugeot to form ECIA (Equiptment et Composants pour I'Industrie Automobile)
2001 ProCyle discontinues the Peugeot brand.
There are few big holes in the timeline.
1. When were Fench made Peugeots first sold in the U.S.
I know they go back as far as the late 60's. Anyone?
2. Until the demise of the French made Peugeots in the late 80's, were they continuously sold in the U.S? I believe I worked at the only dealer that sold them continuously from the 60's through their demise in 2001.
3. What year were the French made Peugeots last sold in the U.S.? I know it was in the late 80's.
Currently North American rights to Peugeot are owned by Procycle of Canada www.procycle.com and european rights are owned by Cycleurope www.cycleurope.com Oddly enough cycleurope owns Bianchi........
As far as I can tell, until at least 1987, Peugeot S.A. still owned Cycles Peugeot.
Perhaps 1987 or 1988 was when french made Peugeots were no longer sold in the U.S.