Classic & Vintage - What does the 'U' in Peugeot nomenclature stand for?

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Kommisar89
04-22-08, 09:38 AM
Yeah I know, an esoteric question at best. I only thought of it because I was looking through the Peugeot catalogs so generously posted by one of our forum members and came across something like a UX-10E in a little sidebar next to the PX-10E that said it was the same as the PX-10 but with 27x1 1/4" wheels/tires. So I stated thinking, is the 'U' in the UO's and this UX-10E for "US" market perhaps to indicate the 27" wheels? My brain works in mysterious ways. I'll probably forget to take trash out while I'm contemplating this. :)

Antipodes
04-22-08, 09:59 AM
The U doesn't stand for U.S. The U prefix was used on Canadian Peugeots too.
Maybe it stands for unreal...:)
bigbossman
04-22-08, 10:31 AM
Ugly? :D

Antipodes
04-22-08, 10:44 AM
Ugly? :D

Peugeots have their flaws I admit, but they are definitely not ugly. The lug work and brazing sometimes is though...:)
mswantak
04-22-08, 11:22 AM
How about this possibility:

U = utilité
P = professionnel
ricohman
04-22-08, 11:27 AM
Utilitarian
lotek
04-22-08, 11:38 AM
The U doesn't stand for U.S. The U prefix was used on Canadian Peugeots too.
Maybe it stands for unreal...:)

I guess Unamerican doesn't work either. (wait y'all are north americans right?) :D

marty
mswantak
04-22-08, 02:22 PM
Could be 'unpainted'. Most of 'em I've had came with just a coat of whitewash.
miamijim
04-22-08, 02:24 PM
Its hard to say... French Peugeots used '8' to designat their entry level models...P8, PX8, P8E etc. The 'U' designation was not only a North American designation but also Japanese.
Kommisar89
04-22-08, 03:04 PM
How about this possibility:

U = utilité
P = professionnel

Hmmm...seems sort of reasonable. Best answer so far :)
miamijim
04-22-08, 04:21 PM
U more or less is for 27" wheels. If you look through the literature you find only 1 listing for a 'U' bike on the Dutch catalog site...it has 27" wheels. Whats the '74 PX10 with 27" wheels called? UX-10.


Hmmm...something else to add to my site!!!
Kommisar89
04-22-08, 11:04 PM
U more or less is for 27" wheels. If you look through the literature you find only 1 listing for a 'U' bike on the Dutch catalog site...it has 27" wheels. Whats the '74 PX10 with 27" wheels called? UX-10.


Hmmm...something else to add to my site!!!

Yeah that's what I was figuring but I don't see how a U = 27" in French. I like the U = utilité theory but then I suspect there are beaucoup utility bikes all over France with 700C wheels. Who knows?

And then we'd have to speculate what the 'O' stands for... ;)

Of course it could be like Z28 which meant absolutley nothing, it just happened to be the next free option code available on the forms.
miamijim
04-23-08, 07:40 AM
Yeah that's what I was figuring but I don't see how a U = 27" in French. I like the U = utilité theory but then I suspect there are beaucoup utility bikes all over France with 700C wheels. Who knows?

And then we'd have to speculate what the 'O' stands for... ;)

Of course it could be like Z28 which meant absolutley nothing, it just happened to be the next free option code available on the forms.

Exactly...

Keep in mind its U oh 8 not U zero 8

Almost everyone botches the Z06 by calling it Z OH 6. Its Z Zero 6 or Z6.