Originally Posted by miamijim

The common French pronunciation of "Peugeot" is IPA: [pøːʒo].In Spain, Peugeot is said "peuyot" or "peyot"(the second is most common). In England it is usually pronounced /ˈpɜːʒoʊ/ "PERzho", while Americans pronounce it /puːˈʒoʊ/ "pooZHO" or /ˈpjuːʒoʊ/ "PYOOzho". Peugeot cars have been given the nicknames: 'pug' and 'pugs' in the UK. In Malta some people pronounce "Peugeot" as PUGU. In those parts of North Africa that were colonised by the French—Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco—"Peugeot" is often pronounced in the same way as the word "bijou" ("jewel"),