I heard Peugeot tried to get into the US and failed!

britboy · Post by **britboy** » Thu Aug 14, 2003 2:26 pm

Someone here says Peugeot tried to secure a market in the US -- and basically the US blimin' hated pugs!

They sold near on zero -- then after a year or two gave up on the country altogether!

Anyone know if my mate who told me this is speaking the truth? Why do you think they did so badly in the US?

MattB · Post by **MattB** » Thu Aug 14, 2003 2:38 pm

I don't know of any official reason, but when I was out there it's obvious that Americans like ridiculously big cars. The number of 4x4s out there is staggering!

That counts out the 106, 206 and 306 instantly.

Burge · Post by **Burge** » Thu Aug 14, 2003 2:38 pm

What do you expect from a country with absolutely no taste!!!

paul_y3k · Post by **paul_y3k** » Thu Aug 14, 2003 5:12 pm

pugs last preseiond was the pug 504 ? the big estate thingy ...
but no not around anymore, cloest is mexico.
i loked inot exporting the cc to the us when i worked over there and once you got around the silly import laws i stumbled on the facxt that their were no monkey zoo'#s to look after it. so i came back to dear ol blighty

RTF · Post by **RTF** » Thu Aug 14, 2003 5:40 pm

Well Colombo drove a pug

When i was browsing ebay.com lately there are many ferrari's, lambo's, rol'ls royces, volkswagen etc... etc.. And there are exactly 6 pugs (all pre 1995) to find over there so i think that says enough

Duncan · Post by **Duncan** » Thu Aug 14, 2003 6:35 pm

4x4s pickups minivans SUV ar all classed as trucks in US so have to meet same emission and fuel economy standards as lorries which are lower than cars. I guess this makes them cheeper.

The reason for this I believe is a consession on some international enviromental agreement. Which suprises me as I thought yanks ignored these anyway. I counldn,t find any confirmation of this on the web though. I believe California is trying to ban SUVs.

ICE DOCTOR · Post by **ICE DOCTOR** » Fri Aug 15, 2003 10:49 am

Yeah i lived there for six years and never saw a pug at all. Infact when i returned to South Africa in 2002 that was the first time i had ever seen a 206cc and ofcourse the rest is history.....