Date: 19 February 2021 Â Â |Â Â Author: Simon Harris
Peugeot s lower-medium car reached peak performance with the 306 in 1993.
Standard equipment:
Air conditioning, alarm, alloy wheels, remote audio control, body coloured bumpers, CD/radio, driver and passenger airbag, electric door mirror adjustment, electric front windows, remote central locking
People always seem to remember the Peugeots of the 1980s and 1990s more fondly than any other.
It was an era of sharp and elegant Pininfarina designs, as well as memorably engaging models such as the 205 and 405, with their GTi variants as the ones company car drivers aspired to running.
It was also an era of growing popularity of diesel engines, with Peugeot and Citroën beginning to market the performance credentials of the latest turbocharged diesels.
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In the era of the Morris Ital, Peugeot 505 and second-generation VW Passat, the introduction of the Ford Sierra in 1982 must have seemed like a seismic change. Its advanced, aerodynamic styling was criticised by some for looking like a jelly mould , although we understand some of its features were toned down a little to make it more palatable to a wary public used to the boxy Cortina. Even so, many didn t immediately take to it.
The Sierra launched with a choice of hatchback and estate body styles, and lower-grade versions same with narrower headlight units and a conventional grille.
The petrol engine line-up was essentially carried over from the Cortina, with an entry-level 1.3-litre offered, although most customers would have chosen a 1.6-litre. Then there was a 2.0-litre, and at the top of the range a 2.3 V6.
Date: 18 December 2020 Â Â |Â Â Author: Simon Harris
Lexus had impressed with its big luxury saloon a decade earlier, but in 1999 it took aim at the BMW 3 Series.
Lexus, as most of you will know, is a brand that was launched by Toyota in the late 1980s in the US, and a year later in Europe.
As one of the biggest car manufacturers on the globe, while Toyota was clearly capable of producing vehicles to challenge the premium brands, it decided that to be truly considered an alternative it needed a separate division with its own name and its own dealer network.Â
The LS400 launched in 1990, and was after a slice of the market occupied by the BMW 7 Series, Mercedes-Benz S-Class, Audi V8 (later A8) and the Jaguar XJ. This sector is low volume but high in prestige for brands participating in it - if they can get it right.