Ten versions launched at once in July 1987, and it still won European Car of the Year with a record vote count.
Lead trim: 1.4 TU3 (70 hp) · up to 200 hp
Peugeot 4051987–1997
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FactTen versions launched at once in July 1987, and it still won European Car of the Year with a record vote count.
Peugeot unveiled ten versions of the 405 saloon at once in July 1987 for the 1988 model year, with sales starting in October 1987 on the continent and January 1988 in the UK, and it won European Car of the Year for 1988 with the largest number of votes in that contest's history. Styled by Giuseppe Randazzo of Pininfarina, it shared its floorpan with the Citroën BX but had no hydropneumatic suspension except on the rear axle of the four-wheel-drive versions. The estate followed in May 1988 (October in Britain), the Mi16 that late 1988, and the four-wheel-drive Mi16x4 and GRiX4 in late 1989; the 500,000th was built in 1989 and the millionth at Sochaux in 1990. A Phase II facelift arrived for 1992, and the 405 T16 was introduced in April 1993 with a 2.0-litre turbocharged 16-valve engine, constant four-wheel drive and 1,061 built. It sold in the United States from 1988 to 1991, was the eighth best-selling car in Britain in 1992 and 1993, and was replaced by the 406 (saloon in autumn 1995, estate at the start of 1997). No coupé was ever offered; the rally 405 Turbo 16 is a different car. The catalogue already holds the 405 Mi16x4 and a provisional 405 (1989–1992) entry.
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Trims & Figures
9 published trims in the catalogue. A blank is a figure not recorded, not zero.
| Trim | Years | Engine | Power | Torque | 0–60 | Drive | Gearbox | MSRP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.4 TU3 (70 hp) | 1987–1997 | 1.4 L Inline-4 | 70 hp | 81 lb-ft | — | FWD | manual | — |
| 1.6 XU5 (92 hp) | 1987–1997 | 1.6 L Inline-4 | 92 hp | 94 lb-ft | — | FWD | manual | — |
| 1.8 XUD7 TE turbodiesel (90 hp) | 1988–1997 | 1.8 L Inline-4 | 90 hp | 133 lb-ft | — | FWD | — | — |
| 1.9 XU9 8-valve (110 hp) | 1987–1997 | 1.9 L Inline-4 | 110 hp | 117 lb-ft | — | FWD | — | — |
| 1.9 XU9 8-valve high tune (125 hp) | 1987–1997 | 1.9 L Inline-4 | 125 hp | 125 lb-ft | — | FWD | — | — |
| 1.9 XU9 J4 Mi16 16-valve (160 hp) | 1988–1995 | 1.9 L Inline-4 | 160 hp | 131 lb-ft | — | FWD | — | — |
| 1.9 XU9 J4 Mi16 catalysed (148 hp) | 1988–1995 | 1.9 L Inline-4 | 148 hp | 125 lb-ft | — | FWD | — | — |
| 1.9 XUD9 diesel (70 hp) | 1988–1997 | 1.9 L Inline-4 | 70 hp | 87 lb-ft | — | FWD | — | — |
| 2.0 XU10 J4TE T16 (200 hp) | 1993–1995 | 2.0 L Inline-4 | 200 hp | 236 lb-ft | — | AWD | — | — |
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Photographs
The 405 Mi16x4's viscous-coupling four-wheel-drive system was derived from the one developed for Peugeot's 405 T16 Grand Raid Paris-Dakar racer.
The 405 was already a sales phenomenon within its first years: the 500,000th car left Peugeot's Sochaux plant in 1989, and by 1990 the total had already topped one million.
Ten versions launched at once in July 1987, and it still won European Car of the Year with a record vote count.
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