Fitting a bigger Peugeot engine meant stretching the nose — and ruining the clean face that earned this van its nickname: "Nez de cochon," pig nose.
Lead trim: D3A 1.3 four, Peugeot 203 engine (32 hp) · up to 40 hp
Peugeot D3 / D4D3 · 1950–1955
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FactFitting a bigger Peugeot engine meant stretching the nose — and ruining the clean face that earned this van its nickname: "Nez de cochon," pig nose.
From October 1950 the van was sold as the Peugeot D3, a forward-control panel van, and late in 1950 the Peugeot 202 engine gave way to the 1,290 cc engine of the new Peugeot 203 (the D3 becoming the D3A), which let Peugeot advertise 32 hp; power rose to 40 hp in 1952 (the D3B) and in February 1953 a passenger seat was fitted. Bodies included panel van, minibus (bought by French police forces and the post office), ambulance and horse-box (a popular conversion by Théault of Avranches); in August 1955 the D4 replaced it. Length 4,430 mm, width 1,840 mm, height 2,110 mm.
Collectors Spotted in the Peugeot D3 / D4 Lineage
No member has published a public street spot of the Peugeot D3 / D4 yet — the First · Worldwide stamp is wide open.
Trims & Figures
2 published trims in the catalogue. A blank is a figure not recorded, not zero.
| Trim | Years | Engine | Power | Torque | 0–60 | Drive | Gearbox | MSRP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D3A 1.3 four, Peugeot 203 engine (32 hp) | 1950–1952 | 1.3 L Inline-4 | 32 hp | — | — | FWD | — | — |
| D3B 1.3 four (40 hp) | 1952–1955 | 1.3 L Inline-4 | 40 hp | 59 lb-ft | — | FWD | — | — |
Owning one
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Owners’ builds
Nobody has claimed one yet.
Photographs
A Peugeot D4 police van had a movie-star moment: it's the van that hauls Inspector Clouseau away in the original 1963 Pink Panther film, right after he's caught with the diamond.
Fitting a bigger Peugeot engine meant stretching the nose — and ruining the clean face that earned this van its nickname: "Nez de cochon," pig nose.
This Chenard-Walcker van outlived its own maker: once Peugeot absorbed the company, the design simply got a 202 engine and a new badge, reborn as the Peugeot D3 in 1950.
Rivals
Same body, same money, other badges — tap any card to flip.
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The IIHS rated the Astro Poor in a 1996 crash test, yet 2001–2004 Astros later had the lowest driver death rate of any US passenger vehicle.
The boxy, unglamorous Astro quietly posted one of the best real-world safety records in America: IIHS found 2001-2004 models had the fewest driver deaths per million vehicles of any passenger vehicle on US roads.
The third-generation Tourneo Connect, released in Europe in October 2021, is a rebadged fourth-generation Volkswagen Caddy, assembled by Volkswagen in Poland.
Ford beat the 25% "chicken tax" by importing the Transit Connect as a passenger van — rear windows and seats included, then stripped out and recycled once it landed in the US.
Ford spent years in federal court over the second-gen Transit Connect: in June 2019 the US won its appeal, and judges ruled the van was cargo-only — ending Ford's workaround for the 'chicken tax.'
GM sold a rebadged Nissan NV200 as the Chevy City Express for four years, then killed it in 2018, citing weak sales and the fact that its parts weren't even compatible with GM's own parts catalog.
Its name is a pun: "S-Cargo" means "Small Cargo" but sounds just like escargot — French for snail, the shape the whole van was built to resemble.