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.
Lead trim: D4 1.5 four, Peugeot 403 engine (45 hp) · up to 55 hp
Peugeot D3 / D4D4 · 1955–1965
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FactA 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.
In 1955 the van took the 1,468 cc engine of the newly launched Peugeot 403, which even detuned for commercial use gave 45 hp, and in August 1955 the D3 was replaced by the D4, visually almost indistinguishable except for "baguette-style" over-riders on the front bumper (dropped in 1960) and an optional side door for the load area. In October 1959 the D4 (like the 403) became available with a diesel engine, a major innovation (1,816 cc); in 1960 the petrol engine's power rose to 55 hp and the van became the D4B, with flashing direction indicators front and back, and in 1963 the number of bars on the front grille was reduced. A D4 in police livery appeared in the original Pink Panther film. The D4B was replaced by the J7 in 1965. Length 4,430 mm, width 1,840 mm, height 2,110 mm.
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Trims & Figures
3 published trims in the catalogue. A blank is a figure not recorded, not zero.
| Trim | Years | Engine | Power | Torque | 0–60 | Drive | Gearbox | MSRP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D4 1.5 four, Peugeot 403 engine (45 hp) | 1955–1960 | 1.5 L Inline-4 | 45 hp | — | — | FWD | — | — |
| D4 1.8 diesel four (from October 1959) | 1959–1965 | 1.8 L Inline-4 | 47 hp | — | — | FWD | — | — |
| D4B 1.5 four (55 hp) | 1960–1965 | 1.5 L Inline-4 | 55 hp | — | — | FWD | — | — |
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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.