Peugeot 309 Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description
The Peugeot 309 is a compact automobile designed and manufactured by Peugeot between 1986 and 1993.The 309 was a car designed to do many tasks. First and foremost it had to replace the earlier 305 and Talbot Horizon, as well as continuing the momentum in changing the company's image that had been started by the smaller 205.
Using a stretched version of the 205's floorpan as a starting point, the 309 initially used the Simca-based powertrains from the Horizon before being replaced by Peugeot's own TU and XU series of engines. The reason why the Peugeot numbering series jumped from 305 to 309 was to signify the fact that the car was by-and-large a Simca design, developed by the surviving engineers from the Chrysler/Simca/Rootes days.
The car was originally badged as the "Talbot Arizona" but was later rebadged as Peugeot for marketing reasons. It was felt at the time that the Peugeot brand would be more appealing to customers than Talbot. The car never went on sale with the Arizona name.
One of the major achievements of the 309 was that it was the first British-built Peugeot, being made in the former Rootes factory in Ryton-on-Dunsmore, near Coventry, England although production also took place in the Simca plant near Poissy, in France.
| Preceded by: Peugeot 305 Talbot Horizon |
Succeeded by: Peugeot 306 |
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