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12 unusual facts about PSA Peugeot Citroën


Atessa

The Sevel Sud Italo-French consortium plant, manufacturing the Fiat Ducato and the PSA's equivalent vans, is located in Atessa's territory.

Aulnay-sous-Bois

On July 12, 2012, PSA Peugeot Citroën announced that it will permanently close the Aulnay-sous-Bois plant due to overcapacity.

Common rail

Mazda's MZR-CD & Skyactiv-D (1.4 MZ-CD, 1.6 MZ-CD manufactured by joint venture Ford/PSA Peugeot Citroën) and earlier DiTD

PSA Peugeot Citroën's HDI or HDi (1.4HDI, 1.6 HDI, 2.0 HDI, 2.2 HDI and V6 HDI developed under joint venture with Ford)

PSA Peugeot Citroën

A number of marques were inherited following the acquisition of Chrysler Europe in 1978, and some were merged to re-establish Talbot, a previously dormant marque.

It announced plans to invest € 650 million in a manufacturing plant in Sanand, India.

What was to have been the Talbot Arizona became the 309, with the former Rootes plant in Ryton and Simca plant in Poissy being turned over for Peugeot assembly.

PSA PF1 platform

PSA PF1 platform is a global subcompact platform used by the French automotive group PSA Peugeot Citroën.

PSA PF2 platform

The PF2 Platform is an automobile platform developed by engineers of the French automotive group PSA Peugeot Citroën.

PSA PF3 platform

The PF3 Platform has been developed by engineers of the PSA Peugeot Citroën group for large and medium sized cars with front wheel drive and transverse engine.

Sochaux

Sochaux is the site of a large industrial facility of the French auto manufacturer PSA Peugeot Citroën.

Trémery

Usine PSA de Trémery (PSA factory of Trémery), the biggest diesel engines factory of the world.


Citroën Xsara Picasso

Since 2001 the Xsara Picasso has been assembled at PSA plants in Vigo, Spain, and Porto Real, Brazil for the Latin American market, where it is the top selling vehicle in its class.

Coopetition

This is the case of the arrangement between PSA Peugeot Citroën and Toyota to share components for a new city car - simultaneously sold as the Peugeot 107, the Toyota Aygo, and the Citroën C1, where companies save money on shared costs while remaining fiercely competitive in other areas.

Economy of Spain

Apart from its domestic brand SEAT, which is the major contributor to the automotive sector of the country, and Santana Motor, many suppliers and foreign car and truck makers – like Volkswagen, Nissan, Daimler Mercedes-Benz, Ford, Renault, GM/Opel, PSA Peugeot/Citroën, Iveco,... etc.

European Network Exchange

The 15 members of the association, which are all also represented on the so-called ENX board, are Audi, BMW, Bosch, Continental, Daimler, DGA, Ford, PSA Peugeot Citroën, Renault, Volkswagen as well as the automotive associations ANFAC (Spain), GALIA (France), SMMT (UK), OSD (Turkey) and VDA (Germany).

Ford Duratorq engine

It is called AJD-V6 by Jaguar and DT17 by PSA Peugeot Citroën.

Havas Worldwide

Havas Worldwide works with 78 of the 100 largest global advertisers including Air France, BNP Paribas, Citigroup, Danone Group, IBM, Kraft Foods, Lacoste, Merck, Pernod Ricard, PSA Peugeot Citroën, Reckitt Benckiser, Sanofi, and Volvo.

Hillman Avenger

Production continued until the middle of 1981, when PSA closed the Linwood production plant and concentrated all British production at the Ryton plant.

Michaël Boumendil

Michaël Boumendil (born in Sarcelles France on 25 April 1971), is the creator of the audio identities and sound design for brands such as Alstom, Baccarat, Chanel, Europ Assistance, Fnac, France Telecom, Jacques Vabre, Michelin, PSA Peugeot Citroën, SNCF, Société Générale, Samsung and others.

Proton Tiara

The genesis of the Tiara was the result of an agreement during the mid-1990s between Proton's then CEO, Yahaya Ahmad, and PSA Peugeot Citroën, a producer of Citroën and Peugeot vehicles.