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Peugeot has been manufacturing cars since 1889. The “Peugeot Frères” company was officially founded in 1810 when the Peugeot family bought a cereal mill at Sous Cratet and set about capitalising on the Industrial Revolution by converting it into a steel factory.

This factory began producing sheet steel and various tools but it was handsaws which inspired the famous emblem of the company. From the 1850s the lion emblem was stamped onto Peugeot made products to symbolise the strength and flexibility of the steel.

In the early days the Peugeot brothers ensured the success of the company through their ingenuity and creativity. They quickly identified ‘gaps in the market’ for a range of products from crinoline stays for the voluminous skirts worn at the time to pepper mills and coffee grinders.

In 1869 the company identified the new trends in vehicle design and began producing horse drawn carriages for the army. Throughout the latter decades of the nineteenth century, Peugeot were identifying the latest trends in vehicle development and developing forms of transport such as horse drawn carriages for the army and bicycle. As the popularity of two wheeled transport grew, Peugeot began working on plans for a very new type of venture.

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