My father had one of these years ago. It was interestingly designed and well-equipped for an 80s family wagon. But it was kinda gutless and tended to run hot in summertime.
They were everywhere in France back in the 80’s. The police, gendarmerie, EDF. All had this station wagon, so much cargo room ! The suspension was always softer for French cars sold in the 🇺🇸. The pickup 505 model was still made and shipped to Africa up until the mid 90 at least. I would see them on trains leaving the factory while going to school.
Someday I hope we'll be able to buy a Peugeot or Citroën again. After all, they do sell them in Mexico. Common to see them on the interstates around Texas.
I drove a Peugeot 5008 (suv) in Europe last week for a week. It was competent transportation with a funky steering wheel. Nothing luxurious about it. Now that it is under the Stellantis umbrella we might not see it over here since Chrysler has the US market for them.
In Argentina was a bif success but it was a little bit bigger, offering an extra row of seats in the back, making it quite huge! ans yes, only upper class people has them
My parents owned one for almost twenty years. It was a later turbo model so it wasn't so slow. Very reliable/durable engine and transmission wise but almost everything else broke, often more than once, over the 214k miles they owned it. Rampant rust and difficulty obtaining parts and service finally consigned to the scrap yard.
Cars don't rot by themselves, rot is caused by deliberate neglect. My 87 liberty wagon has zero rust and it lived it's life next to the ocean for it's 1st 20 years as a delivery vehicle.The original owners never let salt or minerals stay on the vehicle,it was weekly power- washed. What 450,000+ miles and going strong,it's slow, inexpensive to maintain and gets decent mpg with it's ZF 4 speed slushbox.
@dmcnamara9859 Whatever.. Twenty years in Northern Wisconsin causes rust on every vehicle. The vehicle was becoming more and more problematic as it aged and parts and service were difficult to obtain so the car would have ended up scraped eventually. My parents were also in a financial position to afford a new vehicle and didn't have to nurse an old car forever.
@@williamegler8771 lazy people allow vehicles to rot,yep live in Vermont for 20 years and allow those minerals,road salt, moisture laden dirt/ leaves,etc. to fester in cowl,bottom of fenders/ quarters,yep car is " going to rust". Lazy people allow any type of vehicle to rot out.
@@vladgladkov237 I have an 85 turbo (280k miles beater daily driver with 89 turbo drivetrain brakes and suspension) and 86 turbo (95k miles mint) in San Francisco California. I used to have a couple 88s and 89 but they died in accidents over the decades. One of the 88s wasnt a turbo but the 2.2 ZDJL. My cars are kept alive by my weak french skills begging for parts on french chat forums and every couple years one appears in a junkyard and i buy everything so i have some spare engines, windshields and transmissions im a bit of a collector. Id like to know what parts you might have.
