Peugeot Type 37

Motor vehicle

Peugeot Type 37

Overview
Manufacturer	Peugeot
Production	1902
Body and chassis
Class	small car
Layout	FR layout
Dimensions
Wheelbase	1,400 mm (55.1 in)
Length	2,450 mm (96.5 in)
Chronology
Successor	Peugeot Type 54

The Peugeot Type 37 is an early motor vehicle produced in 1902 by the French auto-maker Peugeot at their Audincourt plant. 100 were produced.

The vehicle was powered by a single cylinder four stroke engine. On earlier small Peugeots power had been delivered to the driving wheels via a chain-drive mechanism, but for the Type 37 Peugeot did away with this approach. The engine was now mounted ahead of the driver, and power was delivered to the rear wheels via a rotating steel drive-shaft. The 652 cc engine, located ahead of the driver, produced 5 hp (4 kW). A top speed of 40 km/h (25 mph) was claimed.

The Type 37 had a 1,400 mm (55.1 in) wheel base. The “Voiturette” format cabriolet body was 2,450 mm (96.5 in) long and provided space for two.

The car was replaced in 1903 by the Peugeot Type 54 which also featured a two-person “Voiturette” format cabriolet body, and was broadly similar in mechanical terms but, at 2,200 mm (86.6 in), even shorter.

Sources and further reading

Wolfgang Schmarbeck: Alle Peugeot Automobile 1890-1990. Motorbuch-Verlag. Stuttgart 1990. ISBN 3-613-01351-7

Peugeot road vehicle timeline, 1889–1944 — next »

Type		1890s										1900s										1910s										1920s										1930s										1940s
	9	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2	3	4
Supermini	1	2	3 / 4			5 / 6 / 7 / 8				21 / 24 / 30 / 31				37	54	57	69 "Bébé"								B P1/ B3/P1 "Bébé"¹											161/172 "Quadrilette"				5CV			190
											26 / 27 / 28			48	56	58						126																			201									202
Small family car									14 / 15 / 25						56	58	68	VA/VC/VY¹				V2C/V2Y¹			VD/VD2¹						159	163												301				302
													33 / 36			63			99	108	118	125													173 / 177 / 181 / 183
Family car						9 / 10 / 11 / 12				16 / 17 / 19 / 32				49/50		65/67	77	78	88			127		143		153						153 B/BR					176									401		402
								18						39	43/44	61	71	81	96	106	116	126	138												175											601
Large family car										23					42	62	72	82	92	104	112/117/ 122/130/134		139		145/146/148										174
																66	76	83	93				135									156								184
Executive car																		80	103		113		141			147/150
																		85	95	105
Cabriolet / Spider																		91		101/120		133 / 111/129/131	136			144
Panel van							13			22			34/35
Minibus									20 / 29											107
¹ These cars were marketed as "Lion-Peugeots", produced by what was till 1910 a separate Peugeot company, run by cousins of Armand Peugeot, then in charge of the principal automobile business. In 1910, Armand having no sons of his own, it was agreed that the two branches of the Peugeot business be reunited.