Peugeot, 1904, Type 58

Peugeot "Type 58", 1904

The Museum's car is a Type 58, an evolution of the Type 56, which, introduced in 1903, had not met with great commercial success; at that time automobiles were still a luxury good for the few. The engine is a single-cylinder superquadro (102x102mm) with a two-mounted shaft; the clutch is a cone clutch and the transmission a shaft drive with a 3-speed gearbox. Very curious is the removable "mother-in-law's" seat, and thus applicable if necessary in the rear of the car.

Historical Notes. Apparently, the first owner of an automobile in Italy, of which we have certain documentation, was Gaetano Rossi (son of Senator Alessandro), owner of Lanerossi Vicenza industries, at the beginning of the twentieth century Italy's largest woolen enterprise. In 1892 Mr. Rossi ordered precisely from Peugeot a car with a Daimler engine, complete with soft top and folding seats, which was delivered to him on January 2, 1893. That was the 25th car produced by Peugeot and the first to circulate in Italy. Gaetano Rossi drove the small Peugeot to work from Schio to Piovene Rocchette every day. Then in 1896 he bought another one, and the first one he gave to Guido Lazzari, the husband of the Schio doctor's daughter.In the same year in fact, encouraged by the sporting successes that were favorably reflected in sales, Peugeot began to build cars equipped with engines of its own design and construction; in 1899 the first Peugeot dealership was opened in Italy, and by 1900 the total production of the French manufacturer had reached 500 cars a year.

"THE FIRST VEHICLE TO CIRCULATE IN ITALY: It seems to have been a Peugeot Type 3 - 1893 owned by Mr. Gaetano Rossi, owner of the Lanerossi indutries in Vicenza. The discovery that the Peugeot Type 3 was the first vehicle to circulate in Italy came about recently (1999) after viewing the French Peugeot records in Paris, which show that this vehicle was delivered to Milan and ordered by Mr. Gaetano Rossi in August 1892. Following research conducted by Dr. Fabrizio Taiana of the Peugeot Italia Historical Club and Dr. Michele Marchianò, it was later (in 2006) determined that engine No. 124 combined with vehicle No. 25 still exists and it's on display at the "Mauto, G. Agnelli Automobile Museum in Turin." Source VicenzaToday
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