{"id":8881,"date":"2016-02-04T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-02-04T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/museonicolis.com\/?p=8881"},"modified":"2024-07-16T16:34:42","modified_gmt":"2024-07-16T14:34:42","slug":"peugeot-c-2hp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.museonicolis.com\/en\/peugeot-c-2hp\/","title":{"rendered":"Peugeot, 1902, C 2HP"},"content":{"rendered":"

Peugeot “C 2HP”, 1902, France<\/strong><\/h2>\n

One of the most<\/strong> ancient<\/strong> european<\/strong> industrial<\/strong> realities<\/strong> and still in business. In the second half of the 18th<\/sup> century, Jean Pierre Peugeot\u00a0<\/strong>already owns a business of dry cleaners and weaving factories. His sons\u00a0Jean Pierre Junior\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Jean Frederic\u00a0<\/strong>later built a steel foundry and a rolling mill.
\nIn 1882<\/strong> Peugeot built a bicycle<\/strong>, then started making tricycles<\/strong> and quadricycles,<\/strong> powered by a De Dion engine.<\/strong>
\nThe first motorbike project was designed in 1899<\/strong> and sold from 1901<\/strong>. In 1902<\/strong> Peugeot built its first car<\/strong>.
\nPeugeot vehicles proved to be touring bikes for racing: among the drivers, the Italian Gippone<\/strong> and Lanfranchi<\/strong> \u00a0that won many races both in France and italy. Today the Peugeot brand is part of Stellantis Group and produces cars and motorbikes.
\nThe\u00a0Peugeot 2 HP<\/strong>\u00a0motorbike in the Museo is powered by a 4-stroke single-cylinder vertical<\/strong> engine and produces 2 hp<\/strong> that allows it to get to 50<\/strong> kph<\/strong> on flat surface. The bike was sold at\u00a0850 Francs<\/strong><\/p>\n\r\n\r\n \r\n