Peugeot a originally French family owned company (formed after the merger of two businesses from the same Peugeot family) first started building cars way back during the dawn of the motorcar in 1889. By 1910 the two Peugeot businesses had formerly merged to form one of Frances largest car firms.

During the first half of the 20th Century Peugeot established a reputation for building good quality small and family sized cars. By the early 50's Peugeot had begun importing its cars into Britain in serious quantities. Today it is one of the UK's favourite foreign marques incorporating Citroen and has one of its largest car plants situated in Coventry (which it acquired during the 1980's after it had purchased Chrysler Europe).