Overview
Produced: 1948-1960, 685828 produced.
Types: Saloon,4 doors,4 seats

Work had gone on during the war on a post-war car so that the 203 was ready to introduce in the autumn of 1947.  The 203 was an extremely modern car with streamlined monocoque body and a fine four-cylinder overhead valve engine that produced 42 bhp from a capacity of 1,300 cc.  The engine had a bore/stroke relationship of 75 x 73 and hemispherical combustion chambers in the aluminium cylinder head. 

The Peugeot 203 could be bought as an estate in 1950 with a 200 mm  (8 in) longer wheelbase than the saloon. The cabriolet or convertible was called "decouvrable" by the French.  The sides of the car were fixed but the entire roof could be rolled back. 

Although the 203 was built for many more years, a successor appeared in 1955. 

Source: Motorbase
Engines
CapacityConfigModelBore/StrokeCR
1290ccS4 OHV75mm x 73mm
Auction Sales History
Lot
Num
Description Auctioneer Date Hammer Price Hammer Price
(inc premium)
070 Peugeot 203 Convertible Brightwells Auctioneers and Valuers 16 May 2012 - £9000.00
220 Peugeot 203 Convertible Bonhams 5 Mar 2011 £8000.00 £9200.00
Unknown Peugeot 203 Anglia Car Auctions 10 Oct 2010 £2625.00 -
07 Peugeot 203 Saloon H&H Sales Limited 26 Nov 2008 - £9900.00
384 1950 Peugeot 203 Convertible Bonhams 13 Sep 2008 £17000.00 £19550.00
605 1959 Peugeot 203 Saloon Bonhams 19 Nov 2007 Not sold
217 1959 Peugeot 203 Saloon Bonhams 20 May 2006 Not sold
652 Peugeot 203 Saloon Bonhams 11 Sep 2004 £1800.00 £2070.00
013 Peugeot 203 Saloon 'WormDrive Special' (1955) H&H Sales Limited 19 Feb 2003 - CHF9675.00
359 Peugeot 203 Saloon (1957) Bonhams 8 Sep 2002 - £2300.00
008 Peugeot 203A (1954) Poulain LeFur 10 Dec 2001 £90000.00 -
003 Peugeot 203C Berline (1957) Poulain LeFur 10 Dec 2001 £18000.00 -
408 Peugeot 203 (1956) Brooks 29 Jul 1999 Not sold
609 Peugeot Q3A (1950) Sothebys 25 Nov 1996 Not sold
022 Peugeot (1949) H&H Sales Limited 21 Feb 1996 £3200.00 -
062 Peugeot 203 (1953) ADT 20 Feb 1995 £900.00 -
600 Peugeot 203 Saloon (1956) Sothebys 17 Oct 1994 Not sold
Magazine Articles
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Article Our Cars
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Publication Classic Cars September 2003
Our Cars - 1977 Porsche 911 Carrera 3.0-Litre-Phil Bell.  1985 Fiat 124 Spider-Ben Field.  1972 Fiat 130 Saloon-Martin Buckley.  1969 Triumph Vitesse, 1967 Jaguar 420-Malcolm McKay.
Article Pug power
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Publication Classics Monthly May 2007
Pug power - The Peugeot 203 looks so out of place on the track, that somehow it's just perfect.  Peugeot 203
Article My Classic and I - The Lionheart - 1948 Peugeot 203.
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Publication Classic & Sports Car August 2002
My Classic and I - The Lionheart - 1948 Peugeot 203.
Article Classic Car Weekly 22 August 2001 pg 8
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Publication Classic Car Weekly 22 August 2001
Buying Power. Peugeot 205 GTI. The 205 GTI changed Peugeot's staid image overnight, stealing the Volkswagen Golf's hot-hatch crown into the bargain, says Ben Field.
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