Peugeot is Not Coming to the US
Despite the headline claims of, um, some Motor Authoritative sources , Peugeot is not coming to the United States any time soon. And Canada would be a real stretch. The basis for the claim is that Peugeot is looking to expand the number of markets in which it sells cars, and the French company brass said “with the American dollar being weak, sure, it’s possible.” But that’s not enough. This story comes out every few years , and it’s no more true this time around. As much as this writer and probably many other European car lovers would be excited at the prospect of another affordable marque in this country, it’s not gonna happen any time soon, or any time not as soon. Americans are still politically not so hot on the French, then there are dealer/service/parts infrastructure issues (namely that there isn’t much of anything left from 20 years ago), the added cost of engineering for our emissions and crash standards, and the inconvenient reality that most Americans still aren’t truly warmed up to small cars. Not to mention, the current Peugeot lineup is seriously strange.