Peugeot D3

Peugeot
Peugeot D3A
D3
Manufacturer:	Peugeot
Production period:	1946-1955
Previous model:	Peugeot DMA
Successor:	Peugeot D4 Peugeot J7
Technical specifications
Designs:	Panel van , minibus
Engines:	Petrol engines : 1.0–1.3 liters (19–29 kW)
Length:	4430 mm
Width:	1840 mm
Height:	2110 mm
Payload:	1.5 t
Perm. Total weight:	2.9 t

The Peugeot D3 is a Peugeot brand van and was produced from 1946 to 1955. The engine from the Peugeot 202 and 203 car models was used.

history

Peugeot D4

The roots of the Peugeot D3 lie in the T60 delivery van types developed by Chenard & Walcker as early as the late 1930s and their successors, the CHE, CH65 and 66B, with different engines. The company Chausson , since 1936 Partner of Chenard & Walker, designed a modernized body.

The original version had a water-cooled engine with a capacity of 1021 cm³ and 19 kW (26 hp), as well as a maximum payload of 1500 kg. The curb weight is given as 1400 kg. In 1947 a more powerful engine from the Peugeot 202 with 1133 cm³ displacement and 22 kW (30 hp) power was added, which required a front with an adapted radiator grille . A year later, the 1290 cm³ engine from the Peugeot 203 was installed, which made two horsepower more than the one from the 202.

In 1950 Peugeot took over Chenard & Walker and replaced the previously produced Peugeot Q3A with the delivery van now renamed as Peugeot D3A .

It was not until 1952 that an engine with 29 kW (40 hp) was introduced. At this step the model name was changed to Peugeot D3B . In 1955 the D3B was then replaced by the second generation of the model, the Peugeot D4 , which was manufactured until 1965 and offered with 45 and 50 hp engines. From 1959 the D4 was also available with a diesel engine.

literature

• Patrick Negro: Les Fourgons "Nez de cochon" CPV, D3A, D4A et D4B de mon père . ETAI, 2011, ISBN 2-84078-041-0 , pp. 120 (French, stories and pictures).

Web links

Commons : D3  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Chronology on Zerotrois.ch