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From
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The car was rear wheel drive, with front, longitudinally-mounted engines. The suspension system included
MacPherson struts and coil springs at front and semi-trailing arms with coil springs at rear, with a body-mounted rear differential and four constant-velocity joints.
Station wagons (and most sedans built in
Argentina) had instead a live-axle rear suspension, with
Panhard rod and coil springs.
Stabilizer bars were universal at front but model-dependent at rear. The car used disc brakes at the front, and either disc brakes or drum brakes at the rear, depending on the model. The steering was a rack and pinion system, which was power assisted on most models.
The Familiale (family estate), with its third row of bench seats (giving a total of 8 forward-facing seats), was popular with larger families and as a taxi. The two rows of rear seats could be folded to give a completely flat load area, with 1.94 cubic metres of load capacity. The total load carrying capacity is 590 kg (1,
301 lb). When released, it was hailed as a luxury touring wagon.
The range was given a facelift, including an all new interior, in
1986, but
European Peugeot 505 production began to wind down following the launch of the smaller
Peugeot 405 at the end of
1987.
Saloon production came to a halt in
1989, on the launch of Peugeot's flagship 605, and estates in
1992. There was already a
405 estate by this stage but the 605 was never sold as an estate. In some countries such as
France and
Germany, the
505 estate was used as an ambulance, a funeral car, police car, military vehicle and as a road maintenance vehicle. There were prototypes of 505 coupés and 505 trucks, and in France many people have modified 505s into pickup trucks themselves.
The 505 was one of the last Peugeot models to be sold in the
United States, with sedan sales ending there in
1990 and wagon sales in
1991. The last sedans sold had
PRV's 2.8 V6 engine only.
Unique to the US were turbocharged station wagons, both with petrol and diesel engines. 505s were also sold in
Australia (where they were assembled by
Leyland Australia from
1981 to
1983.[2]), Argentina,
Chile,
China, and
New Zealand. In New York City, Peugeot 505s were used as taxicabs.
The car was summed up as follows by motoring writer
Archie Vicar: "The 505 is a saloon with quite a pleasant appearance, quite efficient engines, quite comfortable seating, quite nice steering and a quite reasonable price. And it is quite well constructed. So, you might say it was merely average. But can it really be that simple? Have Peugeot in fact, played a very clever game where, instead of dazzling us with technology or breathtaking styling, they have decided to woo us with understatement of the profoundest kind?"[9]
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