Peugeot 4007

The Peugeot 4007 is a compact crossover SUV, produced for the French automobile manufacturer Peugeot, between July 2007 and 2012.

The equivalent Citroën badge-engineered version is the C-Crosser. Both were produced by Mitsubishi in its Nagoya Plant in Okazaki, Japan, based on the 2005 Outlander. Together, the 4007 and C-Crosser are the first Japan-produced cars sold under any French brand. They had a sales target of 30,000 units per year. They had been planned to be assembled, for Europe, in the factory that was built in the 1960s to assemble DAFs, now Mitsubishi's Nedcar plant in Born, Netherlands, but this was postponed indefinitely when sales of the two models fell well below the target of 30,000 units.

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Outlander (film)

Outlander is a 2008 American science fiction action film directed by Howard McCain and starring James Caviezel. The plot is loosely based on Beowulf, adapted to a science-fiction backstory involving a spaceship crashing in Iron Age Norway. The film was a box-office failure, grossing USD 7 million compared to a budget estimated at USD 47 million.

Plot

A spacecraft crashes in a lake in Vendel-era Norway. Two human-like aliens emerge, one fatally wounded. The remaining alien retrieves equipment from the ship, including a weapon, a distress beacon, and a device which downloads Norwegian language and culture directly into his brain. As he explores the area, he falls and loses his weapon. Soon after, he is captured by a group of warriors lead by a local chieftain, Wulfric.

Wulfric takes him to his tribe. King Hrothgar, who has grown old intends to make Wulfric the next king and marry him to his daughter, Freya. Hrothgar learns that a tribe nearby, under the rule of Gunnar, fell victim to a vicious attack which left behind no bodies. Gunnar was away on a trading trip, and will likely assume it was Wulfric's doing, as Wulfric's father had a feud with Gunnar.

Outlander (novel)

Outlander (published in the United Kingdom as Cross Stitch) is the first in a series of eight historical multi-genre novels by Diana Gabaldon. Published in 1991, it focuses on 20th century nurse Claire Randall, who time travels to 18th century Scotland and finds adventure and romance with the dashing James Fraser. A mix of several genres, the Outlander series features elements of historical fiction, romance, adventure and science fiction/fantasy.Outlander won the Romance Writers of America's RITA Award for Best Romance of 1991. A television adaptation of the Outlander series premiered on Starz in the US on August 9, 2014.

Plot summary

After separation by their work in World War II, British Army nurse Claire Randall and her husband Frank, a history professor, go on a second honeymoon to Inverness, Scotland, where Frank conducts research into his family history and Claire goes plant-gathering near standing stones on the hill of Craigh na Dun. She faints when investigating a buzzing noise near the stones; upon waking, she encounters Frank's ancestor, Captain Jack Randall. Before Captain Randall can take her into his custody, he is knocked unconscious by a Scotsman who takes Claire to his party. When the Scots try to repair the dislocated arm of their comrade Jamie, Claire uses her superior skill to relocate Jamie's arm; whereupon the men identify themselves as members of Clan MacKenzie, and Claire eventually concludes that she has traveled to the past, and represents herself as an English widow who is traveling to France to see her family. The Scots do not believe her and take her to Castle Leoch, where Claire searches for a way to return to her own time.

Outlander (TV series)

Outlander is an American-British television drama series based on the historical time travel Outlander series of novels by Diana Gabaldon. Developed by Ronald D. Moore and produced by Sony Pictures Television and Left Bank Pictures for Starz, the show premiered on August 9, 2014. It stars Caitriona Balfe as Claire Randall, a married World War II nurse in 1945 who finds herself transported back to Scotland in 1743, where she encounters the dashing Highland warrior Jamie Fraser (Sam Heughan) and becomes embroiled in the Jacobite risings. The second season, consisting of 13 episodes and based on Dragonfly in Amber, will premiere on April 9, 2016.

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Season 1

Peugeot (cycling team)

Peugeot team was a French professional cycling team that promoted and rode Peugeot racing bikes.

It is listed as the most successful cycling team of all time, on www.cyclingranking.com, with a large margin on the second placed team, Alcyon.

History

Peugeot cycles started producing bicycles in 1882, and from then on it was involved in sponsoring cyclists.

At the beginning of the century a Peugeot cycling team existed. Hippolyte Aucouturier rode Peugeot cycles when he won Paris–Roubaix and Bordeaux–Paris in 1903, and when he was disqualified from the 1904 Tour de France in which he had finished 4th overall, for the illegal use of trains and cars.

But the Peugeot team obtained success for the following 4 years in the Tour de France with Louis Trousselier, René Pottier and Lucien Petit-Breton. The Peugeot team finished second overall the 1912 Giro d'Italia. The team would obtain two further victories in the Tour de France with Belgian Philippe Thys before the outbreak of the First World War.

Peugeot 5008

The Peugeot 5008 is a compact MPV unveiled by French automaker Peugeot in June 2009 and has been on sale since November 2009. Five- and seven-seat versions are currently available. Its engine range mimics the Peugeot 308.

First generation (T8, 2009-)

Design

The 5008 shares underskin structure and mechanical components with the first generation Citroën C4 Grand Picasso.

The 5008 was awarded 2010 MPV of the Year by What Car? magazine.

Availability

The 5008 is available in North Africa, South America, Australia and Europe (excluding Ukraine and Russia). It is also available in 11 countries in Asia, which are; the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Kazakhstan, Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Brunei, Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines and Indonesia.

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Peugeot 605

The Peugeot 605 is an executive car produced by the French manufacturer Peugeot between 1989 and 1999, with a facelift in 1995.

History

The 605 was a saloon built on the same platform as the Citroën XM, and was successor to the critically well-received Peugeot 604 which went out of production four years earlier. The popular Peugeot 505 model was thus phased out in the late 1980s and early 1990s in favour of two cars - the large family car 405, and the executive car 605.

High equipment levels, a luxurious interior, a smooth ride, and exceptional handling were strong points for the 605. But Peugeot has always struggled to succeed with large cars outside France, and the 605 was no different. It was too similar in design and appearance to the smaller Peugeot 405 to command a price premium, while its dashboard also drew criticism for its uninspired design.

Also like the XM, the 605 initially suffered from quality issues that resulted in numerous breakdowns or malfunctions (particularly with the ambitious electrics), which severely damaged the car's reputation. In 1995, Peugeot tried to solve the problems by unveiling an extensively revamped 605 (known as the "Phase 2" model); it received a facelift which looked modern at its time, but also the interior was vastly improved by giving it more ergonomic controls and a refreshed look. Performance and handling were improved as well and many of the reliability issues were solved. Technological advances were made, most remarkably the side airbags.