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The Peugeot 104 was a supermini automobile produced by the French manufacturer Peugeot between 1972 and 1988.

On it's launch in 1972, the Peugeot 104 was one of the first small hatchbacks produced in Europe - and easily the first with five doors. With power from 1.0 to 1.4 L petrol engines, it gave good levels of economy and refinement as well as having an impressive chassis which made ride and handling excellent. Though the 104 was produced in various forms from 1972 to 1988, the heart of the car was the 1.0 L Douvrin engine, which was jointly developed with Renault. This used a transmission-in-sump arrangement, similar to that used by the British Motor Corporation in the likes of the Mini. The 104 was sold as a 2 and 4 door hatchback or sedan, although the basic silhouette of the car was the same regardless of version.

By 1975, Peugeot had taken over Citroën, and the 104 bodyshell formed the basis of the 602 cc two-cylinder engined Citroën LN. This car was fitted with the more modern 652 cc engine of the Visa in 1983 to become the LNA, before production finally ceased in 1985.

Following the acquisitions of Citroën in 1976 and Simca in 1978, various badge-engineered versions of the 104 appeared. The Citroën version was known as the Citroën LN, whilst Simca (which had the rights to the Talbot badge), released its version of the car, known as the Talbot Samba, which remained in production until the Talbot name for passenger cars was scrapped in 1986. The mechanical configuration of the 104 was also used in the Citroën Visa.

The Peugeot 104 was one of the most successful European small cars of the 1970s but it was starting to show its age against more modern rivals by the turn of the 1980s. When Peugeot launched the stylish all-new 205 in 1983, the 104 was withdrawn from most European markets. But it continued in France as a budget choice until production finally ceased in mai 1988 after 16 years in wich 1.624.992 Peugeots 104 were built.

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