France · Calendar-1975 French launch; treated as model year 1976 in marque-club chronology

Peugeot 604 SL V6

Peugeot returned to the prestige-saloon class with Pininfarina styling and the shared PRV V6.

luxury saloon

Representative 604 with North American market equipment; not proof of the French SL V6 manual launch specification.

Front-left street exterior · Photo shows Representative 604 with North American market equipment; not proof of the French SL V6 manual launch specification.. Representative 604 with North American market equipment; not proof of the French SL V6 manual launch specification.
North American-market Peugeot 604 · Bull-Doser · Public domain

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A place in vehicle history

More than a set of wheels.

Peugeot unveiled the 604 at Geneva in March 1975 and put the SL V6 in dealerships about six months later. Pininfarina drew a restrained, formal body for Peugeot's return to the large prestige-saloon class. Underneath, it followed a conventional front-engine, rear-drive pattern but used the new shared Peugeot-Renault-Volvo V6 and independent suspension at all four wheels.

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The related Renault 30 used a similar V6 but drove its front wheels instead.

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A conventional shape for an ambitious return

The 604's form was deliberately formal: long bonnet, separate boot and an upright, chrome-trimmed face. That conservatism was part of the message. Peugeot wanted executives accustomed to German saloons to see a familiar prestige object, even though the shared V6 represented a new cooperative era for French engineering.

Source: Peugeot / Stellantis Media · 604 history ↗

Same engine, opposite layout

The 604 and Renault 30 launched in the same year with closely related PRV V6s. Peugeot installed the engine lengthwise and drove the rear wheels; Renault drove the front wheels and wrapped the cabin in a hatchback body. Comparing them shows how architecture, not just horsepower, defines a car's personality.

Source: Peugeot / Stellantis Media · 604 history ↗

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