Car : Peugeot 16 HP Type 116
Year : 1908
Engine : 4 cylinders in line
Bore and stroke : 80×110 mm
Cylinder capacity : 2212 cc
Gears : 4 forward
Brake horse power :-
Maximum speed : -
Wheelbase : 9 ft 2 ins (2.79 m)
Suspension : front and rear: semi-elliptic leaf- springs
The 16 HP made in 1908 was a conventional car with a side valve engine , high tension magneto ignition and shaft drive. The relatively small engine capacity seemed inadequate for the car’s needs. In reality it was quite the opposite and the Type 116 was a very reliable car.
In 1913 the second Peugeot to be called Bébé, appeared. The design was entrusted to Ettore Bugatti. It had the smallest 4-cylinder engine on the market. The 856 cc engine had a T cylinder head and was of an antiquated design but it turned out to be perfectly suited to a car that weighed less than 730 pounds (330 kg). Its maximum speed was a 2-litre gearbox and there was a special control lever for reverse. The car’s principal defects were the short life of the tires, which, it is said, had to be replaced after less than 6,000 miles and the lack of precision in the steering. The Bébé went out of production in 1916. A total of 3,095 cars were built but a much larger number, about 12,205, of the Quadrilette, its successor, were built.
Peugeot 16 HP Type 116
