Serial number 80630

Rare discoverable version

Nice restoration condition

French title



The Peugeot 402 is the result of an aesthetic revolution in passenger vehicles in Europe brought about by the United States and the appearance of the "Streamline Modern", a late branch of Art Deco which is translated as "liner style" in France.

In fact, it was in 1934, on the other side of the Atlantic that the Chrysler Airflow was born, the first production car to take a real interest in aerodynamics, a clear break with the bodywork of the 1920s.

The Peugeot 402 was presented to the public at the Paris Motor Show in 1935; its tapered bodywork with inflated wings, sloping windscreen and headlights behind the grille gave it the nickname of the "Sochaux spindle".



We owe this car to the work of Henri Thomas who was then in charge of the bodywork studies department at Peugeot and who wanted to make a car capable of facing fierce competition illustrated by the arrival of the first Traction A...