Peugeot · 1998–present
Peugeot 206
The Peugeot 206 is a supermini car (B-segment) designed and produced by the French car manufacturer Peugeot from 1998 to 2024 as a replacement to the Peugeot 205. Developed under the codename T1, it was released in September 1998 in hatchback form, which was followed by coupé cabriolet (206 CC) in September 2000, station wagon (206 SW) in September 2001, and a sedan version (206 SD, which is an abbreviation of the Iranian word sandogh-dar, "sedan", made, produced and sold in Iran) in September 2005, before being replaced by the 207 in April 2006. Its facelifted version was initially launched in South America in September 2008, and in China in November 2008, in hatchback, sedan and station wagon body styles, and marketed as the 207 Compact, and as the 207 respectively. This version was subsequently launched in Europe in February 2009, only in hatchback form and marketed as the 206+. In South America, where it was assembled in Argentina as well as Brazil, it continued to be offered as the 207 Compact until January 2017, and also in China, both under the 207 nameplate and as the Citroën C2. The 206 is the best-selling Peugeot model of all time with 8,358,217 cars sold by 2012. In 2020, the 206 had been counted as the thirtieth most long-lived single generation car by Autocar magazine. In Iran, sales of the Peugeot 206 were discontinued in 2024.But In Iran, sales of the Peugeot 207i (an upgraded Peugeot 206) are still ongoing.
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UK vehicles on the road
29,054 licensed and 39,726 SORN (68,780 total) at 2025 Q4.
| Year (latest quarter) | Vehicles |
|---|---|
| 2014 | 450,311 |
| 2015 | 402,276 |
| 2016 | 351,160 |
| 2017 | 289,247 |
| 2018 | 233,255 |
| 2019 | 187,769 |
| 2020 | 156,047 |
| 2021 | 126,128 |
| 2022 | 107,513 |
| 2023 | 93,414 |
| 2024 | 79,006 |
| 2025 | 68,780 |
DfT/DVLA VEH0120 vehicle licensing statistics, source ↗, Open Government Licence v3.0. Small counts are rounded or suppressed at source.
Sources
- Wikidata / Wikipedia profiles — https://models.autoculturesociety.com/cars/Q207976CC0 / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peugeot_206CC BY-SA 4.0 · Intro text © Wikipedia contributors; revision 1378201727 · retrieved 2026-10-03
- DfT/DVLA VEH0120 licensing statistics — https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/vehicle-licensing-statistics-data-tablesOpen Government Licence v3.0
- Car Model Index — https://models.autoculturesociety.com/Compiled record. Sources that do not permit reuse are not copied; this index is credited instead.