Peugeot · 1987–2023
Peugeot 405
The Peugeot 405 is a large family car manufactured by the French automaker Peugeot from 1987 to 1997. Its production continued under license from outside Europe in Iran by Iran Khodro Company until 2020. It was voted European Car of the Year for 1988 by the largest number of votes in the history of the contest. About 2.5 million vehicles have been sold worldwide, both in left and right drive versions, as a saloon and estate. In early 2020, the 33-year production run of the Peugeot 405 was counted as the "twentieth most long-lived single generation car in history." Its appearance is similar to the Alfa Romeo 164, launched the same year and also styled by Pininfarina. While the 405 shares its floorpan with the Citroën BX, it does not have that car's hydropneumatic suspension, except for the 4x4 version on the rear axle (SRix4, Mi16x4 and T16). As with the BX, the 405 used TU/XU petrol and XUD diesel engines. The 405 was the last Peugeot vehicle sold in the United States, on sale between 1988 and 1991, including the Mi16. The 405 has been available as a saloon and estate, in front-wheel and four-wheel drive. No coupé model was ever offered, unlike the 504 and later 406: only two examples of the purpose-built, two-door 405 Turbo 16 (not to be confused with 405 T16) were made.
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UK vehicles on the road
228 licensed and 2,781 SORN (3,009 total) at 2025 Q4.
| Year (latest quarter) | Vehicles |
|---|---|
| 2014 | 6,253 |
| 2015 | 5,423 |
| 2016 | 4,821 |
| 2017 | 4,293 |
| 2018 | 3,908 |
| 2019 | 3,663 |
| 2020 | 3,538 |
| 2021 | 3,382 |
| 2022 | 3,256 |
| 2023 | 3,187 |
| 2024 | 3,060 |
| 2025 | 3,009 |
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/Q825781CC0 / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peugeot_405CC BY-SA 4.0 · Intro text © Wikipedia contributors; revision 1372722192 · 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.