The Peugeot 505 Was the End of Peugeot in the USA

These are so so much more interesting than all those supercars

I'll be honest, I only ever watch the videos where Doug reviews strange, weird and oddball cars. The top of the line sports cars and beacons of modern luxury and power just don't interest me as much as an 8-seater Peugeot station wagon from back in the day. These kinds of videos will always be loved!

The 505 was one of the worlds first multi fuel cars, they could run on gasoline, diesel, ethanol and even rapeseed oil , the service intervals were a staggering 30,000 miles and the whole engine could be removed and replaced in under 8 minutes , it was an engineering masterpiece :-)

My 1982 Peugeot 505 Wagon 5-speed was my daily driver for several years in the early 2000s. It was one of the sturdiest, most reliable, and most comfortable cars that I've ever owned. I enjoyed seeing one again in your fun video. Thank you!

This car is a legend in my country Nigeria. Very tough car, suspension is very strong and could go over potholes faster. Engine is so analog and so easy to fix. This car was part of my childhood from mid 80s to even early 2000s we still had them assembled here. Love this video. Good one.

I don't care if this video isn't considered popular, I love this stuff! Keep it going Doug.

My Dad had one of these in the UK when we were kids about 20 years ago. Since then we've had several cars including a Jaguar F Pace but we all agree the 505 had the COMFIEST seats of any car we've ever had. I still remember them now, they were unreal!

On the contrary Dugg. This is one of your finest videos because it’s different. Everyone does Bugattis and lambos nowadays. This is why you differentiate from the norm! Enjoyed every minute of it! 👍

It's much more interesting than another "limited" Mclaren review.I would be just happy to see more of these kind of cars.

Doug, I will always prefer those videos with the weird and quirky cars over those modern cars. Million dollar supercars are ten a penny these days, and modern SUVs are completely over the top with their ridiculous size and equipment. Give me an old weird car any day.

In Kenya we called this the ‘flying coffin’ along with its 504 predecessor. They saw widespread use as public passenger transport over mid- to long distances, and were driven like bats out of hell, with predictable results. Hence the name.

When I was a kid, my dad had one of these, although his was a sedan with a manual transmission. I think that was his favorite car he ever owned. This really took me back; thank you for doing this video.

My dad was dedicated to his 505 sedan and kept driving it in LA until 2004. The best part of driving it was chatting with people who had one back in their country. Weird cars bring so much more joy to the world than "good" cars. Thanks for the video!

In the 80's I got hooked on the brand. At the time I was living in Ft. Worth TX and the dealer sold Peugeot's. Nobody wanted to work on these cars. One day I had nothing to do, the shop manager came to me and said there was a Peugeot to work on if I wanted it. I figured, why not. Next thing I know, I'm working on all of them. I became the "Peugeot Guy". A few years later I moved to California and opened a repair shop in Costa Mesa. Once people found out that I worked on Peugeot's, I was busy. I did that all the way up until 2000. During all of that time I had a 403, 405 Mi16, 4 504's and 3 505's. As time went by, parts became difficult to get. As a result, the cars one by one ended up either in a wrecking yard or sold to someone who was looking for a parts car. Oct. 2021, my son told me about an 1975 504 GLD that was going up for sale at an auction. I got it for $350. Put a battery in it and it started right up. The people at the auction place couldn't believe that the car started up. They didn't know how to start it and had it listed as a "non runner". It's a manual transmission and one of the things that I'm noticing right now is that sometimes I can't get it to go into 2nd gear. It turns out that one of the shifter linkages has a worn out nylon socket at the ball socket. So when it wants to act up, I have to go from 1st into 3rd. I can see where a 3D printer would come in handy. I could just print up my own parts. The crazy thing it that back on July 3rd 2022, I was out at a remote desert town for their 3rd of July fireworks show and while driving around the town I passed a home where a car caught my eye. I said to my wife that it looked like there was a 505 in the backyard of the house that we just passed. I pulled over and said that I had to go back and check it out. Not only was it a 505, but 4 505's, a Citroen, possibly a DM, was next to them and in another part of the backyard were several 403's and 404's. Then up next to the house in a fenced area was another Citroen, possibly a CX??, a nice looking 504 and behind it a rally 505. Behind the home were a couple of mobile homes, but there was nobody around. As a Realtor there are ways to find out who the owner(s) are of a property. I'm not going to disclose where these cars are, because for me, finding these cars is like finding buried treasure. I've been in contact with the owner of the property who is also the owner of the cars. I want to know what the story is with the cars, how they came to have them and what are the future plans for the cars. I would hate to see these cars end up in a junkyard or sold off as scrap metal. My wife will divorce me if I even buy one of those old Peugeot's. But hey, how often do you find buried treasure?!

The seatbelt leaves me perplex. We had the same car in France and the seatbelt was like any car so I have no clue why they came up with this system here. Was due to different regulations, similar to the bumpers? In any case, this 505 is very well kept and I must say that the design aged quite well! I really wished Peugeot returned to the U.S. and Canada! Thanks for the great video!

In the 70's with long gas lines and rationing according to odd even license plates - my dad said eff it - went and bought a diesel Peugeot 504 - 30 miles to the gallon - price was about 35 cents a gallon - no lines - all we had to do was remember where the stations were that sold diesel. Easy enough as there were plenty - and the thing had a range of over 600 miles. The thing was so smooth - you could shift without the clutch when you felt the gears in the right place. We had it for years - and even bought another too.

THIS is why I watch Doug's reviews. Oddball classics thrown in with sports sedans, classic exotics, etc. Every once in a while is a Peugeot wagon, or a Dodge camper van. Brilliant!

Thanks, Doug! It's more interesting to watch cars like this, than watching another "new" McLaren model, which looks just the same as an "old" one.

As many already mentioned: the 505 – along with others – is still a working horse (esp. shared taxi) in many formerly french influenced countries in Africa.

I had a 505 while I was a Junior/Senior in high school in 1995/1996. Mine was all white with burgundy interior and just a sedan turbo version. I can tell you from my experience that I truly loved that car, and it did turn some heads in the high school parking lot back in the late 90's. Unfortunately it got harder and harder to find someone to work on the car, and I had to move on. But, thank you Doug for this video!! It brought back so many memories for me! Keep up the amazing work!