1914 Peugeot Type 150

This car has a 9-liter L-head four-cylinder engine, delivering a top speed of 45 mph. Peugeot first built a three-wheeled steamer in 1889 and then began building four-wheel cars using Daimler gasoline engines. In 1899 a large factory was constructed in Audincourt, France, where they built 15 different models. In 1908 the Lion-Peugeot Voiturette was the first car to have a V-2 engine, and in 1912 a new engine designed by Ernest Henri was used in the Peugeot that won the 1912 Grand Prix. Peugeot continued to win races with different engine configurations throughout the first quarter of the 20th century. This car was first owned by a distinguished Connecticut family and has since changed hands only two more times.