Peugeot 402

In parallel with these industrial considerations, the automobile was transformed. Studies on aerodynamics were combined with beauty and refinement: the time had come for automotive style. Replacing the 401, the 402 was presented at the Paris Motor Show in October 1935. Its bodywork, available in several versions, with its fluid and elegant lines, was called the “Sochaux spindle line” and was to be used on the Peugeot cars of the second generation.
Playing with chassis, engines and bodywork, Peugeot’s studies created a sporty and stylish passenger car. With the front styling and engine of the 402, the interior of the 202 and a lighter chassis, the marque au lion was preparing to produce its first GT. The design studies for the monograms named it the 402 Grand Tourisme. The name 402 B Légère was preferred for its commercial launch…