Key facts:
Name: Peugeot 407 Coupe
Code-name: D25
Launch: France, November; other major EU markets, December 2005 to January 2006
Platform: PSA's Platform 3 also used for upper-medium models such as the Peugeot 407 sedan and station wagon, and Citroen C5 sedan and station wagon, and the large-segment Citroen C6 sedan
Segment: Coupe
Main competitors: Hyundai Coupe, Alfa Romeo GT
Price: Starting at E28,900
Investment: E240 million
Development time: 28 months
Plant: Rennes, France
Production: 130-unit-a-day capacity; 25,000 for first full year (2006)
CO2 emissions: From 219g/km (2.2-liter gasoline) to 242g/km (3.0-liter V-6 gasoline)
EuroNCAP: Not tested yet
| French favorite | |
| Peugeot expects the 407 Coupe's annual sales to break down like this: | |
| France | 10,000 |
| Other European markets | 12,500 |
| Outside Europe | 2,500 |
| New goal | |||
| Peugeot aims to make 25,000 407 Coupes a year, a level the 406 Coupe never hit during its production run. | |||
| 1996 | 90 | 2000 | 15,570 |
| 1997 | 11,076 | 2001 | 17,362 |
| 1998 | 24,257 | 2002 | 10,475 |
| 1999 | 17,511 | 2003 | 7,387 |
Peugeot has set ambitious sales targets for its new 407 Coupe.
