1963 Peugeot 403 Saloon

1963 Peugeot 403 in Schley Ride to Ireland of the Welcomes, Documentary, 1969 Ep. 3

Class: Cars, Sedan — Model origin: — Built in: — Made for: IRL

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Author	Message
dsl ◊ 2025-05-17 22:35	403s were built locally.
cl82 ◊ 2025-05-17 23:27	That I did not know. Just recently, I learnt that even Fiat had an assembly plant in Ireland between 1968 and 1984.
dsl ◊ 2025-05-17 23:44	^ The list of things built in Ireland is amazing - includes alongside the big names for instance TVR, Marcos and Mini Marcos, Berkeley, Borgward, Wartburg, DKW, Messerschmitt, Goggomobil, Adler, Heinkel, Panhard, Skoda, Polski, NSU (cars and mountains of bikes), Armstrong-Siddeley, Daihatsu, Alfas and lots of US makes (including Willys and even some 1930s Grahams and Hupmobiles) etc in a long list. See this book review as an appetiser.
cl82 ◊ 2025-05-18 00:13	Thanks kindly! So far, I only knew about the usual suspects. Even Nissan and Toyota joined in albeit rather briefly. I also didn't know NSU was active in Ireland although I grew up in the area where they had their headquarters/main plant.