According to many, the Peugeot 504 Cabriolet is one of the tastiest cars that the French brand has ever produced. AutoWeek reader Arjan van den Berg spotted this copy, which has been with its first Dutch owner for a long time.
In its time, the Peugeot 504 was a car that managed to get its hands on one another. The 504 proved itself to be a reliable and comfortable means of transport and Pininfarina’s design was well received. The designer Aldo Brovarone, who died last year, drew the Berline and the Break, his colleague Franco Martinengo, together with Brovarone, was given the task of putting the Coupé and Cabriolet on paper on the 504 basis. Pininfarina got a lot of freedom from Peugeot, because the Coupé and Cabriolet were quite different from the regular 504. The minimalistic but graceful design gave the two an almost Italian appearance. The origin of the lines was clear.
The design has partly ensured that the 504 Coupé and 504 Cabriolet grew into beloved classics and for a neat copy you can now spend between €40,000 and €50,000. The owner of this white 504 Cabriolet undoubtedly did not pay for that. He or she brought the French beauty to the Netherlands in 2002 and has remained loyal to it ever since. We like to see that. There is a good chance that a restoration was involved at the time. The 504 seems to look too neat to be in its original condition, but it is also not so spotless to suspect that a lot of work has been done recently. In any case, he attracts enough attention, that’s for sure.
Incidentally, this 504 has the 2.7 V6 PRV engine in its nose, which was added to the range at the end of 1974. A block that has been in many Peugeots, Renaults and Volvos and eventually even found its way into the DeLorean DMC-12. Recently, we extensively discussed the origin of this power source and its long lifespan.
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