Today's car of the day is Hot Wheels' 1990 Peugeot 405.
The Peugeot 405 is a large family car released by the French automaker Peugeot in July 1987 and which continues to be manufactured under license outside France. It used TU/XU petrol and XUD diesel engines.
The 405 featured Pininfarina styling, characterized by good ride and handling. The 405 was voted European Car of the Year for 1988 by the largest number of votes in the history of the contest. About 2.5 million vehicles have been sold worldwide in left-hand and right-hand-drive versions, as a berline (saloon) and break (station wagon). No coupe was offered to the public, unlike the 504 and 406, as only two examples of the purpose-built 405 Turbo-16 (not to be confused with 405 T16) were made.
The appearance of the car bears similarities to those of the Alfa Romeo 164, launched the same year and also styled by Pininfarina.
For more information and pictures of the real car please visit: Peugeot 405
Here's a casting that didn't get a whole lot of use by Hot Wheels. An interesting choice, you can tell they were really trying to expand on the international stage at the time. The original issue of this casting was not available in the United States, though later variants (such as this) were readily available (and the real car was the last Peugeot sold here as well, making it a surprising exclusion to the US range).
It has been available in left-hand and right-hand-drive versions, as a saloon and station wagon, in front-wheel, and four-wheel drive. Designed by Pininfarina, the 405 shares its platform with the Citroën BX that appeared in 1982, although the physical appearance of the two cars is very different.
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