A lokacin da injunan diesel har yanzu suna da hayaniya da gurɓatacce, Peugeot, tare da Mercedes-Benz. ya kasance daya daga cikin kamfanoni na farko da suka saka hannun jari wajen kera injinan dizal a babban sikeli.
Don haɓaka injunan Diesel na farko waɗanda ke kunna Peugeot 404 (a ƙasa) - samfurin iyali wanda aka ƙaddamar a farkon shekarun 1960 wanda har ma yana da nau'ikan coupé da cabrio wanda ɗakin studio Pininfarina ya ƙera - alamar Faransa ta ƙirƙira samfurin gasa ga dizal, wanda, a cikin gaskiya, ya kasance mai ban mamaki kamar yadda yake da ban mamaki.
Mahimmanci, Peugeot ta so ta tabbatar da cewa injin dizal din nata ya yi saurin isa wajen tsara bayanan saurin gudu , kuma don haka ina buƙatar mota mai haske mai kyau tare da ma'anar iska mai kyau, a wasu kalmomi, duk abin da 404 bai kasance ba.
Don haka ne kamfanin Peugeot ya mayar da dizal 404 zuwa wurin zama guda, inda ya cire kusan dukkan karfinsa na sama, watau bangaren fasinja. A wurinsa kawai wani rufi ne, a cikin wani bayani mai kama da wanda muke iya samu a cikin jiragen yaki. An kuma cire tarkace, kamar yadda aka yi tambarin da kuma na'urar kayan aiki na asali, wanda aka maye gurbinsu da bugun kira guda biyu masu sauƙi.
A ƙarshe, wannan Peugeot 404 yana da nauyin kilo 950 kawai.
An ba da rahoton cewa, ba a yi wani babban gyare-gyare ga injin dizal mai silinda huɗu ba, kuma a cikin Yuni 1965, alamar Faransa ta ɗauki ta. Motar rikodin Diesel Peugeot 404 zuwa madaidaiciyar hanya ta Autodromo de Linas-Montlhéry. A cikin sigar sanye take da injin 2163 cm3. motar ta yi tafiyar kilomita 5000 a matsakaicin gudun kilomita 160 a cikin sa'a.
A wata mai zuwa, Peugeot ya koma da'irar, a wannan lokaci da engine 1948 cm3. kuma ya yi tafiyar kilomita 11 000 a matsakaicin gudun kilomita 161 / h.
A dunkule, wannan samfurin yana da alhakin rikodin 40 a cikin 'yan watanni, tabbatar da cewa injunan Diesel za su kasance a nan don zama (har zuwa yau).
A yau, za ku iya samun motar rikodin Diesel Peugeot 404 a gidan kayan tarihi na Peugeot a Sochaux, Faransa, da kuma wasu lokuta a wuraren nunin kayayyaki kamar Bikin Goodwood na bara. Duba shi yana aiki a lokacinsa: