Mu gihe moteri ya mazutu yari ikiri urusaku kandi yanduye, Peugeot, hamwe na Mercedes-Benz, yari imwe mubirango byambere byashora imari mugukora moteri ya mazutu murwego runini.
Gutezimbere moteri ya mbere ya Diesel yakoresheje Peugeot 404 (hepfo) - icyitegererezo cyumuryango cyatangijwe muntangiriro yimyaka ya 1960 ndetse kikaba cyari gifite verisiyo ya coupé na cabrio yateguwe na sitidiyo ya Pininfarina - ikirango cyigifaransa cyakoze prototype yo guhatanira mazutu, muri, muri ukuri, byari bidasanzwe nkuko byari bitangaje.
Ahanini, Peugeot yashakaga kwerekana ko moteri yayo ya mazutu yarihuse kugirango ishyireho inyandiko yihuta , kandi kubwibyo nari nkeneye imodoka yoroheje cyane ifite indangagaciro nziza yindege, muyandi magambo, ibintu byose 404 ntabwo byari.
Niyo mpamvu Peugeot yahinduye Diesel 404 ikicara kimwe, ikuraho hafi yubunini bwayo bwose, ni ukuvuga icyumba cyabagenzi. Mu mwanya wacyo hari akazu gusa, mubisubizo bisa nibyo twashoboraga kubona mu ndege z'intambara. Bampers nazo zavanyweho, kimwe n'ibimenyetso hamwe nibikoresho byumwimerere, byasimbujwe nimvugo ebyiri yoroshye.
Mu kurangiza, iyi Peugeot 404 yapimaga kg 950 gusa.
Bivugwa ko nta mpinduka nini zahinduwe kuri moteri ya mazutu enye, kandi muri Kamena 1965, ikirango cy’Ubufaransa cyafashe Peugeot 404 Diesel Yandika Imodoka kuri oval inzira ya Autodromo de Linas-Montlhéry. Muri verisiyo ifite moteri ya 2163 cm3, imodoka yarangije km 5000 kumuvuduko wa kilometero 160 / h.
Ukwezi gukurikira, Peugeot yagarutse kumuzunguruko, kuriyi nshuro ya moteri ya cm3 1948, kandi yashoboye gukora kilometero 11 000 ku kigereranyo cya 161 km / h.
Byose hamwe, iyi prototype yari ishinzwe inyandiko 40 mumezi make, kwerekana ko moteri ya Diesel yaba hano kugumaho (kugeza uyumunsi).
Uyu munsi, urashobora gusanga imodoka ya Peugeot 404 Diesel Record mu nzu ndangamurage ya Peugeot i Sochaux, mu Bufaransa, ndetse rimwe na rimwe mu birori byo kumurika nko mu mwaka ushize wa Goodwood Festival. Reba mubikorwa mugihe cyacyo: