Heuliez

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i bet only a select few of you diehards will open this knowing what heuliez is and the work they do.

 

its in the next department to me, waiting to be saved, so could end up like karmann

 

but chin up old bean, they'd leave some great history behind...

 

behold the almighty

 

most people will remember them more for buses, but really this isnt the case up till afew months ago they were producing Tigra CC's and 206 CC's

 

 

one word.... epic

 

 

some of the great cars they built

 

Simca 1100 Saharienne

 

 

Citroën DS Cabriolet

 

 

Citroën M 35

 

 

VW Porsche Murène

 

 

Citroën CX Corbillard

 

 

Peugeot 604 HLZ

 

 

Renault 5 Turbo 2 and the Le Car

 

 

Chrysler 160/180 Break - Design Study

 

 

Simca 1308 Break - Design Study

 

 

Talbot Wind

 

 

504 Camping Car

 

 

Peugeot 305

 

 

lots more history and pics of werid and unusual motors here

[Tayne]

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[Pillock]

A beige 504, with camping conversion, on slotmags?

 

Porn.

[VWPowered]

tis a great site,

 

Renault Fuego Cabriolet

 

 

Tagora Break

 

 

Peugeot 205 Turbo 16

 

 

Renault 25 Limousine

 

 

Renault Super Van Cinq

 

 

Peugeot 405 Coupé

 

 

Peugeot 309 Break

 

 

futureshite

 

Peugeot 407 Macarena

 

[jnoiles]

 

What is going on with those two at the back. That's going to haunt me for days.

[rocco1504]

That Cinzano bus is, as you very correctly say, EPIC, although the 305 and 405 do it for me as well.

 

Many thanks for the excellent pics

[chaseracer]

Heuliez also built the estate (break) versions of the BX, CX and XM.

[Negative Creep]

I love the colour scheme on the 5 Van. Looks like a blank VHS sleeve

[Formula Autos]

The 305 seems to have been ahead of its time. It reminds me of a '90s Impreza in some ways, such as it's 'arches and its stance on the road. The graphics are a bit Subaru WRC-esque too.

 

Love the 405 coupe - what a shame Peugeot never churned that one out. After all, a 406 coupe was produced a few years later, which showed there was a market for a Peugeot coupe of that size and price.

[Lord Sterling]

They produced some fantastic cars, too bad you dont see them about. When I lived abroad I do seem to remember seeing the name "Heuliez" in French car mags/signs around France, though I didnt actually know, until now, what they did.

[CreepingJesus]

The 305 seems to have been ahead of its time. It reminds me of a '90s Impreza in some ways, such as it's 'arches and its stance on the road. The graphics are a bit Subaru WRC-esque too.

From memory, there were a handful of those 305's built - they were Peugeot's response to the end of Group B. They rejigged most of the 205 T16 mechanicals, and proposed this as a production car, knowing what the intended direction of rallying was. Instead, they got stuck into the F2 and Kit Car regs.

I can't believe Renault didn't make that Supercinq. Considering the success of the Kangoo/Partner/Doblo utility cars, that would've sold.

Sad to see Heuliez go - and yes, I did associate them mostly with buses - but hopefully it's only a demain, and not toujours.

[barrett]

Nice! I love Heuliez stuff. One of my favourites is this:

1500 coupe! uber-shite!