Peugeot 607

{{Short description|French four-door car}} {{Use Australian English|date= June 2022}} {{Infobox automobile | name = Peugeot 607 | image = 2008 Peugeot 607 front.JPG | alt = Front-three-quarter view of a four-door car with door mirrors, flush headlights, front foglamps, door mirrors, and alloy wheels | manufacturer = [[Peugeot]] | model_code = Z8 | production = September 1999 – June 2010 ([[Left- and right-hand traffic|LHD]])<br />1999–2008 ([[Left- and right-hand traffic|RHD]]) | assembly = France: [[Sochaux]] (1999–2009)<br />France: [[Rennes]] (2009–2010) | predecessor = [[Peugeot 605]] | successor = [[Peugeot 508]] | class = [[Full-size car]]/[[Executive car]] ([[E-segment|E]]) | body_style = 4-door [[Sedan (car)|sedan]] | layout = [[Front-engine, front-wheel-drive layout|Front-engine, front-wheel-drive]] | platform = | engine = {{ubl | '''[[Petrol engine|Petrol]]:''' | 2.2 L ''[[PSA EW/DW engine#EW12|EW12]]'' [[Straight-four engine|I4]] | 3.0 L ''[[V6 ESL engine|ES9]]'' [[V6 engine|V6]] | '''[[Diesel engine|Diesel]]:''' | 2.0 L ''[[PSA EW/DW engine#DW10|DW10]]'' I4 | 2.2 L ''[[PSA EW/DW engine#DW12|DW12]]'' I4 | 2.7 L ''[[Ford AJD-V6/PSA DT17#2.7D/TDV6/HDi|DT17]]'' [[PSA HDi engine|HDi]] V6 }} | transmission = | wheelbase = {{convert|2800|mm|in|1|abbr=on}}<ref name="carfolio.com">{{cite web|url= http://www.carfolio.com/specifications/models/car/?car=146245 |title=Technical specifications |access-date=2008-04-06 |website=carfolio.com}}</ref> | length = {{convert|4902|mm|in|1|abbr=on}}<ref name="carfolio.com"/> | width = {{convert|1835|mm|in|1|abbr=on}}<ref name="carfolio.com"/> | height = {{convert|1442|mm|in|1|abbr=on}}<ref name="carfolio.com"/> | weight = {{convert|1610|-|1798|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}} | related = [[Peugeot 605]]<br />[[Citroën XM]] | designer = [[Murat Günak]]<ref>{{cite web | url = https://europe.autonews.com/article/20010507/ANE/105070813/who-designed-current-production-cars | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220503011121/https://europe.autonews.com/article/20010507/ANE/105070813/who-designed-current-production-cars | archive-date = 2022-05-03 | title = Who designed current production cars? | work = Automotive News Europe | first = Luca | last = Ciferri }}</ref> |sp = uk }}

The '''Peugeot 607''' is an [[executive car]] produced by the French manufacturer [[Peugeot]] from September 1999 to June 2010.<ref name="CCFA">{{cite web|title=L'Industrie Automobile Francaise - Analyse et statistiques |url= http://www.ccfa.fr/IMG/pdf/ccfa_ra_2011_fra.pdf |work=Comité des Constructeurs Francais d'Automobiles |publisher=CCFA |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161002161600/http://www.ccfa.fr/IMG/pdf/ccfa_ra_2011_fra.pdf |archive-date=2016-10-02}}</ref>

The 607, along with the smaller [[Peugeot 407|407]], were superseded by the [[Peugeot 508|508]] in March 2011.

==History== The 607 was launched in October 1999, to replace the discontinued [[Peugeot 605|605]]. It used its predecessor's chassis but had an all-new, more modern exterior design. The engine range (2.2 and 3.0 petrol, and 2.2 diesel) was completely new. Built in Sochaux until March 2009, the assembly of the 607 was transferred to PSA's Rennes plant in July the same year as production was being wound down.<ref name=Kenavo>{{cite magazine |url= https://www.autoplus.fr/archives-par-numero/n-1071/kenavo-sochaux |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20201128114110/https://www.autoplus.fr/archives-par-numero/n-1071/kenavo-sochaux | archive-date=2020-11-28 |url-status=dead |title=Kénavo Sochaux! |trans-title=Goodbye Sochaux! |language=fr |date=2009-03-17 |magazine=Auto Plus |number=1071 |page=4 }}</ref>

Equipment levels were high, with all models getting [[air conditioning]], CD player, electric windows, 8 [[airbag]]s, [[anti-lock braking system]], [[Tire-pressure monitoring system|tyre-pressure monitor]], and [[central locking]] as standard. Available was [[AMVAR]] nine-stage electronic damping control.

In France, its home market, the 607 was often chosen for official government use.

==Safety== {{Euro NCAP |align=left |year=2002 |description=4-door saloon, LHD |reference={{cite web|url= http://www.euroncap.com/tests/peugeot_607_2002/119.aspx |title=NCAP test 2002|access-date=2012-11-26}} |reference_name=ref1 |adult_stars=4 |adult_score=26 |pedestrian_stars=1 |pedestrian_score=3 }} {{clear-left}}

==Facelift== The 607 was restyled in November 2004, with the most notable modifications being the new front end and the [[Jaguar AJD-V6 engine|2.7 HDi V6 engine]], rated at {{convert|150|kW|PS bhp|0|abbr=on}}, with a new six-speed automatic gearbox, which became also available on the V6 petrol model. The 2.0 and 2.2 diesel engines increased in output and included a 6-speed transmission, like the newly introduced [[Peugeot 407]].

During 2008, the 607 was withdrawn from the United Kingdom, marking the end of right-hand drive 607s.

<gallery widths="200px" heights="140px"> File:2003 Peugeot 607 S HDI (12855130284).jpg|alt= Bumpers are black plastic rather than chrome, different wheel and fog light design to later models|Pre-facelift, front File:Howth, Co. Dublin - Ireland (9263071357).jpg|alt= Rear-three-quarter view of a four-door car with a three-box body style whose rear luggage compartment is separate from the passenger cockpit|Pre-facelift, rear File:Peugeot607 Innenansicht.jpg|alt= Dashboard of car with analogue gauges, driver's airbag, compact-cassette head unit, and a colour satellite navigation screen|Pre-facelift interior File:Peugeot 607 - 2.7 HDI Facelift.jpg|alt= Refer to caption|Facelift front File:2005 Peugeot 607 SE HDI (12839729134).jpg|alt= Refer to caption|Facelift rear </gallery> {{clear}}

==Peugeot 607 Paladine== [[File:Peugeot 607 Paladine Nicolas Sarkozy.JPG|thumb|alt= Stretch limousine version with open-top rear seating|Peugeot 607 Paladine in 2008]] The Peugeot 607 Paladine is a special [[Landaulet (car)|Landaulet]] version of the 607 which was developed and built in 2000 in cooperation with [[Heuliez]], as a concept car. The engine is the 3.0 V6. It is lengthened by {{convert|500|mm|in}} (making it {{convert|5.4|m|in|abbr=on}} long), and the rear part is equipped with a retractable metallic roof similar to the [[Peugeot 206]]'s or [[Peugeot 307|307]]'s CC.<ref>{{cite web |title=L'outrefranc, la Peugeot 607 Paladine |url=http://www.outrefranc.com/pleinsphares/peugeot/paladine/607paladine.shtml |language=fr |website=outrefranc.com |access-date=31 December 2021 |date=2004 |archive-date=3 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303195414/http://www.outrefranc.com/pleinsphares/peugeot/paladine/607paladine.shtml |url-status=dead }}</ref> It is a one off design.

The special leather interior was developed in cooperation with [[Hermès]].

The car was first presented at the [[Salon International de l'Auto|Geneva Motor Show]] in March 2000. It was used seven years later by then French President [[Nicolas Sarkozy]] for his [[French presidential inauguration|inauguration]] on May 16, 2007. Meanwhile, the car had been retrofitted with the 2004 restyling of the 607 (updated front end).

==Successor== In November 2009, Philippe Varin from PSA announced that the successor of the Peugeot 607 would not be called the Peugeot 608, but instead the [[Peugeot 508]]. The 508 also replaced the smaller [[Peugeot 407]].

==Engines== Gasoline * 2.2 16v {{cvt|158|PS|kW hp|0}} – pre-facelift ::Facelift: {{cvt|163|PS|kW hp|0}} * 3.0 V6 24v {{cvt|207|PS|kW hp|0}} – pre-facelift ::Facelift: {{cvt|211|PS|kW hp|0}}

Diesel * 2.0 HDi {{cvt|109|PS|kW hp|0}} – facelift * 2.0 HDi {{cvt|136|PS|kW hp|0}} – facelift * 2.2 HDi {{cvt|133|PS|kW hp|0}} * 2.2 HDi [[Twin-turbo|Biturbo]] {{cvt|170|PS|kW hp|0}} – facelift * 2.7 HDi Biturbo {{cvt|204|PS|kW hp|0}} – facelift

==Sales== {| class="wikitable" style=";" |- align="center" | style="background:#e2e2e2;"|'''Year''' | style="background:#e2e2e2;"|'''Worldwide Production''' | style="background:#e2e2e2;"|'''Worldwide sales''' | style="background:#e2e2e2;"|'''Notes''' |- |1998 |align="center" |23<ref name="Gerben PSA sales figures">{{cite web |url= https://gerbenolthof.nl/cars/analysis-peugeot-607-production-data/ |title=Gerben |website=gerbenolthof.nl |access-date=2026-03-13 }}</ref> | | |- |1999 |align="center" |533<ref name="Gerben PSA sales figures" /> | | |- |2000 |align="center" |23,509<ref name="Gerben PSA sales figures" /> | | |- |2001 |align="center" |37,790<ref name="Gerben PSA sales figures" /> | | |- |2002 |align="center" |27,161<ref name="Gerben PSA sales figures" /> | | |- |2003 |align="center" |21,528<ref name="Gerben PSA sales figures" /> | | |- |2004 |align="center" |18,076<ref name="Gerben PSA sales figures" /> | align="center" |18,100<ref name="PSA sales figs">{{cite web |url= http://www.psa-peugeot-citroen.com/en/fonctionnelle/automobiles.php |title=PSA |website=Psa-peugeot-citroen.com |date=2010-06-30 |access-date=2010-10-24 |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101206165618/http://www.psa-peugeot-citroen.com/en/fonctionnelle/automobiles.php |archive-date=2010-12-06 }}</ref> | |- |2005 |align="center" |18,771<ref name="Gerben PSA sales figures" /> | align="center" |19,100<ref name="PSA sales figs"/> | |- |2006 |align="center" |9,627<ref name="Gerben PSA sales figures" /> | align="center" |10,500<ref name="PSA sales figs"/> | |- |2007 |align="center" |5,983<ref name="Gerben PSA sales figures" /> | align="center" |7,500<ref name="PSA sales figs"/> | |- |2008 |align="center" |4,565<ref name="Gerben PSA sales figures" /> | align="center" |3,900<ref name="PSA sales figs"/> | |- |2009 | align="center" |900<ref name="Engine specs from PSA Peugeot Citroën">{{cite web|title=Engine specs from PSA Peugeot Citroën |url= http://www.info-financiere.fr/upload/BWR/8888/01/FCBWR066301_20110422.pdf |publisher=PSA Peugeot Citroën |access-date=26 November 2012 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170605214832/http://www.info-financiere.fr/upload/BWR/8888/01/FCBWR066301_20110422.pdf |archive-date=5 June 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref> | align="center" |1,900<ref name="PSA sales figs"/> | |- |2010 | align="center" |956<ref name="CCFA"/> | align="center" |1,000<ref name="Engine specs from PSA Peugeot Citroën"/> | |- |2011 | | align="center" |53<ref name="PSA Annual Report 2012">{{cite web|title=PSA Annual Report 2012 |url= http://annualreport.psa-peugeot-citroen.com/wp-content/themes/psa/pdf/pdf/PSA-2012-03_memento_en.pdf |publisher=PSA |access-date=5 April 2013}}{{dead link|date=February 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> | |}

==References== {{Commonscat|Peugeot 607}} {{Reflist}}

[[Category:Peugeot vehicles|607]] [[Category:Euro NCAP executive cars]] [[Category:Front-wheel-drive vehicles]] [[Category:Sedans]] [[Category:Executive cars]] [[Category:2000s cars]] [[Category:2010s cars]] [[Category:Cars introduced in 1999]] [[Category:Cars discontinued in 2010]]