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1968 Peugeot 404 Break Super Luxe

1968 Peugeot 404 Break in Comme un boomerang, Movie, 1976

Class: Cars, Wagon — Model origin:

1968 Peugeot 404 Break Super Luxe

Vehicle used by a character or in a car chase

Comments about this vehicle

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sixcyl ◊ 2007-10-16 21:43	A chase for Adrian ... between this 404 and the Peugeot 604 of A.Delon It has all the details of the Break Super Luxe, though it's unusual for a cop car... but the dashboard, if it is the same vehicle, correspond rather to a Commerciale... another one at the beginning of the film
CarChasesFanatic ◊ 2007-10-16 21:48	Thanks Jean Marc!
Neptune ◊ 2007-10-17 17:47	What does the "Break" mean in Peugeot 404 "Break" Super Luxe ... (?) I have seen that word used on other cars as well, but I have no idea as to what it signifies. Does it mean it’s a wagon?
chris40 ◊ 2007-10-17 17:56	In Britain estate cars/station wagons used to be called 'shooting brakes', shooting being what the gentry used them for (still do, for that matter). Why the French used the alternative spelling - which I'd never heard of - I have no idea. Full story: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting-brake
antp ◊ 2007-10-17 18:22	It is because they continued to use the term of the 19th Century: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brake_%28carriage%29 Why using "break" rather than "brake"? Maybe because in French there is no way that a "a" would be pronounced like the English "brake", but it would be acceptable with "ea" (just an idea - I do not know if it is the reason). -- Last edit: 2007-10-17 18:26:29
DynaMike ◊ 2007-10-17 18:52	As far as I know it's the English word that changed its orthography. According to my Concise Oxford Dictionary, a 'break' was a carriadge-frame with no body for breaking in young horses (taming or discipline them), and also a large wagonette. In this meaning it was also used in French ('break') and Dutch ('brik'): a four-wheeled open carriadge with a front seat for the driver and a rear entrance to the two rows of seats on the left and the right. Edit: According to 'le Petit Robert', it was first used in French in 1840; according to my Dutch ethymologic dictionary, it came to the Ditch language in 1899. -- Last edit: 2007-10-17 18:55:50
Neptune ◊ 2007-10-17 19:04	Thanks for the info everyone ...

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