The image of the lion is well known. /kloc-for 0/50 years, Peugeot's past and present products have the lion logo, and the lion can be seen on the hood or front grille of Peugeot cars.
The history of the lion began on a beautiful morning in 1847. Peugeot's two brothers Yule and Emil commissioned Mombelli Yaer jeweler to design a logo as their own brand for making hacksaws and other tools. They want to design it in the shape of a lion, which is the design of Mombelli's Yael coat of arms, mainly because the lion can represent three qualities of Peugeot's saw blade: the sawtooth is durable-like a lion's teeth, the saw blade is flexible and not easy to break-like a lion's spine, and the cutting speed is as fast as a prancing lion. Among many design schemes, the two brothers chose the silhouette of a lion walking on an arrow. Starting from 1850, Peugeot saw blade began to bear the lion's mark. On June 20th, 1858, 165438, the lion was registered in the Royal French Museum of Arts and Crafts.
Lions originally designed for saw blades are gradually applied to all tools of Peugeot Brothers. Represents the first-class quality of steel, formerly called cast steel. Other quality grades of steel are represented by different marks: meniscus represents secondary quality (quenched steel), hand represents tertiary quality (semi-quenched steel), and star represents lower quality. In addition, some tools have their own marks: steel planers, long-handled forks and mud knives made by 1860 all have deer marks, and so on. It was not until the middle of 1880 that the lion became the only symbol of Peugeot products. The lion logo appears on the bicycle of 1882 and is used on the motorcycle of 190 1. The first cars produced from 1890 to 1905 did not use lions, because armand peugeot, the founder of Peugeot Automobile Company, preferred the words Peugeot Automobile as a symbol. From 1905 to 19 15, the silhouette of the lion on the arrow keeps appearing on the Peugeot cars produced by the subsidiaries of Peugeot Brothers.
19 10 after the merger of bicycle and automobile business, the new Peugeot Automobile Bicycle Co., Ltd. used antique Peugeot as a symbol on cars, which was used for motorcycles after the 1920s.
1In the mid-1920s, a new lion appeared: a bronze lion stood on the water tank cover with an aggressive posture, adding Peugeot's unique personality.
1933, the logo has changed again: this time it is the head of a roaring lion, placed on the top of the front grille. This picture is for 1930 to 1950.
1957 The lion coat of arms with upright hind legs appeared, which is the predecessor of the symbol used now. The new lion model is used in 203 models and also appears on the regional badge of Frances Conte. 1955403 The lion used is based on a triangular badge with the words "antique Peugeot" written on it. 1968, the lion was separated from the badge for the first time after the war. 1975, the lion logo with outline, chrome plating and hollowing out in the middle appeared and was applied to all Peugeot models. The modern logo was born in 1980 five years later, and was revised in 1998. In 2002, the current "blue sign" was finally established. Eye-catching and angular lion logo appears on the building walls of all Peugeot products and sales and service shops.
Lion, the symbol of Peugeot brand, has undergone many changes from the original jeweler's sketch to today. In the past, it symbolized the quality of Peugeot saw blade, but now it represents an endless enterprise pursuing high quality.