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erhaps it's too trivial an

excusefor desiring a carrbut

there's a detail in the design

ofthe Peugeot406 Coup6's

C-pillars that has long made me want

one.Whatis it? Simplythe elegant

180 -degree return performed by the

trailing edgeofthe rear pillars' sheet

metalrwhich causes the rearwindow

to sitwithin amodestrecessthat

deepensasthe glassnearsthe boot lid.

Whydoes this makethe4o6 any

more appealing? Not sure I can say

because beauty is hard to explain,

but the Pininfarina-designed coup6

enjoys a desirable slice ofit. Partly

that's becauseit barely sharesa panel

with the 406 saloon (though that

once-popular repmobile wasn't short

ofthe odd pleasing line itself) and

pardybecause the coup6 presents

an aura of Italian sophistication that

stretched it towards the pedigree end

ofthemarket.

It was a visual trick that mostly

worked,becausethe 406 was apretty

good car in the first place.When it

first appeared rn t997,Peugeothad

notyetgiven up its one-time mission

of building the best-handling mass

market cars in Europe. And ifthe 406

didn't demolish corners with quite the

dashofthe previous 4o5, itmanaged

pretty well. As you'd hope, the coup6

wasmore athleticthanthe saloon,and

without losing the comfortably supple

ride for which Peugeotswere famous.

The pampering ride might even

havedisappointed ttrosewho think a

car isrt't sporting unless its dashboard

quakesover potholes. But a more

seriously unsporting feature was the

basic, overworked z.o-litre petrol

engine, which was best reserved

for the repmobile from which it

came.The most alluring motor in

the line-up was the 2o7bhp 2.9-litre

V6, which bestowed on the coup6

the civilised zestthat you'd expectof

such svelte-looking wheels. But the

mostsurprising engine,and abitof

a pioneer, was the 133bhp 2.2 }JDi

diesel,introduced in late 2ooo.

No manufacturer had stuck an oil-

burning taxi engine in a supposedly

sporting coup6before (or not within

living memory at least) and some

thought the decision unwise. But the

2.2'seasytorque suitedthe 406 and

produced a better-balanced car than

the even heftier V6 allowed.

All ofwhich makes this unlikely

combination the most desirable

version. What might put you off

is thatyou also geta Parisiantaxi

interior, with too much crealry plastic

and an old-schoolsteeringwheel

pregnant with airbag. The tan leather

option and plentyoftoys do some

compensating,but inside the 4O6

Coup6feelsslightlydated and cheap.

Then again, you don't pay much

any more; a grand getsyou a leggy

runnerand around €4000 something

near-collectable.Worryingly, the urge

to collect one myself is decidedly less

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