Yahoo Autos Street-Spotted Peugeot 505 V6 STX
There were plenty of European sedans you could get with a six-cylinder engine in the late 1980s, but odds are you've probably forgotten about this one. That's right: the Sochaux-built 505 joined the ranks of Mercedes-Benz, Volvo, BMW, Renault and even Alfa Romeo in offering a six-cylinder engine in a plush sedan marketed to Americans. And after all, the P in PRV stands for Peugeot.
But how many of these are still around today as daily drivers? That number can't be high, even though a Volvo 760 of the same vintage with a PRV V6 probably won't turn too many heads.
The 505, if you recall, became the sole Peugeot sedan on sale in the second half of the 1980s after the departure of the 504 and 604, the latter of which had turned out to be a bit of a dud in the States while the former was single-handedly responsible for almost all stateside Peugeot sales in the 1970s. Combining a chiseled Pininfarina exterior with a lively chassis the 505 sedan had a lot going for it when it landed stateside in 1980, offering plenty of competition to Volvo, Saab and even the Germans. At launch the 505 had quad DOT sealed beams, but traded them a few years later for two rectangular units that fit its front fascia a little better.
