Peugeot
404 Coupé (Pininfarina)

Why it matters

The 404 Coupe, with its Cabriolet sibling, was the Pininfarina-built sporting body on the 404 platform. Almost all were sold with the Kugelfischer fuel-injection engine, an unusual specification for a French car of the time.

How rare is it?

Six separate kinds of rarity – never combined into one number.

Each kind of rarity is rated separately and never combined.

Photos

Exterior, interior and detail photos with their licences.

• Peugeot 404 Coupé (Pininfarina) (Wikimedia Commons: Peugeot 404 Coupé)
  Photo: Charles from Port Chester, New York · CC BY 2.0
• Peugeot 404 Coupé (Pininfarina) (Wikimedia Commons: Peugeot 404 Coupé)
  Photo: Charles from Port Chester, New York · CC BY 2.0
• Peugeot 404 Coupé (Pininfarina) (Wikimedia Commons: Peugeot 404 Coupé)
  Photo: HPS911 · CC BY-SA 4.0
• Peugeot 404 Coupé (Pininfarina) (Wikimedia Commons: Peugeot 404 Coupé)
  Photo: Rundvald · CC BY-SA 4.0

Production

Every figure says what it counts.

Independent counts (e.g. engine and colour) are never combined into a calculated figure. Surviving examples are never presented as original production.

History

The Pininfarina cabriolet was available from 1961 and the coupe from 1962. Peugeot had first shown petrol injection on a 404 Super Luxe saloon at the Geneva Motor Show in March 1961, with a Kugelfischer system adapted for the 404 engine. Peugeot UK began importing the coupe and cabriolet in June 1965, in left-hand drive only, and the sole concessionnaire converted 79 to right-hand drive at its workshop near Croydon.

All original UK imports had the KF2 fuel-injection engine, while a carburettor version was available in other countries at lower cost. A chassis table shows coupe/cabriolet chassis numbers issued from April 1962 to August 1968.

Technical specifications

Engine

Transmission & drivetrain

Chassis, body & dimensions

Performance

“Not yet verified” means no source has been checked for that value yet. Nothing is estimated to fill a gap.

Identification guide

How to tell an original from a replica or later conversion.

Genuine cars come in the coupe or cabriolet body with fuel-injection (KF) or carburettor engines. The chassis table gives separate number blocks: carburettor 4495001-4500000 (04.62-05.67) and 4670001-4671100 (05.67-08.68), and injection 4590001-4600000 (04.62-12.66) and 6800001-6803500 (12.66-08.68). The Cabriolet had an optional factory hardtop.

Sources

Each number links to the exact facts it supports.

1. 1
   L'argus – Peugeot : les modèles les moins produits de l'histoire Level B

   • 6837 units produced

   Accessed 2026-11-12
2. 2
   The Peugeot 404 (model-specific register notes) Level B Club Peugeot UK (Wayback capture)

   • The initial 1618cc carburettor engine from May 1960, is designated XC
   • Fuel injection (Kugelfischer) 1618cc engines are designated XC-KF, XC-KF1 and XC-KF2
   • All original UK imports came with KF2 fuel injection engine
   • Fuel injection (Kugelfischer) 1618cc engines
   • The german firm Kugelfischer was chosen to adapt their system specifically for the Peugeot 404 engine

   Accessed 2026-11-13