The reference dedicated to the legendary PRV V6 — born of the alliance between Peugeot, Renault and Volvo. A mechanical heritage kept alive by its community.
In 1966, Peugeot and Renault signed an agreement to design common mechanical components. From this collaboration was born La Française de Mécanique, founded in 1969 at Douvrin, near Lens, in the north of France.
In 1971, Volvo joined Peugeot and Renault — three marques, equal shares, one V6. The project began as a V8, but the 1973 oil crisis steered it toward a smaller engine with a rare 90° architecture inherited from that aborted V8.
Three rivals who pooled their engineering to build one engine. Equal partners, equal importance.
One of the two original architects of the PRV project. The marque fitted the V6 to its executive saloons and adopted 24-valve heads at the end of the 1980s.
Needed a V6 for its new flagship saloon, accelerating development. In 1985 it launched the legendary turbocharged second generation.
The very first PRV ran under a Volvo in October 1974. The marque kept the V6 in its saloons until 1997, long after the 1992 split.