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ZM · ZMJ · ZNJ · ZN3J · ZPJ —
the PRV at Peugeot

From the carburetted 504 Coupé to the fuel-injected 605, the lion's PRVs wore their own codes — a family that also slipped under the bonnets of the Lancia Thema and, most famously, the DeLorean DMC-12.

130–170
BHP
7
KNOWN VARIANTS
3
DISPLACEMENTS (2664 · 2849 · 2963)
The lion's side

Four saloons, one coupé — and a time machine

Peugeot fitted the Douvrin V6 across four generations of flagships: the 504 Coupé & Cabriolet and the 604 opened the account among the very first PRV cars, the 505 and then the 605 carried it into the 1990s. Each evolution wore a new code — ZM and ZMS on carburettors, ZMJ, ZNJ and ZN3J on injection, ZPJ on the 605 era shared with the Citroën XM.

The most famous of the family never wore a lion: the ZMJ-159, a 130 bhp 2.8, powers the DeLorean DMC-12 of Back to the Future.

ZM
FIRST PEUGEOT CODE · 504 COUPÉ & CABRIOLET · 604 SL
4
PEUGEOT MODELS
170
BHP MAX (ZN3J · 505)
2
GUESTS (THEMA · DMC)
Known variants

From carburettor to injection

2 664 cm³ ZM · ZMJ
ZM · ZMS136 bhp
Carburettor12-valve
Peugeot 504 Coupé & Cabriolet · 604 SL
ZMJ144 bhp
K-Jetronic injection12-valve
Peugeot 604 Ti · STI
2 849 cm³ ZMJ-159 · ZNJ · ZN3J
ZMJ-159130 bhp
K-Jetronic injection12-valve
DMC DeLorean
ZNJ155 bhp
K-Jetronic injection12-valve
Peugeot 604 GTI
ZN3J170 bhp
LH-Jetronic injection12-valve
Peugeot 505 V6
ZN3J147–150 bhp
Electronic injection12-valve
Lancia Thema 6V
2 963 cm³ ZPJ
ZPJ167–170 bhp
Injection12-valve
Peugeot 605 · Citroën XM

The 24-valve summit of the PSA line — the 200 bhp ZPJ4 with its ACAV variable intake, pushed to 408 bhp by EIA for the Venturi 400 GT — has its own file: ZPJ4.

The cars behind the codes

The 504, 604 and 505 have their own file — and so does the 605/XM pair.