![\"Figure1_PSA_Case_Study.png\"](\"http:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/09\/Figure1_PSA_Case_Study-1.png\" "\\"Figure1_PSA_Case_Study.png\\"")
<\/span>A lot has changed since Andr\u00e9 Citro\u00ebn and Armand Peugeot started making cars in 1919 and 1889 respectively. The car was still a concept when Armand Peugeot made four (!!!!) three-wheeled, steam-powered cars in 1889. Nice idea, but the trike-car was not a huge success. Steam wasn\u2019t the right direction and the next Peugeots were four-wheeled cars with a petrol-fuelled internal combustion engines. Most notably, these Peugeots built in the 1890s were much more sophisticated with rubber tires, three-point suspensions and sliding-gear transmissions.<\/P><\/p>\nBoth guys seem to have been turn-of-the-century petrol heads. While Armand Peugeot leaned towards racing — a 3-horsepower Peugeot even won the world\u2019s first motor race, the Paris-Rouen Competition for Horseless Carriages sponsored by Le Petit Journal in 1894, Andr\u00e9 Citro\u00ebn followed the footsteps of Henry Ford. He introduced the first mass vehicle production line outside the United States. Not only were the early Citro\u00ebns numerous and priced to sell, Andr\u00e9 Citro\u00ebn liked the marketing side of things, opening a showroom on the Champs-\u00c9lys\u00e9es in Paris, using the Eiffel Tower for giant-sized advertising, and creating a sales and support concept similar to what we call dealerships today.<\/P><\/p>\n
Luckily PSA Peugeot Citro\u00ebn started using Simcenter Amesim software<\/FONT><\/A> in 1995, the mechatronic system simulation platform from Siemens PLM Software.<\/P><\/p>\n![\"PSA_Engine.png\"](\"http:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/09\/PSA_Engine-1.png\" "\\"PSA_Engine.png\\"")
<\/span>A hundred years later, this is all pretty crazy to think about. Modern cars are rolling computers with software running practically every system from the engine to the safety features to the climate control. And all these systems are becoming increasingly complex, and include a growing number of actuators, sensors, hybrid traction systems, and electric and electronic components, requiring controls and protection strategies to limit component damage without forgetting fuel efficiency and low emissions. How to engineer all this is an entirely different issue than what Andr\u00e9 and Armand had to deal with a century ago.<\/P><\/p>\n