Peugeot 504
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In my opinion, the Peugeot 504 pickup is one of the most underrated trucks of all time – and one of the hardestworking. Based on the 504 saloon (1969-82), the pickup derivative arrived on the scene in 1979 as a direct replacement for the 404 pickup. The saloon and estate had already developed a reputation for reliability and longevity – and the pickup only enhanced this standing. Although it sold well in Europe, it really excelled in Africa, where its unburstable mechanicals and good ground clearance made it the perfect workhorse. It even had considerable rallying success on the African continent in the early and mid-1980s – competing in the Paris-Dakar among other races.While European production finished in the early 1990s (a decade after the demise of the passenger-carrying derivatives), they were still being built in Kenya and China as late as 2009.
Will Shiers (managing editor, Commercial Motor)