European Car of the Year the award for 1987. 19 years after the 504 gave Peugeot its first European Car of the Year, the French carmaker finally enjoyed its second triumph in the competition when its mid-range 405 saloon won the 1988 award by a wide margin. A year later, Fiat became the first manufacturer to win the award five times when its ground-breaking new Tipo achieved victory. Citroen's new XM flagship model won the award for 1990, with its French rival Renault scoring success a year later with the new Clio supermini, which signalled the end for the iconic R5. With the award now
Peugeot 206 In May 2006, the Malaysian car manufacturer Naza launched a locally assembled version of the model with the name of 206 Bestari. In 2006, Peugeot started production of the 206 in China. In September 2006, Dongfeng Peugeot-Citroën Automobile launched a slightly modified Peugeot 206 called the Citroën C2 (this car was not related to the European-market Citroën C2). "Production dates: Peugeot 206 / 206+ / 206 SW: 2,000,000 August 2001 2,500,000 March 2002 3,000,000 November 2002 4,000,000 January 2004 5,000,000 May 2005 6,000,000 April 2007 8,358,217 December 2012 (Source: Journal L'Alsace, 18 December 2012). The Peugeot 206 CC (sometimes spelled