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
1986 in motoring a new Peugeot-badged car, which was due to be ready for the 1988 model year. The Citroën GSA ceased production after 16 years, having been effectively replaced by the larger BX four years ago. In 1987 launch was planned of a new mini-car, the AX, based around the running gear of the Peugeot 205. This was also due to spawn a Talbot badged model until Peugeot decided to discontinue the Talbot marque on passenger cars. A CX replacement was planned for sale before the end of the 1980s. The "Type Four" platform's third car was the Fiat Croma, which went