4×4S.ORGTHE REGISTRY NAMED MODEL · 1986–95
NAMED MODELFrance

505 Dangel in French public service.

The official 505: Dangel breaks with EDF and GDF, the forestry and water services, mountain gendarmerie and rural doctors — most of the 5,500 went to fleets rather than private buyers.

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Sources & evidence
BASE VEHICLE505 Dangel 4x4 (1986–92)BUILT BYPeugeot, SochauxIN SERVICE1986–95PRODUCTIONPart of more than 5,500LAYOUT4 wheels · 108.3″

The record

The 505 Dangel was the French state’s four-wheel-drive estate before the Japanese and German makers took the market.

Research status: draft — identification, dates or figures could not all be pinned down; the summary says what is unresolved.

Specification

MANUFACTURED1986–95
ENGINE2.5-litre XD3 turbo-diesel
PRODUCTION RUNPart of more than 5,500
COUNTRY OF ORIGINFrance
STATUSout of production
RECORD KINDNamed model
MODEL LINEDangel 4x4 conversions
FAMILYDangel 4x4 conversions
WHEELS4
NOMINAL WHEELBASE108.3″
BODY STYLEbreak

Catalogue fields describe the vehicle's structure and body as this registry records it. They are not certified factory measurements, and no performance figures are published here.

Variants & colours

Base model variants

Factory colours

  • Blanc Meije

Codes on hover. Hex values are representative approximations of period paint unless a source states a measured value.

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Proportions, fittings, markings, colours and the setting can all drift from the original in the process. For the vehicle's actual details, rely on the specification, the photographs and the cited sources on this page.

Sources

  1. 1Dangel ↗Wikipedia · accessed 2026-09-22SOURCE
  2. 2Peugeot 504 et 505 Dangel ↗Rétro Passion Automobiles · accessed 2026-09-22SOURCE

Registry record updated 2026-09-22 · status: draft