16-05-2020, 10:10 AM
I'm quite sure Herbert Austin had the Peugeot very much in mind. He was a confirmed Francophile, and Peugeot was a leading manufacturer, so he could hardly have been unaware of the existence of the company's products. Stanley Edge claimed he was not aware of the Peugeot, or at least that it did not figure in his input, but I think that was because HA had already prepared the ground with Peugeot influence before SE started on the project.