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History

„The 403 made its debut in saloon body style on 20 April 1955 at the Trocadéro Palace in Paris. The engine size gave the car a „tax horsepower“ of 8 CV (8 hp), which placed it a class below the soon-to-be-replaced 11 CV Citroën Traction, but at least one class above the small cars produced by the principal competitor manufacturers. When it was first shown, and until after 1958, the leading edge of car’s nose carried an angular, forward-leaning chrome lion bonnet ornament – the lion image being Peugeot’s trade mark. That was removed in 1959, due to safety concerns, and the logo was incorporated into a shield-shaped grill emblem. Subsequently the semaphore-style trafficators on the C-pillars were replaced with flashing indicators within the light cluster. The front lights were modified to conform to new standards and in 1957 parallel windscreen wipers were substituted for the original „cross hands“ ones featured at launch„.
Source: Wikipedia