A popular Peugeot sport tourer model during the 1913-1914 period was the 145S, powered by a substantial four-cylinder engine of 4.5-liters displacement. Featuring pressure lubrication to its three crankshaft main bearings, the engine was backed by a four-speed transmission. Amongst contemporaries that included Mercedes, Panhard and Fiat models, the 145S is known to have been preferred as personal transportation for Georges Boillot—who drove Peugeot’s 1912 and 1913 Grand Prix cars to victory—and Victor Rigal, also a well-known European racing driver of the day.
