Environment: PSA Peugeot Citroën presents the particulate-filter
system wich becomes standard on the 607.
Peugeot and Citroën launch the Secoia program of component collection
and reconditioning.
Inauguration: The Peugeot customer contact center is set up to handle
3 million calls a year.
Cooperation: PSA Peugeot Citroën and Ford Motor Company sign
a new agreement on diesel engines.
Disposals: the Rennes-la-Barre-Thomas plant, the Sogamm and the SAMM subsidiaries.
International: Laying of the first stone for the Peugeot Citroën do
Brasil production unit in Porto Real.
Peugeot signs an agreement for eventual production of 120,000 Peugeot 206s
a year in Iran.
Sports: The 406 wins the South American Super Touring Championship,
and the 206 WRC wins the San Remo rally. Citroën again wins the French
and Spanish Rally Championships.
Award and a new record: The DS is named "Product of the Century,"
and Citroën beats its own record, selling more than a million vehicles
in 1999.
Launches: the Peugeot 306 LGP, the 206 S16 and GT, the restyled 406;
the Citroën Xsara coupe VTR and the restyled Saxo.
