The Griffe 4 was a concept coupé created by Pininfarina for Peugeot, shown at the Geneva Motor Show to mark roughly thirty years of collaboration between the two companies. It was conceived as a possible successor to the two-door Peugeot coupés that Pininfarina had long produced in Turin, most recently the Peugeot 504-based coupé, of which 26,206 examples plus 7,926 cabriolets had been built from 1969 onward. Enthusiasts had anticipated a two-door derivative of the Peugeot 505, and the Griffe 4 was presented as a candidate to fill that role.
The car was designed as a 2+2, with an interior intended to comfortably accommodate four adults, a feature reflected in its "4" designation, which also referred to the four-wheel-drive system planned for the coupé. Its body combined aerodynamic efficiency with restrained, lasting styling and a glazed roof area. The roof itself was made of tinted transparent material, and its slender roof pillars were concealed beneath tinted glass sections, giving the impression of a glass canopy over the cabin. Only the lower sections of the door glass were designed to retract. A continuous pressed line at the rear integrated into the tail light design, while a soft nose and an elastic rear-end treatment replaced conventional bumpers. Despite introducing new styling elements, the Griffe 4 was regarded as a characteristic Pininfarina design worthy of the Peugeot name.
It was a two-door, four-seat coupé measuring 4410 mm long, 1750 mm wide and 1310 mm high, with a 2670 mm wheelbase and front/rear tracks of 1460/1490 mm. The Peugeot-Pininfarina partnership later produced the 205 Cabriolet in February 1986, but no mid-size coupé followed.
