# Is there a cultural significance to the number 64 in France? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [February 23, 2011, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-cultural-significance-to-the-number-64-in-france/572321 "2011-02-23T04:34:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![kferr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/71e660/32.png) [@kferr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kferr)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2011, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-cultural-significance-to-the-number-64-in-france/572321/21 "2011-02-25T12:28:37Z")
If they were aiming for a motor-sports type of sporty you’d think they’d choose 72. ---
**Author:** ![Capitaine\_Zombie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e95f7d/32.png) [@Capitaine\_Zombie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capitaine_Zombie)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2011, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-cultural-significance-to-the-number-64-in-france/572321/22 "2011-02-25T14:21:38Z")
> [@MikeG](#): > > My gf’s parents watch this show religiously. I was severely shushed tonight when I started to make a comment just as the contestant was about to win 15-8 even though he called out two answers! WTF, **Cayuga** , **Hypnagogic Jerk** and **MikeG** , all you guys speak French and have access to French tv? P.S: There’s almost no chance in hell the 64 number is linked to a department for its celebrity status (maybe some designers of the car are from there, who knows). Probably related to something else. I’ve never understood the Peugeot numbering system. ---
**Author:** ![Cayuga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@Cayuga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cayuga)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2011, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-cultural-significance-to-the-number-64-in-france/572321/23 "2011-02-25T19:00:34Z")
> [@Capitaine\_Zombie](#): > > WTF, **Cayuga** , **Hypnagogic Jerk** and **MikeG** , all you guys speak French and have access to French tv? Well, I kinda speak it, after a fashion. No one would ever mistake me for a native, or even a literate foreigner. My cable service (Comcast in NW CT) started carrying TV5 Monde about four or five years ago. It’s a worldwide channel that shows French movies, series, news, and sports. I believe DirecTV and/or Dish Network carry it, too. Comcast charges $5/month—well worth it. ---
**Author:** ![Puff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce73a5/32.png) [@Puff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Puff)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2011, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-cultural-significance-to-the-number-64-in-france/572321/24 "2011-02-25T19:14:51Z")
According to a fan site it’s Peugeot trying to market the model towards people who enjoy outdoor activities and the particular lifestyle that is prominent in the Pays Basque… excuse my translation if I’m a little off, I’m rusty. There’s more marketing tosh after about the connection too, but I lost the will to translate… > **[Peugeot 207 Série 64 : Nouvelle série spéciale - News Féline](http://www.feline.cc/news/10915-peugeot-207-serie-64-205/)** ---
**Author:** ![GreasyJack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/df705f/32.png) [@GreasyJack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreasyJack)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2011, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-cultural-significance-to-the-number-64-in-france/572321/25 "2011-02-25T19:22:56Z")
They must be trying to capture the spirit of youth and the joy of the outdoor life just as effectively as Cadillac did with the El Dorado Biarritz. Yep, young surfers are definitely what I think of when I look at something like [this](http://americandreamcars.com/1982eldorado0423.htm). 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![hibernicus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hibernicus/32/2802_2.png) [@hibernicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hibernicus)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2011, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-cultural-significance-to-the-number-64-in-france/572321/26 "2011-02-25T19:28:59Z")
> [@Capitaine\_Zombie](#): > > WTF, **Cayuga** , **Hypnagogic Jerk** and **MikeG** , all you guys speak French and have access to French tv? > > P.S: There’s almost no chance in hell the 64 number is linked to a department for its celebrity status (maybe some designers of the car are from there, who knows). Probably related to something else. I’ve never understood the Peugeot numbering system. I’m sure of it, Capitaine. If you go to Biarritz you’ll see this logo (the number 64 in a circle). Here’s some marketing puff that explains the intended meaning: [http://www.64.eu/lamarque.aspx](http://www.64.eu/lamarque.aspx) > [@](#): > > 64, c’est la marque au logo évocateur des vacances et du Pays Basque. 64 symbolise l’art de vivre sur la Côte Basque : la nature, le sport, la fête, le bien-être. Notre région est unique, entre océan et montagne, à la croisée de tous les sports : pelote basque, surf, golf, rugby. Nulle part ailleurs ne sont concentrées autant d’opportunités de pratiquer ces passions en plein air. ---
**Author:** ![Capitaine\_Zombie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e95f7d/32.png) [@Capitaine\_Zombie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capitaine_Zombie)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2011, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-cultural-significance-to-the-number-64-in-france/572321/27 "2011-02-25T19:31:23Z")
> [@Puff](#): > > According to a fan site it’s Peugeot trying to market the model towards people who enjoy outdoor activities and the particular lifestyle that is prominent in the Pays Basque… excuse my translation if I’m a little off, I’m rusty. > > There’s more marketing tosh after about the connection too, but I lost the will to translate… > > [Peugeot 207 Série 64 : Nouvelle série spéciale - News Féline](http://www.feline207.net/site/modules/news/article.php?storyid=205) Ok what it says basically is that there is that T-shirt and sportswear brand named “64” that focuses heavily on sport and that _wonderful sense of fun and freedom that you can only find in the Basque country_ (had never heard of them). So Peugeot partnered with them (apparently they do that with lots of different brands, not necessarily sportswear or regional though) to give you the amazingly fresh Peugeot (cuz it’s not a Peugeot 64, it’s a modified Peugeot 207- Série 64-). So, it is a departement thing, but not exactly a Peugeot idea. I’m sure the crowd that got addicted to Julien Lepers could have translated that. 4 a la suite les mecs, merde (sounds like my last week end). EDIT: Christ **hibernicus** , cant you see I was writing my answer. You know, on other forums you can see who is actually reading the page or even answering. It saves face. EDIT2: No way in hell though that saying it is linked to Basque country would be enough of a commercial argument in France. It’s Peugeot riding on the name of a sportswear brand (itself linked to Pays Basque). ---
**Author:** ![hibernicus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hibernicus/32/2802_2.png) [@hibernicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hibernicus)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2011, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-cultural-significance-to-the-number-64-in-france/572321/28 "2011-02-25T20:45:33Z")
> [@Capitaine\_Zombie](#): > > 4 a la suite les mecs, merde (sounds like my last week end). > > EDIT: Christ **hibernicus** , cant you see I was writing my answer. You know, on other forums you can see who is actually reading the page or even answering. It saves face. 😛 BTW, I actually auditioned to take part in Question pour un Champions (but didn’t succeed in getting on the show). ---
**Author:** ![Hypnagogic\_Jerk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hypnagogic_jerk/32/4252_2.png) [@Hypnagogic\_Jerk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypnagogic_Jerk)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2011, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-cultural-significance-to-the-number-64-in-france/572321/29 "2011-02-26T02:47:20Z")
> [@Cayuga](#): > > Should we take this to Café Society? Maybe MikeG will join us. [thread=598531]Good idea![/thread] [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-cultural-significance-to-the-number-64-in-france/572321.md?page=1)