The original Bébé first appeared at the Paris Motor Show in 1904 and greatly impressed attendees as a modern and robust creation that was cheap, small, and practical.

A Type 69 was one of the first two motor vehicles in Tibet, imported by William Frederick Travers O'Connor in 1907[2] and later given as a gift to the Thubten Choekyi Nyima, the 9th Panchen Lama.

The Type BP1 Bébé was a design by Ettore Bugatti, initially for the German car firm Wanderer[citation needed] , then also built under license by Peugeot for the French market.

Wanderer built their car with Bugatti's own four-speed transmission, but in order to keep production costs down for the French version, Peugeot fitted a 2-speed gearbox initially, which was then replaced by their own three-speed.

With a total of 3,095 produced, and despite the dire economic conditions created by the war, the Bugatti designed Bébé was the first production Peugeot to breach the 3,000 units threshold.