The Type 190 was launched in late 1928 and sold alongside the lightweight Peugeot 5CV (itself based on the Quadrilette), a best-seller of the 1920s, which it was intended to replace.

The Type 190 carried over the small four-cylinder 695 cc engine from the 5CV, which developed 14 metric horsepower (10 kW)[1] and could push the car to a maximum speed of 60 kilometres per hour (37 mph).

In 1929, its intended successor, the Peugeot 201, was launched, though production of the Type 190 ran until 1931.

Each piece of the frame was individually shaped from ash or beech wood, using traditional carpenters' tools.

In 1910, Armand having no sons of his own, it was agreed that the two branches of the Peugeot business be reunited.