What car did columbo drive?

Lt. Columbo needed a car for the show, but the producers did not want him in a standard police car. So, the producers escorted Peter Falk to the lot of cars they had sitting at Universal Studios for a look. Mr. Falk saw an odd, slightly beaten, boxy car tucked away, and selected the Pug as Columbo’s car. read more

Reports differ on whether it was a 1959 or 1960 model, but most agree there was little difference between the two. Though the Peugeot 403 was mass-produced by the French carmaker, the two-door convertible model was, in fact, somewhat rare. read more