How is Peugeot properly pronounced, "pew-joe" or "per-joe"?

It would be "per-joe" accordiong to the Wikipedia article about Peugeot.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peugeot#Pronunciation

From my experience in French classes, I would pronounce it "peuh-joe".

Of the options you presented, I can say with certainty that "pew-joe" is not correct.

Maybe in the south of England they add that "r," but the first syllable really should be pronounced as French "peu" (which means "a little" or "few".) The closest I can come in English is to suggest that you give it sort of the same sound as the "pu" in "pull": pu-ZHO.

24and48fan -- Your link for U.S. pronunciation is correct with "pooZHO" or "PYOOzho."


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peugeot#Pronunciation

Correctly, per-zhoe rather than -joe, and stressed on the first syllable. G followed by e in French is the same sound as the s in English leisure. I'm using per to indicate an English pronunciation as in the English word per (as in per cent). Pew is definitely wrong. Those Wiki pronunciations may be the ones used in the USA, but they are not French. Poo-zho would be Pougeot, and pyoo-zho would be Piougeot.