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Pennsylvania Department of Transportation

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, known as PennDOT, is the state agency responsible for highways, transit, airports, and driver licensing in Pennsylvania, created in 1970.

Pennsylvania Turnpike

The Pennsylvania Turnpike is a toll highway system in Pennsylvania, opened in 1940 as a 160-mile road between Carlisle and Irwin, the first large-scale limited-access highway in the United States.

Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission

The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission is the Pennsylvania state agency, created in 1937, that builds and operates the state's toll highways, including the 1940 road promoted as America's First Superhighway.

Penny-farthing

The penny-farthing, also called the high wheel or ordinary, is an early bicycle with a huge front wheel, popular from the 1870s to the 1880s.

Penske Truck Leasing

Penske Truck Leasing is an American transportation services company founded by Roger Penske in 1969 and headquartered in Reading, Pennsylvania, providing truck leasing, rental, maintenance, and logistics services.

Pep Boys

Pep Boys, also known as Manny, Moe & Jack, is an American automotive service and tire chain founded in Philadelphia in 1921 and sold to Mavis in 2026.

Performance-graded binder

A performance-graded (PG) binder is an asphalt binder classified under the Superpave system by the high and low pavement temperatures at which it meets specified physical properties.

Perimeter control (traffic)

Perimeter control, also called gating or perimeter flow control, is a network-level traffic management strategy that uses boundary traffic signals to limit vehicles entering a region, keeping it productive.

Perimeter frame (motorcycle)

The perimeter frame, also called the twin-spar frame, is a motorcycle chassis of two beams on each side of the engine, standard on modern sport bikes.

Permeable interlocking concrete pavement

Permeable interlocking concrete pavement (PICP) is a stormwater management pavement built from concrete pavers with open, aggregate-filled joints over a crushed stone base that stores and infiltrates runoff.

Perodua

Perodua (Perusahaan Otomobil Kedua) is Malaysia's second national carmaker, established in 1993 with Daihatsu and now the country's sales leader with roughly 44 percent of the market.

Perodua Myvi

The Perodua Myvi is a five-door subcompact hatchback produced by Malaysia's Perodua since May 2005, based on the Daihatsu Boon and long the country's best-selling car.

Perodua QV-E

The Perodua QV-E is a battery electric hatchback produced by Malaysian carmaker Perodua, launched in December 2025 as the company's first electric vehicle and Malaysia's first homegrown one.

Perpetual pavement

Perpetual pavement, also called long-life pavement, is an asphalt pavement designed and built to last more than 50 years, needing only periodic surface renewal, with no structural reconstruction.

Peter Norbeck Scenic Byway

The Peter Norbeck Scenic Byway is a roughly 70-mile figure-eight loop through the Black Hills of South Dakota, passing Mount Rushmore, six rock tunnels, and spiraling pigtail bridges.

Peterbilt

Peterbilt Motors Company is an American manufacturer of medium-duty and heavy-duty commercial trucks, founded in California in 1939 by T.A. Peterman and owned since 1958 by PACCAR, building its trucks primarily in Denton, Texas.

Peterbilt 579

The Peterbilt 579 is a Class 8 on-highway conventional tractor built by Peterbilt Motors Company at its Denton, Texas plant, introduced in 2012 as the company's aerodynamic flagship.

Petersen Automotive Museum

The Petersen Automotive Museum is a nonprofit automobile museum on Museum Row in Los Angeles, founded in 1994 by publisher Robert E. Petersen and his wife Margie.

Peugeot

Peugeot is a French automobile brand founded as a steelworks in 1810, which built its first car in 1889 and has been part of Stellantis since 2021.

Peugeot 104

The Peugeot 104 is a small front-wheel-drive car produced by the French manufacturer Peugeot from 1972 to 1988, launched as the shortest four-door saloon in Europe and later expanded into hatchback versions, with 1,624,990 built.

Peugeot 106

The Peugeot 106 is a small French city car built by Peugeot from 1991 to 2003, with almost 2.8 million units produced and a sporty GTi version.

Peugeot 2008

The Peugeot 2008 is a subcompact crossover SUV built by French manufacturer Peugeot in two generations since 2013, with petrol, diesel, 48-volt hybrid, and fully electric e-2008 powertrains.

Peugeot 205

The Peugeot 205 is a supermini produced by the French manufacturer Peugeot from 1983 to 1998; nearly 5.3 million were built, including the 205 GTI.

Peugeot 206

The Peugeot 206 is a small hatchback built by French manufacturer Peugeot from 1998 to 2012, the company's best-selling model with 7,326,029 units; its rally version won three World Rally Championship titles from 2000 to 2002.

Peugeot 207

The Peugeot 207 is a supermini the French carmaker Peugeot built from 2006 to 2012, in hatchback, SW estate, and CC coupé-convertible versions, succeeding the 206.

Peugeot 208

The Peugeot 208 is a supermini car produced by the French manufacturer Peugeot since 2012, succeeding the 207. Its electric version, the e-208, arrived in 2019 with the second generation.

Peugeot 3008

The Peugeot 3008 is a compact crossover SUV produced by French automaker Peugeot since 2009, now in its third generation with mild-hybrid, plug-in hybrid, and fully electric versions.

Peugeot 306

The Peugeot 306 is a small family car produced by Peugeot from 1993 to 2002, selling over 2.8 million units and succeeded by the Peugeot 307 in 2001.

Peugeot 307

The Peugeot 307 is a small family car built by Peugeot from 2001 to 2008, sold as a saloon, estate, SW, and coupé cabriolet, and named European Car of the Year 2002.

Peugeot 308

The Peugeot 308 is a compact family car built by Peugeot in three generations since 2006, with the second generation winning the 2014 European Car of the Year award.