Peugeot 3008 Crossover

Who said cars had to fall into only one category? Nissan bucked the trend first with its quirky Qashqai hatchback-SUV crossover, and now Peugeot are taking mixed DNA a step further with the 3008 – using elements from an SUV, hatchback and MPV.

Formerly known as the T84 and previewed by the Prologue Concept at Paris last year, the 3008 is unmistakeably Peugeot. Its grille is stretched vertically to match the car’s tall but chunky stance, and gives the imposing look of an SUV. Large window areas in profile, as well as an optional glass roof, help to flood the cabin with light, while the over size LED rear lights and split tailgate demonstrate the 3008’s fusion of fashion and practicality.

On the inside Peugeot’s innovative Multiflex interior means that folding the rear and front passenger seats leaves a perfectly flat loading area, capable of swallowing 1,604-litres of luggage. Plus there’s a raft of new hi-tech kit - things such as a fighter-jet-style head-up display and a radar-controlled distance alert to help the driver maintain a safe distance to the car ahead.

To ensure it drives more like a hatchback and less like an MPV, Peugeot has introduced Dynamic Roll Control to the rear suspension, which keeps unwanted body-roll in check. Engine choices include three diesels – the most frugal of which, the 1.6 HDi 110, emits just 130g/km of CO2 and returns 58mpg at the pumps. Petrol options consist of a 1.6-litre unit in naturally aspirated or turbocharged form.

More importantly however, from 2011 the Peugeot 3008 Crossover will become the first hybrid Peugeot ever, using the same technology previewed on the Prologue concept. The diesel-electric powertrain will use the oil-burner to power the front wheels and an electric motor to turn the rears, resulting in a 35 per cent increase in fuel economy.

Prices for the 3008 range are set carry a premium of about £1,000 over the equivalent 308 hatchback models when it hits UK showrooms this summer. However, that’s not all Peugeot has in store. Our sources say the company is also readying an all-new seven-seat MPV, based on the same platform. This is due to appear in 2010.

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2010 Peugeot 3008 – spied

The 2010 Peugeot 3008 has been spotted in France wearing a scant amount of camouflage, and unless Peugeot is deceiving us, it looks just like the Prologue HyMotion4 Concept from the Paris Motor Show. Updating the sheetmetal of the 4007, this crossover Pug gets a much smoother grille treatment and a combination of lines and curves out back suitable for a display at MOMA.

The interior isn't revolutionary, but it's expected to offer seating for five or seven and looks like it will hold up to consumers cross-shopping the Nissan Qashqai and VW Tiguan. Four-cylinder turbocharged engines are predicted to be sized at 1.6-liters, burning either gas or oil and driving two wheels at launch, with a four-wheel-drive variant offered down the line.

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Peugeot 107 Facelift

Just like its Citroën C1 twin, Peugeot's 107 has gone under the knife for the 2009 model year in order to keep it fresh and improve the model's fuel efficiency.

The facelifted version features a new front-end and a redesign of the lower front panel which aims to give the car a more substantial and robust look. The front panel also features side vents with a grille and a two-part insert which can be replaced if the optional fog lights are ordered. In front a large chrome strip runs across the new bumper while new 14" seven spoke wheels keep the car's profile fresh. Two new colors are also being offered, Mandaline Orange and Electra Blue.

Owners can decide if they want the interior trim of their 107 to resemble the exterior or to contrast with it. They will also have a series of trim levels to choose from, the basic version is called Urban and features grey mesh trim, while higher-end models can be outfitted with Alcantara and leather.

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2009 Peugeot 308 XTS at Australian International Motor Show

Peugeot will reveal its range topping 308 XTS at the Australian International Motor Show on Thursday. The 1.6 litre turbo charged (128kW) powered XTS is mated to a six-speed manual gearbox and offers peak torque from just 1,600rpm.

To distinguish the XTS from other 308 models it will feature a revised and lower front bumper panel, rear spoiler, 18″ alloy wheels, directional xenon headlamps, front fog lamps and a chrome exhaust tip.

Inside premium sports seats with leather bolsters, standard panoramic glass sunroof, aluminium gear knob and foot pedals, leather trimmed steering wheel, dual zone climate control, bluetooth, tyre pressure warning indicator and full function trip computer round out the deal.

Boasting a five-star NCAP rating, seven airbags, ESP and ABS (with EBD) the XTS will go on sale from $38,990 (RRP).

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2008 Peugeot 207 HDi LeMans

To honour its long tradition of motorsport success, Peugeot Australia has secured a limited run of just 75 examples of the special edition 207 “Le Mans Series”. Based on the Peugeot 207 HDi - paying homage to its recent diesel-powered endurance racers, the special edition model features a comprehensive list of unique additions.

Buyer’s can choose between two colours - Bianca White and Obsidien Black, with the special edition models boasting a red stripe running down the centre of the car and lion’s head insignia on the doors. The 1.6 HDi engine delivers maximum power of 80kW maximum torque of 240Nm from just 1750rpm. Equipped with a Diesel Particle Filter System (FAP), fuel consumption is just 4.8 litres per 100km in the combined cycle, while emitting only 126 grams of CO2 per km.

The 207 “Le Mans Series” is distinguished on the exterior with several features as follows:
- Sport front bumper with Shadow aluminium grille
- Black Chrome headlights with AFS
- Body coloured side mouldings, bumpers strips and side view mirror
- Long racing stripe trimmed along the bonnet, roof, and rear spoiler
- Decal accents include a Peugeot logo striping on the doors and Le Mans Series logos on the tailgate
- Multispoke 17-inch Pitlane aluminium wheels
- Rear spoiler
- Chrome exhaust extension

The 207 “Le Mans Series” is now on sale from only $31,990 plus dealer delivery and on-road costs.

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2008 Peugeot 908 HY

(from Peugeot Press Release) THE PEUGEOT 908 HDi FAP HYBRID

Peugeot Sport presented a 908 HDi FAP equipped with a hybrid power plant at the final round of the 2008 Le Mans Series at Silverstone, this weekend.

Peugeot Sport profited from the final round of the 2008 Le Mans Series at Silverstone to unveil a 908 HDi FAP equipped with a hybrid power plant, featuring a kinetic energy recovery system. The 908HY was presented in a new, specific silver-grey livery and will provide a foretaste of what Peugeot’s next endurance racing challenger could resemble, although its use will depend on the regulations that will govern LMP 1 cars from 2009. In the case of a non-hybrid car, this energy is lost and simply dissipated in the form of heat via the brakes. However, when harnessed, it enables the vehicle’s efficiency to be improved in one of two ways:
--Enhanced performance with no increase in the amount of energy consumed, thanks to the combination of the stored mechanical energy and the energy produced by the internal combustion engine
--Reduced fuel consumption for the same level of performance, thanks to the availability of stored mechanical energy

The system featured on this demonstrator comprises three key elements:
1) A 60 kW gear-driven electric motor-generator which takes the place of the conventional starter motor
2) Batteries which permit recovered energy to be stored in 600 lithium-ion cells divided into 10 battery packs (six in the cockpit instead of the conventional battery and four on the left-hand side of the floor pan)
3) An electronic power converter (located in the rear part of the front left wing) which controls the flow of energy between the batteries and the motor-generator

The 908HY can be powered in one of three ways:
--Electric mode only (e.g. in the pit-lane)
--Internal combustion engine only
--A combination of the two
--In the course of a lap of Le Mans, for example, the system will recuperate energy for between 20 and 30 seconds. This energy reserve can be used for:
--Either delivering extra power thanks to an additional boost of 60 kW (80 bhp) for approximately 20 seconds per lap, either automatically when re-accelerating or when the driver chooses to make use of it (‘push to pass’)
--Or to reduce fuel consumption for the equivalent level of performance thanks to the mechanical energy recovered (between three and five per cent)

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Peugeot Prologue concept

Derived from the fusion of different worlds, the "Prologue..." concept car lifts a corner of the veil on a new type of vehicle.

Anticipating future trends, the Prologue…” is an innovative combination of ideas at a number of different levels: its architecture, its style, its interior ambience, its modularity, its original high-tech equipment and also its new generation hybrid technology.

In fact, thanks to this technology, this 200 bhp car offers unexpected levels of performance combined with significantly reduced CO2 emissions: 109 g/km in the combined cycle, or zero in electric only mode!

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Peugeot ‘RC…’ hybrid concept teaser

Peugeot is on track to showcase a new hybrid model at the Paris Motor Show dubbed the ‘RC…’.

Strangely, the rest of its name will follow after its debut, forming the missing link between the RC ‘Spade’ and ‘Diamond’ concepts first revealed in 2002 and the 908 RC.

Despite being categorized as a GT Coupe, the ‘RC…’ is actually a four-door, four-seater hybrid sports concept.

Its hybrid drive train has an estimated power output of 233kW with emissions of 109 g/km in the combined cycle or zilch in electric mode.

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Peugeot 308 CC - official pics

We might say that white is not really its color, and the three-quarter shots of the front don’t really do it justice. Peugeot is releasing the first pics of the 308 Coupé Cabriolet, the classic open top version with rigid folding roof.

As usual with this type of vehicle, the tail is the most discussed aspect - accomodating the hard top makes for some difficult aesthetic decisions for designers. The rear of this Peugeot is voluminous, but also flat and nearly horizontal, though the grooves creating a V effect, lighten the vision a little.

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Peugeot 504 - the future recalls the past

The brand’s epiphany will take place from this model. During an interview with Auto Bild, Jerome Gallix, design manager for the Peugeot brand, reveals moves to revive company heritage with a new family. The first to debut will be a re-edition of the of 504 coupé, originally designed by Pininfarina in 1969. The rendering, supplied by the manager, confirms the news.

This top range two door, according to the first reconstructions, will have a similar length to the 407 coupé, while engines and technological (air suspension first up), will be inherited from the C5. We also remind you that Gallix has presided over the lines of the 308 RC-Z, a muscular guarantee.

Other news give some more substance to the romanticism of the idea, with the designer claiming “I’m an admirer of the old 204 and 205, and I don’t exclude the possibility of examining them, in such a way as to lower the average CO2 emissions of the Peugeot range.”

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2009 Peugeot 308 CC spy photos

After the introduction of the 308 hatchback earlier this year, Peugeot is now going full throttle on the development of the 308 CC, due to hit the showroom mid next year.

Our European photographers snapped prototypes of the future convertible undergoing high-speed testing on a racing circuit in France.

Like its predecessor, the new 308 CC will mimic the hatchback’s front-end design and will get a retractable hardtop that folds in two parts.

Overall length and width won’t differ much from the 3- and 5-door hatchback but credible rumours suggest the CC will be the world’s first car to be offered with a diesel hybrid.

All conventional engines offered for the hatchback, however, will be available for the topless car, too.

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2000 Peugeot 607 Feline Concept

This carbon fiber concept was introduced at Geneva in 2000. Retro-innovations include doors that slide into the front fenders, much like the Kaiser Darrin, and direction seeking headlights, much like the Tucker Torpedo.

(from Peugeot) Its brutish beauty, will subdue you with its elegance and pizzazz. Feline is unique! It's a breathtaking study of proportions, design and engineering.You can't miss the beauty of its piercing look, or its sporty overtones and, even less, its technological and styling innovations. In its confirmation of the modernity of the 607, the Feline symbolises the pride of a manufacturer and of an entire team.

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1999 Peugeot 206 Escapade Concept

(from Peugeot) Born from the designers' desire to blend together very different materials and intentions, the Escapade is at once a city car, a four-wheel drive, an estate car, a saloon car… In short, an all-terrain leisure car that gives birth to a new concept: the "multicar".

The exterior and interior deliver perfect two-part harmony, from, but the most astonishing part is to find yourself behind the wheel of a compact little car with the looks of an imposing four-wheel-drive estate car.

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Peugeot RC Z will be built

The Peugeot RC Z has been confirmed for production. After claims about gauging public reaction, and teasing us with drives in a concept car that felt production-ready, the French manufacturer has done the decent thing and decided to build the RC Z.

The production model will be shown at the 2009 Frankfurt show, two years after the concept was first unveiled. Sales will start in spring 2010 and Peugeot is promising that ‘specification of the production model will be based on the key features of the RC Z concept car’.
Just what does that mean for the Peugeot RC Z concept?

Expect the looks to remain all but identical. Peugeot is already offering RC Z-inspired grilles on the 308 and the company hopes the curvy glass rear screen will make production. On the concept it was made from Perspex but those clever Peugeot engineers have figured out how to make a glass version. But the double-bubble screen corrupts vision, and along with cost considerations that may be enough to rule out the fancy rear screen. It's safe to say it will also be a shock if the carbonfibre roof survives.

The concept produced 218bhp from its 1.6-litre turbocharged engine although Peugeot is worried about the production feasibility of such a high output. But Mini has squeezed 208bhp from the same engine for the John Cooper Works cars so expect 200bhp-plus in the production cars, plus detuned versions and diesels.

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2008 Peugeot 206 RDX Racedesign Aerodynamic Kit

(from RDX Racedesign Press Release) "French Dressing": RDX RACEDESIGN Aerodynamic kit for Peugeot 206 and 206CC

* Aerodynamic kit for Peugeot 206 and 206CC
* Front spoiler bumper, side sills and rear skirt
* All for EUR 615.56
* Front spoiler bumper, combinable with Audi S6 daytime running lights.
* Exact fit; made of high-quality, sturdy GRP
* Add-on parts with TBV certificate/TЬV approval

There are new clothes available with immediate effect for the French small car, the Peugeot 206, and its convertible offshoot, the 206CC. The freshened up, sporty appearance is supplied by a new aerodynamic kit from RDX RACEDESIGN Automotive of Allersberg, Germany.

RDX RACEDESIGN's aerodynamic kit is comprised at the front end of a front spoiler bumper (EUR 299.00) with integrated grille. The centre section (see photographs) is ideally suitable for being painted in a contrasting colour. If you want a cooler look and at the same time you have your eye on more safety, above the air intakes on the right and left you can mount Audi S6 daytime running lights, which fit perfectly there. They can be ordered as genuine parts from Audi dealers. Grilles for the air intakes are offered by RDX RACEDESIGN in various versions (plastic, aluminium, black, silver).

The side sills (EUR 129.95 per pair) guarantee a more powerful appearance, and RDX RACEDESIGN has given each if them an air intake at the rear end, in front of the wheel arches. A sportier RDX RACEDESIGN rear skirt for EUR 255.00 completes the little French car's new outfit at the rear. Here too the design offers a good basis for a two-tone paint job. RACEDESIGN supplies the rear section without apertures for the exhaust system. If required, however, these can be easily cut out to fit.

This "French Dressing" for the Peugeot is available as a set for the price of EUR 615.56. A saving of around EUR 70 compared with the price of the parts when bought singly.

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Peugeot 207 van - Little Lion loader gets specs appeal

Who said van drivers can’t be stylish? A new range of sporty accessories is now available for the Peugeot 207 micro-van – a version of the supermini without rear seats or windows.

The kit includes RC decals for £181, foglamps at £93 and a set of 17-inch alloys costing £579. Buyers can also specify a sports exhaust (£112) and a full bodykit (£990), which will add extra power and downforce to sharpen the Peugeot’s performance.

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Geneva '08 Preview Peugeot 308 SW

Peugeot has been bringing its 308 line-up into full focus, arriving in Geneva with both the 175-hp hot-hatch version as well as this, the new 308 SW. The wagon replaces the previous 307 SW and adds upgrades with a number of innovative and utile features.

Despite its compact size, the 308 SW can actually accommodate seven passengers, thanks to removable third-row seating. Without the third-row and with the modular second row in place, the 308 SW can accommodate an impressive 674 liters of cargo under the load-bay cover. Remove the second-row seats as well, and the spacious little sport-wagon can swallow a cavernous 2,149 liters all the way up to the roof.

Compared to the 308 hatch, the sport-wagon had its wheelbase stretched 100mm and the rear overhangs by an additional 124mm. Other improvements include a larger glass panorama roof that extends beyond the second row (see right), and a liftgate with a separately accessible glass window. Combine that with the more aggressive styling of the new range and the 308 SW shapes up to be a compelling package for European buyers looking for some extra versatility without losing the driving dynamics and economy of a conventional small car.

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Geneva '08 Preview Peugeot 308 GT THP 175

It says a lot about Peugeot that BMW – well known and lauded for its engines – turned to the French automaker to develop and produce the motor for the second-generation MINI. Never to miss an opportunity, Peugeot put the same engine into the 207 GTi, and has now shoehorned it into the 308 to create the new 308 GT THP 175, which parent company PSA will be unveiling in Geneva.

The 1.6-liter turbo four produces 175 horsepower, but Peugeot insists the real kicker is in the torque: 195 lb-ft of it, which gets the hot 308 up to 62mph in a very respectable 8.3 seconds. Even more respectable, however, is the fuel economy of 37.1mpg and low carbon emissions of 180g/km. Naturally, the appearance has been updated to go with the bigger engine, with a new front bumper, rear spoiler and lowered suspension, and a new steering wheel and aluminum shifter and pedals inside. Buyers can choose between manual or automatic transmission, each with six speeds. Although the 308 GT THP 175 will only be offered as a three-door, a detuned five-door will also be offered driving 150 horses through a four-speed auto. What would be even more interesting is if this same engine found its way into the production 308 RC-Z.

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Peugeot 207 No 1 in Europe

In its first full year on sale, the Peugeot 207 has become the No 1 best selling car in Europe. Between January 2007 and December 2007 the Peugeot 207 sold 437,505 vehicles, out selling the second placed car, the Volkswagen Golf.

Since its launch in the UK in July 2006, the Peugeot 207 range has expanded from the initial three and five door hatchback models, to the stunning 207 CC, the sporty 207 GTi THP 175 and the innovative and practical 207 SW.

In the UK in 2007 the Peugeot 207 was the sixth best selling car and the highest placed French car. Since its launch 18 months ago, almost 100,000 vehicles have been sold in the UK.

The Peugeot 207 range starts at only £9,295 for the three door 1.4 litre Urban version, through to the top of the range 207 CC GT HDi at £17,345.

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2002 Peugeot H2O Concept

(from Peugeot Press Release) H2O is not just a futurist fire prevention vehicle produced by the creative people at Peugeot. H2O produces electricity and water using fuel cell battery technology. Hidden underneath the playful and dynamic appearance of a fire engine lies a very innovative propulsion method. H2O, built on a Partner Electric base, uses the fuel cell battery as a source of on-board energy and features a major innovation for this technology: the hydrogen is produced in real time, based on the system's needs, which means it can overcome the problems associated with storing pressurized hydrogen.

With its generously proportioned air intake, feline-shaped lights and plunging muzzle-like bonnet, the front of the vehicle is strongly identified with the Lion. The rear is reserved for the tank and a telescopic ladder. At the bottom of the rear end panel, instead of the exhaust (no longer needed) there are two connections for the water feed or the branch pipe. Naturally, the colour is "fire engine red", reflected in the interior with nicely matching touches of metal.

The cabin is designed for 2 firemen and to hold modern command and operating equipment, such as GPS, telephone and a touch screen on the dashboard. A second screen is linked to a PC and shows the map of the buildings.

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