Peugeot 308
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 01/07/2009
French automaker PSA Peugeot Citroen plans to cut the night shift at its Sochaux plant in Eastern France from the beginning of February to cope with falling sales, a spokesman said Wednesday. A total of 1,200 night workers on the Peugeot 308 compact saloon...
Auto Channel (Free subscription) | 12/09/2008
CARSCOOP (Free subscription) | 11/26/2008
Unsurprisingly, of the twelve vehicles whose crash test results were released today by Euro NCAP, eight of them were awarded with a maximum of five stars. Euro NCAP's top scorers for adult occupant protection in this release were the Alfa Romeo Mito, Ford Fiesta, Peugeot 308CC, Volkswagen Golf VI, Renault Megane, Honda Accord, Opel Insignia and...
Auto Channel (Free subscription) | 11/18/2008
TheGreenCarWebsite.co.uk blog (Free subscription) | 11/17/2008
The PSA Peugeot and Citroen group laid out its plans for a greener future at the H2Roma - an annual sustainable mobility event. As part of the show PSA gave visitors the chance to try out the Peugeot 308 and the Citroen C4 HDi hybrid models on the streets of Rome. However, as fun as this [...]
Auto Channel (Free subscription) | 11/14/2008
For the Citroën C4 and Peugeot 308 HDi Hybrids, all Roads Lead to RomeLONDON, November 14 -- - For the Third Year in a row, PSA Peugeot Citroën is Participating in H2Roma, the Annual Sustainable Mobility Event for Automobile Manufacturers, Academics, Researchers and the General Public.With a program that combines discussion sessions and test drives, H2Roma offers carmakers a fantastic opportunity to...
AutoblogGreen (Free subscription) | 11/12/2008
Filed under: Diesel , Hybrid , Peugeot , European Union Not long ago we learned about the French Minister of Environmental Affairs getting a hybrid Peugeot 308 HDI (diesel) for a test drive. One of France's most prestigious newspapers, Le Figaro, had the chance to test drive it and compare it to the Prius. The big question is how a diesel engine, known for non-silent starts, could face the almost...
Auto Channel (Free subscription) | 11/10/2008
AutoblogGreen (Free subscription) | 10/31/2008
Filed under: Diesel , MPG , Peugeot , Africa Not satisfied to show off its hypermiling credentials in Australia and the UK , Peugeot is showing off that its compact 308 HDI can spot great mileage in South Africa. A 308 participated in the Coast2Coast challenge running 1689.7 km from the East Coast city of Kleinzee to the West Coast city of Umhlanga - on a single tank. The average fuel consumption...
The RBC (Free subscription) | 10/28/2008
Pat and I have just hired a car in the UK for 10 days: a Peugeot 308, a proper 4-seater with a non-trivial boot and a turbo-diesel engine, generally a nice car. The onboard computer told us the fuel consumption, for a mixed cycle of town, country and motorway driving, was 54 Imperial mpg, or 45 US mpg. It hadn't been zeroed between hires, so the value covered 2000 miles. Not bad; and comparable to...
Automotive News Clip (Free subscription) | 10/20/2008
Peugeot 308 CC Peugeot has really gone to town with its new 308 CC, which has a sleek, flowing profile whether the roof is open or closed, the new model will electronically transform from a sporty coupe into a stylish convertible in 20 seconds at the press of a button. Taking some its design elements from the 308 RC Z concept, revealed at the 2007 Frankfurt motor show, the new Peugeot 308
TheGreenCarWebsite.co.uk blog (Free subscription) | 10/18/2008
Just a day after telling you how Europcar has extended its own commitment to green cars (which you can read about here) with the arrival of the Peugeot 308 among its fleet, another car hire company has committed to a greener future. New website VroomVroomVroom.com (yes, that’s three Vrooms!) is a one-stop shop for online car [...]
TheGreenCarWebsite.co.uk blog (Free subscription) | 10/17/2008
The push for green cars continues to affect all aspects of the motoring industry with the Europcar UK Group showing its commitment to fuel efficient cars with the addition of the Peugeot 308 to its national fleet. The rental car company will be adding both the hatchback HDi 90 and the 110bhp diesel models - the [...]
Snell-Pym (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
I've hired a car to take up to the Lake District this weekend. A Peugeot 308 with 350 miles on the clock that smells of new, picked up in London Euston, drop off in Gloucester, four days, for £166 from Avis at zero notice and with nothing more than a debit card and a clean licence [...]
Channel 4 (Free subscription) | 10/07/2008
Paris Motor Show 2008: Peugeot 308 CC
