Peugeot 406 Coupé

Please don't mistakenly think that this car was designed by the french ! No this car was designed by the Italians at Pinnifarina.Like finding a designer suit on the shelves at your local supermarket, the Pininfarina-styled Peugeot 406 Coupé set new standards for family car makers - and if stories on the bush telegraph are true, it's no surprise why.
Rumour has it the model was originally pencilled as part of a bid to tempt Ferrari into the cut-price supercar market. But when the designs failed to sell, the stylists passed them to Peugeot.
Never before had such a beautiful machine cost so little. And now, it's even better value, with a usable car yours for £2,500. With only 10,709 sold here, exclusivity is guaranteed - and as the 406 is also good to drive and well equipped, its beauty goes more than skin deep.

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Peugeot 508 RXH - Diesel-electric hybrid

Peugeot attacks Volvo XC70, Audi A6 Allroad and Subaru Outback with 508 RXH.
At Peugeot rarely happens something interesting or nice.This time the french brand really seems to have one of those moments in which something nice and interesting really happened whether you believe it or not.Peugeot seems to pass trough one of those "renaissance" moments.Peugeot under new leadership in design reinvents itself.Today Peugeot introduced us with 508 RXH.Although the name seems inspired by one of Lexus's hybrids this car in a brand new elegant crossover.Unlike its potential rivals Peugeot brings something new,guess what? Yep is a hybrid.

On the european market there are no crossover hybrids on sale.RXH comes equipped with a 2.0L HDI engine that produces 163 HP for the front wheels but there is also an electric motor producing 37 HP for the back wheels.In total the car makes 200 HP and 450 NM of torque.Greenpeace will be extremely happy to find out that this car produces only 109 grams of CO2 per Km.It offers the possibility to run completely on electric mode and the fuel economy is somewhere at 56 MPG which is a lot in a good way.Esthetically speaking it stands out because of the high ground clearance,body armor underneath.

The LED's in the front fender stand out and they're always on day and night.I'm curious to see how the market will respond to this car that will be officially introduced in September at the Frankfurt auto show.

First images of the new Peugeot 208

The French magazine Auto Plus presented the first two digital images of the future Peugeot 208.We can observe in this images that the front end of the future small class model of the Sochaux manufacturer reveals us the direction in design the french brand will take in the future.The future 208 is still heavily tested by the french engineers. 208 is the first vehicle designed by Peugeot after Ploue became the new lider of the department of design for the PSA group.

Under the hood buyers will find a three cylinder engine that will equip the most cheap version of this model.For an extra eco boost the engine have a Start&Stop system in the urban mode.The top version named GTI is expected to hit the market with a fist of steel being equipped with a 1.6L THP engine production a whooping 200 HP.Peugeot hopes that this will bring back the success of the famous 205 GTI.

A new record for the Peugeot EX1 9'01''338 at the Nurburgring

The concept Peugeot EX1, unveiled just days before the last Paris continues its harvest of records.

After France (Montlhéry) then China, Germany, which hosted the EX1 and more particularly the Nürburgring.

For the first time in its history, Peugeot tried Wednesday to break a record on the line of the Nordschleife. Stéphane Caillet, technical direction Peugeot Citroen, has covered the 20.832 km circuit and broke the speed record on a power tower.

The EX1 has completed one lap in 9'01''338 with an average speed of 138.324 km / h, in adverse weather conditions.

The previous speed record on this electric circuit was made ​​in 2010 9'51''450 seconds.

The record made ​​by the EX1 concept was formalized by the WIGE Performance, the official timing of the circuit of the Nordschleife.

Peugeot EX1 is the fastest electric vehicle in the Green Hell

Peugeot broadens its expertise in the development of alternative drive systems: on the Nürburgring-Nordschleife, the French manufacturer unveiled the EX1 with a new lap record for electric vehicles. 9:01,338 in minutes rounded to the Roadster the 20.8-kilometer route.


The Peugeot EX1 is driven by two electric motors at the front and rear axle. Together they provide 250 kW (340 hp) and have a maximum torque of 480 Newton meters. The current provides a lithium-ion battery. To keep the wheel drive vehicle as light as possible, used Peugeot carbon parts for the body. The chassis was taken from the racing.


The EX1 has already established several world records for Peugeot. In an acceleration record put the open two-seater back 500 meters in 16.81 seconds, the 1,000-meter mark he broke in 28.16 seconds. When Nordschleife lap record for the French record, there were pilots, however, Stéphane Caillet a flying start. It remains to be seen what the world record Peugeot chooses the next target.