New Peugeot 308 Video!

Indeed, Lioness keeps his name, and as its main target, namely the VW Golf. It is no coincidence that this Peugeot at the Frankfurt, the stronghold of the Wolfsbourgeoise, but not the World in Paris.

The Peugeot designers and engineers have created a hatchback that is audacious, intuitive and modern, to a refined and classy design. Due to the new EMP2 modular platform, the new Peugeot 308 has compact dimensions and reduced weight (-140kg). Its driving experience is top-class and its CO2 emissions create a new benchmark (with a version at less than 85 g/km). A refined interior and innovative instruments and controls (the Peugeot i-cockpit) promise a great driving experience. Its high level of quality, the result of a very ambitious initial design brief, positions the vehicle among the best, embodying Peugeot's move up-market.

The distillation of a hatchback

The new Peugeot 308 has all of the essential characteristics needed in the C segment, with its compact size (length: 4.25m and height: 1.46m), a spacious interior and a particularly large boot (470 litres below the shelf). But it goes further, offering a strong and different alternative to win new customers.

A striking and contemporary design

"The new Peugeot 308 has a pure and technological exterior design that speaks of high strength and high quality," says Gilles Vidal, Design Director, Peugeot.

With its compact length of 4.25 metres and well-balanced proportions, the New Peugeot 308 projects a classy and sophisticated presence. The front is dominated by an evolutionary reinterpretation of the brand's 'floating' front grille, and by the strong lighting signature. Slim full-LED headlamps are standard on the majority of trim levels and a world-first in the segment. The high quality of design continues at the rear, with the three Peugeot (lion) 'claws' drawn by the rear LED lamps.

"When inside the car, one discovers a world of refined style, completely original in the world of hatchback cars, with a cockpit that is intense, innovative and intuitive; it is the Peugeot i-cockpit," says Vincent Devos, New 308 Product Manager, Peugeot.

Peugeot's design and engineering teams have developed the interior of the New 308 around the concept of the i-cockpit. Everything is arranged for an experience that is intuitive, relaxing the driver to focus entirely on the road ahead. The compact steering wheel and head-up instrument layout mean that information can be clearly read easily and safely, looking over rather than through the wheel.

The highlight of the New 308's generously spaced cabin is the 9.7-inch touch-screen interface, which removes much of the need for physical buttons and switches. Setting a new size standard for the class, it brings together many of the infotainment controls in one place, for ease of use and to create a contemporary and uncluttered cabin.

Advanced new modular platform for an outstanding driving experience

"On the road, driving pleasure is enhanced by the new EMP2 modular platform. With its considerable reduction in weight, it contributes to the dynamism and easy handling of the New Peugeot 308," says Laurent Declerck, New 308 Project Director, Peugeot.

The driving experience of the New Peugeot 308 draws on the brand's expertise in suspension and steering, and takes them to a new high due to the benefits of the new EMP2 platform.

Development of this new PSA Group architecture has resulted in 116 patent applications and contributes towards the vehicle's excellent dynamic qualities. It also plays a key role in the car's considerable weight reduction, by an average of 140kg compared to the current generation Peugeot 308.

Breakthrough engineering has allowed many of the vehicle's major units to be reduced in size - also cutting overall weight - leading to significant reductions in CO2 emissions. As a result, this new Peugeot 308 establishes an environmental benchmark, with one model offering CO2 emissions as low as 85g/km.

Outstanding quality from bumper to bumper

The New Peugeot 308 is the latest evidence of the brand's move up-market. It's an initiative started several years ago and seen most recently with the 208 and 2008. The initial design brief of the New 308 had the highest levels of quality at its core. This ambition has guided the designers and engineers from the very start of the project.

Every element, both inside and outside, has been developed and refined with exceptional attention to detail. The choice of high quality interior materials and the satin chrome or gloss black detailing add to the feeling of sophistication and maturity in the car's design and assembly. The New Peugeot 308 will be built at the Sochaux plant in France. The Trémery and Douvrin sites will supply all of the power units.

The 308 story will continue...

The New Peugeot 308 will make its world premiere at the 2013 Frankfurt Motor Show. Sales will start shortly afterwards in mainland Europe and from January 2014 in the UK.

Peugeot 308 - Buy or Wait?

The suspensions remain too dry in town

The new Peugeot 308 against the current!

Starting again from scratch, Peugeot 308 promises a future very different from its predecessor. Does this mean that we must absolutely wait instead of acquiring the current model? Not so sure.

The suspensions remain too dry in town.

With its top-flight performance, the current 308 does not seem to be in the twilight of his career. Despite some firmness at low speed, it still offers one of the best compromise between comfort and market behavior. Volkswagen Golf 7 can take seed, despite its Car of the Year ... Remarkably quiet, smooth and associated with a Stop & Start with starter-alternator also swift and discreet, diesel engines are also among the highlights of the compact Sochaux. Luckily, they will place themselves among the few points in common with the next generation. As for prices, they are more attractive than ever, limit requires: you will leave your dealer with 12% discount without forcing, and can even reach 37% in some agents.

A little shorter and lower than its predecessor, the second generation of ...

A little shorter and lower than its predecessor
the second generation of Peugeot 308
is mostly much lighter

No reason to wait for the next generation 308, scheduled for the Frankfurt Motor Show in the fall? We will not go that far, as the significant changes ahead. This second version in effect based on the new platform EMP2, released by the future Citroën C4 Picasso. A basic promises including weight gain approaching one hundred pounds, for the benefit of sobriety. The reduced height should also encourage consumption, as the adoption of electric power steering. But further progress will also be noted, as a position of lower conduit or extensive choice of equipment (active cruise control, touchscreen GPS, speakerphone key, blind spot monitoring ...). Peugeot promises the same comfort and further refined behavior, while continuing to provide an expensive multi-link rear suspension.

Like the sedan, the Peugeot 308 ¨ ¨ SW entitled to a relatively high restyling, to ...

Like the sedan, the 308 SW is entitled to a relatively
high restyling, at the Geneva Motor Show 2011

However, if only the convertible interests you, you may become disillusioned: the next 308 will provide this body, now reserved for a higher-end model. Aborted on the current model, the three-door version will not. As for the break SW, it will cease to compete with the 5008 MPV, abandoning its individual seats in the second row and two extra seats optional. Mechanical, they, marked a turning point, especially since it is in essence it will look new. Atmospheric four-cylinder developed with BMW will indeed be replaced by a unique three-cylinder 1.2 turbo with Stop & Start, both richer in low-end torque and less greedy. As for the diesel blocks, they will mostly renewed, with power ranging from 95 hp to the 1.6 input range HDi 150 hp and the 2.0 has a unique filter NOx.

Like the exterior,
the interior evokes much the 208 and 2008

Like the exterior, the interior evokes the many ¨ ¨ 208 and 2008.

Buy the current Peugeot 308
For its efficient and comfortable frame
Diesel engines for its successful
For its attractive discounts
SW for his release, available with seven seats

Wait for the new Peugeot 308
For consumption should fall well
For its range of richer technologies
For the best driving position
For its petrol engines promising

New Peugeot 308 Against Volkswagen Golf 7

A little shorter and lower than its predecessor,
the second generation of Peugeot 308
is mostly much lighter

Facies more sober look less typical minivan, increased technological content ... No doubt, the new 308 has the Golf in its sights. But until these two rivals compete on the road, it is already possible to compare their respective strengths.
A little shorter and lower than its predecessor, the second generation of ...

In France, sales of compact star is called Renault Megane. But the second generation, which was unveiled in Frankfurt and marketed in the fall, the 308 rather squarely address the European bestseller: the Volkswagen Golf. This is reflected immediately in style. Initiated by the 307, the MPV profile was abandoned, as the big mouth and the tapered look. Like its German rival, compact Peugeot returns to a fairly flat cap, a thin shell and small headlights. However, inside, it turns out much less conventional than its competitor, its instrumentation located above the steering wheel, so 208 and 2008. Placed higher than Volkswagen, the touchscreen should also be easy to use without too distracting. An important because unlike Volkswagen point, the Lion has even removed the knobs for climate control. It remains to discover the quality of manufacture, an area where the Golf 7 hits hard.

From the front, the relationship with the Polo is enhanced.

From the front, the relationship
with the Polo is enhanced

The dashboard shares nothing with that of
the previous generation

Technical question, the two competing chose to start with a blank page, adopting unique platforms. The EMP2 PSA replica of the VW MQB. With the same objective: to reduce weight without compromising on equipment and livability. A regime that would have to lose a hundred pounds between two generations of Golf, and downright up to 140 kg in Peugeot. Add worked very well as reduced, especially for the 308, and its rival able to announce an exemplary sobriety aerodynamic height: their less demanding diesel version simply reject 85 g of CO2 per kilometer on average, which corresponds to about 3.2 l/100 km, and is entitled to a bonus of € 550 in 2013.

The dashboard shares nothing with that of the previous generation.

If Golf is entitled to a multilink rear axle from 122 hp, the most widespread versions are satisfied with a torsion beam. Technology that will be imposed for Peugeot ... where it seems better controlled: the current 308 continues to reference the compromise between comfort and performance, and the Lion promises even better for the new, while the German suffers from many vibrations, including highway. To remedy this, the ideal is to turn to the controlled suspensions, unavailable in the French manufacturer ... and the entry-level Golf.

The interior portion rather sharply with
the previous generation

Although compact in Lion will now receive electric parking brake, cruise control active or automatic parking aid, it remains a less high-tech than its competitor tad. Less verbose in body too, since it would simply be broken down into five-door and wagon: Remember convertible variants, "four-door coupe" or three-doors offered by the German, not to mention the pseudo-MPV Golf Plus . The most glaring gap is however the lack of dual-clutch gearbox at launch. Although revamped and renamed ETG, transmission automated single clutch PSA will be hard to erase its major flaws. The interior portion rather sharply with the previous generation.

New Peugeot 308 Really Compact

Peugeot 308

Shorter, lower and lighter than its predecessor, the new Peugeot 308 does not pay the bid. Except in terms of equipment, since this compact has a full range of technologies.

A little shorter and lower than its predecessor, the second generation of ...

Make higher than the average compact? Initiated on the 307, this belief is no longer in the odor of sanctity at Peugeot. The second generation 308, presented at Frankfurt and marketed this fall, decided to join the ranks. It announces 1.46 m below the fathom, 4 cm shorter than its predecessor. She also lost 3 cm in length: 4.25 cm with, it makes it downright 17 cm in an Opel Astra. Ominous for habitability? The Lion swear not, through the use of the platform EMP2, inaugurated the new Citroën C4 Picasso. The trunk is even much higher, with a volume 470 dm3 announced, instead of 430 dm3 (measured in liters of water).
Like the exterior, the interior evokes the many ¨ ¨ 208 and 2008.

Like the exterior, the interior evokes
much the 208 and 2008

On paper, the weight reduction is even more dramatic. In the space of a generation, the 308 would have lost up to 140 kg. Again, the magic formula is called EMP2 since this base mixes a large proportion of steel at high and ultra-high strength, a pinch of composite materials and a dash of aluminum. To benefit performance as consumption: without going into details, Peugeot promises reduced CO2 emissions to 85 g / km for the diesel variant sober (about 3.2 l/100 km). This is better than 4 g Toyota Auris Hybrid, and it provides access to a bonus of 550 € (in 2013). The petrol engines are also expected to be less intensive than before, especially since the 308 will benefit from a new three-cylinder turbocharged 1.2 THP.
The look of this compact is clearly in the vein of 208 ¨ ¨ 2008.

Grille and headlights adopt smaller
dimensions than before

The French brand has not only dealt with the technique. She also changed the aesthetics of its compact, with a style in the vein of 208 and 2008. A relationship that is found in the cabin, with a combined instrumentation located high above a small diameter steering wheel, and a touchscreen, which here reaches 9.7 inches. An Internet connection is also part in this "i-cockpit", and give you access to a multitude of applications: fuel prices, indicating free parking, traffic Via Michelin ... But the 308 will still further than his little sister more affordable since it can also receive active cruise control, an electric parking brake, a blind spot monitoring or handsfree key.