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Peugeot is building a brand new sport scar, yes, you read it correctly. Personally I didn’t expect this at all. Peugeot and sports car, is that a combination? Well after seeing the images, I think it is.
The specs are even great too! Who could think about that?! (more…)

Peugeot has brushed up its 407 Coupe while adding up 2 powerful new engines. The 407 Coupe is now obtainable with a original 3.0-litre V6 diesel and a effective 2.0-litre HDI.

The 3.0 substitutes the old car’s 2.7 and develops 241bhp, causing it to be the most potent Peugeot in the complete history of the firm.

In spite of sprinting to 62mph in just 7.7 seconds, the 6 speed reflexive only Peugeot extends 15% improved fuel expenditure and discharges, averaging 39.2mpg and giving off 189g/km of CO2. The 163bhp 2.0-litre HDI engine has 20% more power and it averages 52.3mpg and gives out 140g/km of CO2.

Cosmetic fine-tunes remain at a minimum. The Coupe gets a pair of bigger door mirrors to adjust to current lawmaking changes.

The price of the new 2.0 HDI starts from £22,990, while the more mighty and quicker 3.0 V6 HDI in Sport trim starts at £27,490.

The Peugeot 308 CC  will be on sale from this June and its range starts from £19,495 for the entry level 1.6 VTi Sport with prices extending to £24,295 for the GT trim with the 2.0 HDI 140.

The base Sport spec will have a standard 16″ alloys, air conditioning, six airbags and ESP, and will be only obtainable with the 120bhp petrol 1.6 or the 110bhp 1.6 diesel.

For another £900 you can also get the SE trim, which adds larger 17″ wheels, auto lamps and wipers, cruise control, parking sensors and the choice of the full range of engines. Choose the top-of-the-range GT trim and there’s the choice of either the turbocharged 150bhp 1.6 petrol or the 140bhp HDi diesel etc.
The 18″ has and tyre pressure sensors.

The GT100 will be shipped to customers in May which is a month before the regular CC’s official launch date.

PSA Peugeot-Citroen will cut over 11,000 jobs this year, with the 1st superfluousnesses in European factories outside France.

This is in addition to the loss of 2,700 jobs late last year. The company had incurred a loss of €343 million last year.
PSA’s plants in Slovakia and the Czech Republic are the first affected. The prioritizing of jobs in France has been helped by President Nicolas Sarkozy’s proclamation of a €3billion loan to PSA to guard French employees.

The European Commission also has sanctioned a €1.7million package to assist jobless auto industry workers in the Castilla y Leon and Aragon regions of Spain. Over 1,080 workers from12 firms have been struck in these deprived areas and unions have enforced to the EU under a scheme which funds for training of individuals made surplus.

Mitsubishi is to provide its i-MiEV electric vehicle which is a zero-emissions version of its i city car – to Peugeot-Citroen, based on reports in the Japanese media.

Mitsubishi already has a same kind of arrangement with PSA for sale of its Outlander SUV, also marketed as the Peugeot 4007 and the Citroen C-Crosser. Selling the i-MiEV under the French brand-names will allow it to enlarge its output from a predictable 2000 units in 2009 to more than 10,000 a year by 2011.

Cars that can contract into stiff parking spaces, are wind-powered, and can even do a u-turn on the spot. This model of car is among the 29 vehicles that have been short listed for the Peugeot Design Contest 2008.
The list includes a car that can bend in the middle so that the driver can get a better view of the road ahead.
Contestants in the event were asked to focus on environmental consciousness, social harmony, synergistic mobility and economic skillfulness, while holding the Peugeot style.
Turkish designer Emre Yazici has contrived a two-wheel, lightweight electric car for a single passenger, which requires only a third of the parking space used by a characteristic saloon car and can take U-turn.
Two French designers – Woo-Ram Lee and Argentine Esteban Peisci – have produced cars that run on three spheres rather than traditional wheels.

If you still want to park your car by your own, maybe you could use some parking sounds Good luck with them!

You get free fuel which is worth £308 when you buy any of the Peugeot 308 hatch or estate range.

This offer is only available on orders which are registered in August and September. If you opt for diesel then you can have your first 3,000 miles of motoring free. Again if you opt for the less economical petrol then you will have your first 2,500 miles free.
Also it would be better if you could go in for insurance for your cars and keep your pride possession safe and secured.