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For those of your torn between petrol-hybrid and diesel cars, Peugeot may have the answer for you as the French automaker has presented the world’s first production diesel-fueled hybrid vehicle, the 3008 Hybrid4. Unlike your common hybrid that makes use of a petrol engine, the Peugeot crossover combines a 163bhp 2.0-liter turbo diesel unit powering the front wheels and an electric motor (27bhp continuous / 37bhp maximum) driving the rear axle. Read the rest of this entry »

While some automakers are diversifying, others are consolidating. Like Peugeot, for example, which is preparing to replace both the 407 and 607 with an all-new 508. The big sedan is set to debut in a couple of months at the biennial Paris Motor Show, but after spy shots found their way to our desks a couple of weeks ago, this first batch of official-looking images have already leaked their way out and are circulating the interwebs as you read these words.

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To deliver the first reviews of the new Peugeot 508 then we must consider – just practice courteous and elegant – the B side The French admiral proposes lines and headlights (now full and no more “U”) 5 of the Concept, prototype-poster exhibited during the last Geneva Motor Show with the objective to outline the guidelines of the new styling. Limited changes in the side, while the profile of the rear pillar and around the door are copied with carbon paper. Read the rest of this entry »