Peugeot 308 Diesel Hybrid
5 Jun, 2007
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Toyota and Honda lead the Petrol Electric Hybrid race, the Germans are working hard on Hybrids with the likes of Porsche hinting at a Hybrid future. Our own GM Holden is also considering Hybrid while Ford is working on Hydrogen. As for the French? Of course they have to be different so say hello to the world’s first Diesel Hybrid – The new Peugeot 308.
The new Pug will officially launch in a few hours but images of the car have been circulating around the internet for a few weeks. The 308 Diesel Hybrid will take on the Toyota Prius and Honda Civic Hybrid with a quoted fuel economy of around 4.0L/100km, better than both Japanese Hybrids.
Of course CO2 emissions will be a selling point for the new 308, with Peugeot claiming a CO2 emission rating of 90g/km which is lower than the Toyota Prius at 104g/km and Honda Civic Hybrid at 109g/km. Obviously, the French have caught up! If the figures are close to the claimed mark, Peugeot’s 308 Hybrid will take out the title for the greenest car on the road.
The 308 Hybrid will be powered by a 1.6-litre turbodiesel plus an electric engine with a high-voltage battery pack. The 308 will also come equipped with Peugeot’s stop/start idle technology, which will put the engine to sleep at traffic lights (a technology that needs to be available in all city cars!).
The Pug will come standard with a semi-auto gearbox. There is also a setting for “all-electric-zero-emission” which will set the cars maximum speed to around 50km/hr and as the name suggest, the Peugeot will run entirely on the electric engine (hence no emissions).
The Hybrid Diesel is essentially not all that different to the Petrol variants from the Japanese. The 308 HDi recharges its batteries by recycling kinetic energy usually lost while braking.
The big question of course is how much will it cost? And more importantly, will it even come to Australia? The new 308 range should make its way to Australia in March next year, but Peugeot have given no word on any plans to bring the Hybrid variants to our shores.
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June 9th, 2007 at 4:52 pm
Looks good! But 4.0L/100km for the Peugeot diesel-hybrid? I was hoping for a bigger reduction because the Prius gets 4.4L/100km. Still, it’s an improvement.
Vote:June 23rd, 2007 at 11:18 am
I have bought Mazzda 6 diesel hatch and don’t know servicing costs in the future but at the monent it appears the way to go. If Peugeot 308 hybrid is sensibly priced in OZ it the way to go after 2008. I realy do not uderstand why Holden nand Ford do not offer a diesel engined line up.
Regards
Robert Leslie
Vote:July 31st, 2007 at 6:19 pm
I have the 1.6 diesel engine in my peugeot 407 i average 54 mpg and get 62 mpg on long runs which is cheaper to run than a prius as a friend of the family has one and struggles to get more than 50 mpg from it. the prius is not as easy on fuel and enviormentally friendly as toyota make out it is. diesel hybrid is the way to go
Vote:September 25th, 2007 at 1:24 pm
My 307 2 Litre Diesel with only 66kW (90hp)averaged 7L/100km (40mpg) in mainly city driving.
Vote:On the highway 4.5L/100km (62.7mpg) can be achieved.
The New 308 Diesel Hybrid is claimed to sip only 3.4L/100km (83mpg) and expected to cost A$3,500 more than the standard Diesel.
October 12th, 2007 at 10:28 am
Hi guys,
Vote:I am impressed by Peugeot 308 Diesel Hybrid, i can trade my Honda Hybrid for this one any time, but what’s the point of showing if you are not getting in Aus.
Isn’t reducing carbon everyone’s responsibility.
Aus is a sleeping giant, doesn’t want to wake up for 20 – 30 years, but you guys can help now … !!
vt
December 15th, 2007 at 3:50 pm
I have the 2005 307 HDI touring (1.6L, 80KW/240Nm), I average approx 900-950 km per tank driving around town. The mileage is much better when cruising on long trips. I drove from Melb to the Hunter valley. Spend 8 days in and around the Hunter and Sydney on two tanks of fuel and I still had a quarter tank left when I got home!!! thats approximately 2000 Km on 1 3/4 tank of diesel cruising at around 95-105km/hr on the highways. Will never go back to petrol ever again.
Vote:December 15th, 2007 at 4:41 pm
i just heard yesterday actually that an RACQ spokesperson was concearned that the latest diesel price hike would deter people from diesel and back to petrol as the premium asked for a diesel coupled with the increasing higher price demanded for the actual diesel fuel was starting to make the diesel = cheaper running theory questionable
Vote:March 11th, 2008 at 7:13 pm
My Pirus is getting the Toyota stated 4.4 L per 100 KM with 3 different drivers. I have been asking why there is not a Diesel hybrid so good on Peugeot. Hope it gets better than 4 L per 100 KM or the higher cost of Diesel wont give much of a cost saving. I would expect the about 3.2 from a Diesel. Has anyone tried to gas a Hybrid?
Vote:April 2nd, 2008 at 11:47 pm
I was looking at the Civic Hybrid a while ago because of fuel prices etc and I really do like the idea of Hybrid cars. But I wanted to keep this car for a while and wasn’t to pleased to find out a replacment battery costs around $7000.00 (Prius, $9000.00). granted that you only need to replace one in approx 7-8 years time. Isn’t that going to effect resale on these vehicles.
Vote:what about sending all the dead batteries to land fill. Are there going to other consequences when they leak into the soil? Is the higher premium price for these cars worth it?
April 18th, 2008 at 10:29 pm
Stuart, I don’t think the dead batteries will go to landfill. That amount of expensive metal will be recycled in some shape or form. I suspect that even the dead batteries would be worth between $500 & $1,000 – if anyone has any inside information on that please post it.
Vote:May 8th, 2008 at 8:15 pm
We are crying out for a decent Hybrid in Australia!! We have a 2003 model V6 406 and we want to replace it. There is nothing wrong with it, still drives like new, but we want to update, and want to update with a Pug Hybrid. So many people are becoming more ‘Green’ these days. Until the last 12mths or so diesel cars in OZ have been rare. Some have come on the market like the Astra and Focus, but the is a huge market for a luxury car maker offering a Hybrid. Peugeot you will not be sorry if you offer a 308 Hybrid here!
Vote:June 4th, 2008 at 12:15 am
I currently own two pugs. 1.my 406 v6 to which I love emensly. 2. My 407 2.0 litre diesel hdi.
The v6 has great economy considering, however the diesel WOW, The economy for this car is exceptional. We average around 6.6 lit/100km with a mix of city and freeway driving. This gives an average of around 900-980 km per tank. I get more an more frustrated everyday driving around and seeing the price of Diesel and Petrol go up and up! It is time for the goverment to realise that the Europeans have the technology and can offer this to us at an afforadable rate. Lower the taxes on the disel/hybrids cars from Europe and push these products, as this is what people want.
WE want to be able to put petrol in our car and not have to morgage our house to pay for a measly tank of Fuel. The goverment says that they are doing everything that they can, then why do they not offer a subsidy to people that drive these new cleaner diesel and hybride cars, but like everything in this country we have to imitate what those knobs on the other side of the world in America do……Sweet FA, and bow to the presure of the car companies and oil companies!!! Mar my words when people get so jacked of that they won’t buy large engines becauseof the price of Petrol or Diesel, whatch how quickly the car companies change and move away from oil !
Vote:June 4th, 2008 at 1:50 am
Hi Sheldon – We have a Pug 406 2.0HDI diesel. I’ve just driven a really careful 1104km on a tankful in city commuter traffic on journey no longer than 12km using 72.24litres of fuel. Think that worked out at 6.4’s/100litres. I was frankly amazed. The best I have ever had was 1228km per tankfull on a motorway trip over 2 days cruising at 120kmh. works out at about 5.4litres/100.
Vote:I find driving for economy great fun, more so than driving fast.
June 5th, 2008 at 10:37 pm
Isn’t the tank on your car only 69 litre’s?? SO you economy would actually be a little higher close to 7l p/100 but that is still pretty good. It was actually a peugeot 406 4cyl 2.0 litre series one that set the first world record, to which was beaten by the 307, and then I beleave again by another 206 if I am correct. If I am not please let me know, but I know that the record still stands with the pug! No matter which way you go about it the euopeazn diesels are the best in the world.
I would like to say to all those people who read this, I would like to organize a day to bring petrol/disel to stand still, and organize a protest day on the Fuel companies. If we all band together we can make the petrol companies wake up, but it will take everyone to take a stand.
People in France they virtually rioted when petrol/diesel got to high, and the goverment made the fuel companies lower the price. We have the power here to people, lets make a date and get it out there, lets show the petrol companies that we arte the bosses not them.
On this day use public transport/take the day off do anything but use your car or refuel your car for at least 2 days. IT takes action like this to wake people up, or our last option is to fill the lawns of goverment house in protest to finally get something about these crippiling and outrages fuel cost.
And lastly to the people of QLD “WHAT FUEL SUBSIDY!” the price of petrol between use and the people of the border is only usally 3 cents difference what a joke!!
Vote:June 5th, 2008 at 11:02 pm
Hi Sheldon – The tank maybe stated at 69 litres but I do remember shoving in 75litres once and the other day 72 plus litres. The Wieghts & Measure boys are pretty strcit here so I guess it cannot be wrong.
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