Peugeot News

The No7 Peugeot 908 HDi FAP driven by Nicolas Minassian and Marc Gené won the 1,000 km

Peugeot’s retail customers appear to be making more considered, cost-based, ‘green’ decisions, according to its latest Quarter 1 sales.

Peugeot dealers throughout the UK are hosting special 10 day ‘Drive Away a Great Deal’ events, which will offer customers the chance to win a VIP weekend at the renowned Le Mans 24 Hour Race.

The 2008 Le Mans Series will be contested over five rounds, the first of which will take the teams to the Circuit of Catalunya, near Barcelona, Spain, this weekend.

Peugeot’s award winning 308 range now benefits from the introduction of a new six-speed manual gearbox, available on the S, Sport and SE HDi 110 models.

Championing sustainable UK-produced biofuels, the NFU has taken delivery of a new low-emissions Peugeot 308 just weeks before the Government announces its commitment to the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation targets.

Despite posting the fastest time in yesterday’s qualifying session on his only flying lap in the Peugeot 908 HDi FAP, Stéphane Sarrazin was deprived of pole-position.

The Peugeot 908 HDi FAP will go head-to-head with two Audi R10 TDi cars for the first time in 2008. As stated by Peugeot Sport Director Michel Barge at the launch of the 2008 team, Team Peugeot Total’s main objective this year is to win the Le Mans 24 Hour race in June.

The day has gone when you can drive very far on a tenner’s worth of fuel. With the average cost of fuel going well beyond £1.00 a litre, drivers are constantly reviewing their driving lifestyle and are prepared to make considerable compromises to reduce their annual motoring bills.

In its first full year on sale, the Peugeot 207 has become the No 1 best selling car in Europe. Between January 2007 and December 2007 the Peugeot 207 sold 437,505 vehicles, out selling the second placed car, the Volkswagen Golf.