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.