Automotive Wallpapers: Peugeot 408

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- First “8” generation Peugeot car to be launched in China
- Joint venture with PSA Peugeot Citroën and the Chinese group DFM

- Peugeot sales increased by 44% in 2009

- Designed specifically for Chinese market

Jean-Marc Gales, Director General of Automobile Peugeot, unveiled the new Peugeot 408 in Beijing to around 300 Chinese journalists and more than 700 network representatives this week.

The Peugeot 408 marks a further step in Peugeot’s objective of increasing its sales in the world’s foremost automobile market - China.

Automotive Wallpapers: Peugeot 408

Post by: Automotive

- First “8” generation Peugeot car to be launched in China

- Joint venture with PSA Peugeot Citroën and the Chinese group DFM

- Peugeot sales increased by 44% in 2009

- Designed specifically for Chinese market

Jean-Marc Gales, Director General of Automobile Peugeot, unveiled the new Peugeot 408 in Beijing to around 300 Chinese journalists and more than 700 network representatives this week.

The Peugeot 408 marks a further step in Peugeot’s objective of increasing its sales in the world’s foremost automobile market - China.

Peugeot 408

Post by: Automotive

- First “8” generation Peugeot car to be launched in China

- Joint venture with PSA Peugeot Citroën and the Chinese group DFM

- Peugeot sales increased by 44% in 2009

- Designed specifically for Chinese market

Jean-Marc Gales, Director General of Automobile Peugeot, unveiled the new Peugeot 408 in Beijing to around 300 Chinese journalists and more than 700 network representatives this week.

The Peugeot 408 marks a further step in Peugeot’s objective of increasing its sales in the world’s foremost automobile market - China.

Audi e-tron

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DETROIT, Mi., Jan 11, 2010 - Audi is showing an uncompromising purist compact sports car with all-electric drive at the first major auto show of 2010. The Detroit showcar Audi e-tron is the name of this 3.93 meter (154.72 in) long and 1.78 meter (70.08 in) wide but just 1.22 meter (48.03 in) tall two-seater; just a few months after the debut of the Audi e-tron at the 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show, this is now the second electric concept vehicle from the brand with the four rings.

Coupled with the Detroit showcar Audi e-tron’s low gross weight of around only 1,350 kilograms (2976.24 lb), high-torque power units driving the rear wheels guarantee commensurate road performance. Two electric motors

with a combined output of 150 kW (204 hp) and 2,650 Nm (1954.54 lb-ft) accelerate the coupe with ASF-design aluminum body from 0 to 100 km/h (62.14 mph) in just 5.9 seconds. The Audi e-tron accomplishes the sprint from 60 to 120 km/h (37.28 - 74.56 mph) in a mere 5.1 seconds.

Peugeot SR1

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- 200th anniversary of the Marque

- New styling direction, new mobility offers and a new visual identity

- First car to display the new Lion badge – The stunning new RCZ

- Environmental offensive: iOn, 100% electric

It was in 1810 that Jean-Pierre and Jean-Frédéric Peugeot turned their father’s cereal mill into a steel foundry and took the Peugeot family into the industrial era.

Now 200 years later, a new chapter in the Peugeot story is about to open with a further evolution of the brand; a new styling direction, a new corporate Lion badge and a new signature – Peugeot MOTION & EMOTION.

Peugeot SR1

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- 200th anniversary of the Marque

- New styling direction, new mobility offers and a new visual identity

- First car to display the new Lion badge – The stunning new RCZ

- Environmental offensive: iOn, 100% electric

It was in 1810 that Jean-Pierre and Jean-Frédéric Peugeot turned their father’s cereal mill into a steel foundry and took the Peugeot family into the industrial era.

Now 200 years later, a new chapter in the Peugeot story is about to open with a further evolution of the brand; a new styling direction, a new corporate Lion badge and a new signature – Peugeot MOTION & EMOTION.

Peugeot SR1

Post by: Automotive

- 200th anniversary of the Marque

- New styling direction, new mobility offers and a new visual identity

- First car to display the new Lion badge – The stunning new RCZ

- Environmental offensive: iOn, 100% electric

It was in 1810 that Jean-Pierre and Jean-Frédéric Peugeot turned their father’s cereal mill into a steel foundry and took the Peugeot family into the industrial era.

Now 200 years later, a new chapter in the Peugeot story is about to open with a further evolution of the brand; a new styling direction, a new corporate Lion badge and a new signature – Peugeot MOTION & EMOTION.

Peugeot Begins Accepting Pre-Orders for All-Electric i0n Mini

Even though we're still a full year away from the European market launch of the iOn, Peugeot has already started to take pre-reservations for the all-electric car in the UK. Revealed at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September, the i0n is actually a rebadged Mitsubishi i-MiEV. As part of the PSA Peugeot-Citroen and Mitsubishi deal, Citroen will also launch its own version of the i-MiEV called the C-Zero.

With four doors and four seats, and a compact length of 3.48 m, the i0n is powered by a 64bhp electric motor that allows it to reach a top speed of 80mph or 129 km/h.

The small city car has a driving range of 80 miles (129 km) on a single charge of its lithium-ion batteries which can be recharged in six hours through a conventional mains power supply or recharged to 80% capacity within thirty minutes with a fast charging system.

Peugeot has not disclosed prices for the i0n. However, we do know that in Japan, the Mitsubishi i-MiEV is priced from 4,599,000 Yen (that's €34,500 or $51,300 at today's exchange rates), which is more than twice the cost of a Toyota Prius.

Renault to Produce Electric Fluence Sedan at Bursa Plant in Turkey from 2011

Having already confirmed the production versions of the Twizy and Zoe Z.E. electric concept cars, Renault today announced that the third member of its new family of EVs, the all-electric Fluence sedan, which was also presented at the Frankfurt Motor Show this past September, will be manufactured at the OYAK-Renault Bursa plant in Turkey. The French automaker said that it plans to launch the Fluence EV first in Israel and Denmark, followed by other countries, from the first half of 2011.

Evidently, the electric saloon will be based on the recently launched Fluence sedan, but it is unclear if Renault will spice up the looks of the car in the same way it did with the Frankfurt Show concept model.

Renault said that owners of the electric Fluence will have three battery charge options: standard charge, rapid charge and a 'QuickDrop' battery exchange that allows that removal and replacement of the batteries in a mere three minutes.

We don't have any details on the vehicle's specs yet, but it is safe to assume that the production model will be powered by the same 95HP electric motor found in the concept car.