New Peugeot four-wheel drive

Peugeot has unveiled a four-wheel drive 308 R hatchback model, equipped with a plug-in petrol hybrid unit boasting 500 bhp. It has been presented not as a concept car, but as a production car of the future.

Offering truly extraordinary performance, the Peugeot 308 R Hybrid model borrows design codes from the Peugeot Quartz concept car, first unveiled in 2012. Cloaked in an intensely blue paint, specially developed using fluorescent pigments and glass particles, the rear doors are matte black, a trademark of performance cars from Peugeot.

The powertrain combines three sources of power: a 4-cylinder petrol 1.6L THP 270 S&S engine, with the highest special power rating in the world for this engine size; an electric motor with power of 85 kW/115 bhp, linked to the 6-speed gearbox; an electric motor with the same characteristics on the rear axle.