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The FIA's R2 rally class offers factorry-tuned racers at privateer costs.
Peugeot has unleashed its 208 R2 in asphalt and gravel versions, powered by a 1.6-liter engine with 185 horsepower and 140 pound-feet running through a five-speed sequential gearbox.
Improvements over the 207 R2 include a bodyshell that's 40 kilos lighter; a new gearbox with reduced weight, quicker shifts and the shifter mounted on the steering column; better gas mileage; a revised Öhlins suspension with three-way adjustable dampers; and more shared parts to enable faster changes between tarmac and gravel setups.
It will make its debut on May 10 at the Tour de Corse. If you want one, kits can be had for €37,500 ($49,061 U.S.), a turnkey model for €57,500 ($75,227 U.S.). If you just want to check it out, hit the photo gallery and give the
press release a once-over.
Continue reading Peugeot debuts new 208 R2 rally car
Peugeot debuts new 208 R2 rally car originally appeared on Autoblog on Sun, 06 May 2012 12:04:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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May 6th, 2012
Filed under: Motorsports, Videos, Audi
Three years ago,
Audi released the documentary
Truth in 24 highlighting its three-car effort at the
24 Hours of Le Mans. Despite the Four Ring's success at the race in the last decade, they were undoubtedly the underdogs to the much faster
Peugeot teams that year, making for a Hollywood-like ending when Audi managed to take home the victory with teamwork and a little help from the weather.
The first film was such a success that Audi
announced earlier this year that they would release Truth in 24 II, once again featuring their three-car team battling Peugeot at the world's most famous endurance race. We're fully expecting the film to be packed with drama, as last year's 24 Hours of Le Mans was one of the most action-packed and closest races of all time. Two bad crashes ended the race for two of the Audi teams, leaving a single R18 TDI to battle the Peugeots.
Sadly, with Peugeot having
pulled out of the sport quite suddenly in January, it will also be the last such battle at Le Mans for the foreseeable future - all the more reason to watch the documentary when it comes out in a few weeks. For now we just have the trailer, which you can watch by
scrolling below.
Continue reading Audi releases first Truth in 24 II trailer
Audi releases first Truth in 24 II trailer originally appeared on Autoblog on Fri, 27 Apr 2012 12:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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April 27th, 2012
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Filed under: Concept Cars, Crossover, Peugeot, Beijing Motor Show, Design/Style
In keeping with the CUV-crazy theme of this year's
Beijing Motor Show,
Peugeot has introduced this Urban Crossover Concept penned by the French lion's design studios in Paris, Shanghai and São Paulo. Eight inches shorter and three inches narrower than a
Ford Focus hatchback, the concept is meant to be the ultimate expression of the company's decades of popular small cars, crossovers and design.
It is also said to show off Pug's new design cues, but we aren't told exactly which cues those are. At the moment, Peugeot isn't talking about what (if anything) powers its UCC, but perhaps we'll learn more as the vehicle continues to make the rounds of the auto show circuit. In the meantime, check out the press release by
scrolling below and admire its angles in the high-res gallery.
Continue reading Peugeot Urban Crossover Concept barges in to AutoChina
Peugeot Urban Crossover Concept barges in to AutoChina originally appeared on Autoblog on Tue, 24 Apr 2012 10:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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April 24th, 2012
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Cancel the order for the Veyron and put your money on this Monza, Spa, Barcelona, Interlagos, and Silverstone-winning 2007 Peugeot 908 HDi FAP.
RM Auctions lists it at a reasonable $1,981,600 - $2,378,000 (1.5m - 1.8m Euros). Is it worth it?
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April 20th, 2012
Filed under: Motorsports, Hirings/Firings/Layoffs, Audi
When a major automaker shuts down its racing program like
Peugeot did at
Le Mans, it leaves a big gaping hole for everyone involved. The French automaker's departure from endurance racing left the series organizers scrambling for another team to take its place just as it was preparing to inaugurate the new
FIA World Endurance Championship. It left
Audi - the Diane Sawyer of Le Mans racing, to borrow an analogy from
Talladega Nights - without its Katie Couric. And arguably most of all, it left Peugeot's roster of highly skilled drivers without a ride.
Easily among the most talented of these drivers is Marc Gené, the driver who helped Peugeot clinch the checkered flag at La Sarthe in 2009. A longtime factory test driver for
Ferrari (and one time grand prix driver for Minardi and
Willaims), Gené has a wealth of experience that couldn't very well be left untapped. So it should come as little surprise that Audi has scooped him up.
Although the German automaker already has a full roster of pilots - proven race winners, no less - at its disposal, it has found room for Gené as a reserve driver. In this capacity Gené will be filling in for an uninjured Timo Bernhard to drive the #3
Audi R18 Ultra together with French drivers Romain Dumas and Loïc Duval at Spa-Francorchamps in just a couple of weeks, and will undoubtedly be on hand to jump into the cockpit at Le Mans in June should duty call.
Continue reading Audi Sport scoops up ex-Peugeot driver Marc Gené for reserve role
Audi Sport scoops up ex-Peugeot driver Marc Gené for reserve role originally appeared on Autoblog on Fri, 20 Apr 2012 09:58:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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April 20th, 2012
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Filed under: Budget, Europe, Hatchback, Peugeot, Diesel, Quick Spins
Euro Hatch Icon Reclaims Some Of Its Mojo
The challenge of small, efficient and clever hatchbacks catching on with the American masses is a long story that shows infrequent signs of becoming less challenging. The bottom line is that most U.S. consumers feel such vehicles are simply too small for our wide-open-spaces sensibilities. This smallness is only enhanced when one looks around while stopped at American intersections, only to see big and tall sheetmetal in all directions. There are admittedly serious strides being made in this segment in various U.S. markets, usually of the urban variety and on the coasts, but it will always be a struggle.
The last time Peugeot tried directly communicating in American English with imported product was back in 1991 with its 505 and 405 ranges that unceremoniously flopped. There was ongoing talk at that time of bringing over the 205 hatchback to try and improve things, but we missed out and Peugeot was gone. Perhaps the seven percent of PSA Peugeot-Citroën now owned by
General Motors will someday result in the importing of the solid hatchback tested here, but I won't hold my breath.
Recently, the new Peugeot 208 was all over the French giant's show stand at the
Geneva Motor Show, together with its legendary GTi trim and new XY upmarket trim. Back in 1984, it was the 105-horsepower 205 GTi that established the legend of the French hot hatch. While the 206 was then a smash hit with buyers between 1998 and 2006, the subsequently larger 207 has been far less popular in the face of much improved competitors - a group that blossomed from just 16 different models on the European market in 1998 to now 27 separate hatches today. In its prime, the 206 outsold even the mighty Volkswagen Golf and stayed at the top of Europe's sales charts for a time. The outgoing 207, however, has routinely lingered behind the
Volkswagen Golf and
Polo,
Renault Clio,
Opel Astra and
Corsa, not to mention the
Ford Focus and
Fiesta.
Continue reading 2012 Peugeot 208 [w/video]
2012 Peugeot 208 [w/video] originally appeared on Autoblog on Thu, 19 Apr 2012 11:58:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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April 19th, 2012
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