Peugeot Automobiles Blog

Now that General Motors and PSA Peugeot Citroën have established a strategic alliance, it looks like PSA and GM's European wing Opel will trade vehicles. Automotive News reports that PSA may lead development of the next Opel Zafira people mover, while an Opel factory will be tasked with building ...    Read more

The latest in the line of a long racing heritage, Peugeot will debut the rally-spec 208 R2 this week at the Tour de Corse race in France. The R2 is ...    Read more

Fancy owning a race car with an astonishing 885 lb-ft of torque? Look no further than this 2007 Peugeot 908 HDi V-12 FAP Le Mans racer, which will cross RM Auctions’ stage in Monaco on May 11. The 908 HDi FAP was Peugeot's diesel-powered entry into Le Mans racing; the letters ...    Read more

We've already professed our love for the handsome Peugeot 208 hatchback, but it seems as if the French automaker's shapely B-segment car can transform into an equally attractive crossover. Case in point? The Urban Crossover Concept, which debuted this week at the 2012 Beijing Auto Show. Peugeot says the ...    Read more

General Motors may be busy forging an alliance with PSA-Peugeot Citroen, but its cross-town rival – the Ford Motor Company – is actively in the process of exiting a similar joint venture. While the GM-PSA deal is a wide-sweeping deal that potentially calls for the sharing of components, powertrains, platforms, and ...    Read more

Now that we’re covering weekends, and April 1 fell on a Sunday this year, we couldn’t help ourselves from rounding up some of the April Fools-related automotive videos online. Here are some of the highlights. Google Self-Driving NASCAR Car Perhaps one of the most elaborate and well-orchestrated of the April Fools videos ...    Read more

The weather outside this weekend was downright balmy if you were on the east coast or Midwest, but that didn't stop us for wishing for a little bit of snow. That is, we can't help but wish we were a part of this video, when the Italian offshoot of ...    Read more

General Motors and PSA Peugeot Citroën have confirmed that they will enter a manufacturing alliance. The French automaker had already confirmed it was in talks to establish a strategic partnership, and reports had hinted that GM was the likely candidate. The long-term alliance has two basic goals. First, General Motors ...    Read more

**UPDATE** A report from Reuters is indicating that General Motors is in advanced talks with Peugeot-Citroen for a small equity stake purchase in the French automaker as part of the reported strategic alliance. The percentage is reported to be less than 5 percent, and neither company yet offered any official comment. --- General ...    Read more

American enthusiasts have long complained that European consumers get a better crop of attractive and hot hatchbacks to choose from. Now, Peugeot is just making us more jealous by way of the the 208 GTi and 208 XY Concepts, which will debut at the Geneva show next month. The GTi ...    Read more

Been away from your computer this week and missed all the automotive news? We’ve gathered a few of the top stories of the past week for your convenience. 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Spied Our spy photographers ventured to the northern reaches of Canada in order to snag these spy photos of the ...    Read more

Race fans, get ready. Although we already knew that this was in the works, Toyota has let the first picture of its new hybrid LMP1 racer – which is due to compete in this year’s 24 Hours of Le Mans – slip on Twitter. The tweeted image matches the sketch ...    Read more

Although we've enjoyed watching the diesel-powered racers from Audi and Peugeot battle it out for dominance at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, it seems that rivalry is no more. Peugeot's press office officially confirmed earlier this morning that the automaker was withdrawing from the 2012 Le Mans series. The withdrawal ...    Read more

Luca Pedersoli may be the Italian equivalent to Ken Block. How so? The rally driver's new Drift War One video -- which, as the name suggests, showcases some insane drift action --has gone viral in his native country within 72 hours of its debut on YouTube. Watch as Pedersoli ...    Read more

French automakers Peugeot and Citroën have each launched a new crossover that is heavily based on the Mitsubishi Outlander Sport. Christened the Peugeot 4008 and Citroën C4 Aircross, the two vehicles are a fair bit more attractive than their Japanese progenitor. Both the Peugeot and Citroën get touches like LED lighting, ...    Read more

Our editors have been plenty busy scouring the show floor of the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show -- but in between running to and from press conferences and battling spotty Wi-Fi connections, they picked their three favorite concept and production cars at the show. Jason Cammisa, West Coast Editor Peugeot HX-1 Yes ...    Read more

Our editors have been plenty busy scouring the show floor of the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show -- but in between running to and from press conferences and battling spotty Wi-Fi connections, they picked their three favorite concept and production cars at the show. ...    Read more

Been away from your computer this week and missed all the automotive news? We’ve gathered a few of the top stories of the past week along with the weekend racing schedule for your convenience. First Look: 2012 Audi S6, S7, and S8 Audi will bring a trio of turbocharged, high-performance luxury ...    Read more

Leave it to Peugeot to design an enviably gorgeous hybrid crossover, albeit not as a production vehicle. This is the new HX1 concept, which will likely turn quite a few heads in September once it debuts at the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show. Beneath the skin, the HX1 Concept is rather rooted ...    Read more

Speed is just one quality you’ll need if you hope to win an endurance race, especially one as challenging as the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Among the other things you’ll need are stamina, focus, consistency and a good amount of luck. This year’s race made that point doubly clear, ...    Read more

You’ve already heard that Peugeot’s wild electric EX1 concept car managed to set a new EV lap record at the famed Nürburgring -- but, at long last, the automaker has finally rolled out footage of its electrified accomplishment. To jog your memory, the EX1 -- ...    Read more

French automaker Peugeot is boasting a new lap record at the Nürburgring circuit in Germany -- for electric vehicles, at least. The official lap time of 9:01 minutes and average speed of 86 mph recorded by Peugeot’s EX1 trumped the previous record of 9:51, set by a modified ...    Read more

The Shanghai auto show is just around the corner, and in preparation for the event Peugeot has dropped a few photos of its new hybrid crossover concept, the SxC. Short for Shanghai crossover concept, the SxC was developed and designed exclusively at the automaker's Chinese technical center in Shanghai. ...    Read more

Peugeot's diesel-powered 908 HDi FAP race program has been a bit of a mixed bag. Although the Le Mans prototype has been able to sprint ahead of the field and post some impressive lap times, the diesel-powered racers have fallen a bit short when it comes to reliability ...    Read more

Peugeot's hybrid offensive continues today with the announcement of the HR1 concept, which debuted this morning at the 2010 Paris Motor Show. Like the SR1 concept we previously witnessed ...    Read more