An updated Peugeot 308 has been revealed, boasting styling tweaks, new innovation as well as a new powertrain option, which will go on sale this September.
The fresh style is highlighted by the new vertical grille as well as bonnet arrangement, total with the Peugeot badge mounted right in the centre. The refreshed deal with is completed with new headlights featuring integrated daytime running lights, producing a new front illumination signature.
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Two more style modifications come the method of the 2017 308 – the new, more aggressive front bumper with its three lower grilles, plus taillights with a new illumination signature.
In the cabin, a new 3D sat nav system with voice-activated controls appears, while Peugeot has likewise updated the driver helps present on the 308. The features are lifted from the 3008 SUV, meaning automatic emergency braking is now available, together with a lane departure warning system, adaptive cruise manage with a stop function, speed limit recognition as well as a blind area tracking system.
Fresh infotainment is introduced with a 9.7-inch touchscreen which integrates smartphone link features – Mirrorlink, Android auto as well as Apple CarPlay are all included.
Under the bonnet, the 308’s three-cylinder petrol engine has been tweaked. It features new at-exhaust discharge controls to emit less CO2 as well as this 1.2-litre engine is now paired with a new six-speed handbook gearbox.
A new engine appears in the type of the BlueHDi 130 S&S diesel – a four-cylinder turbodiesel engine which gets the exact same at-source as well as at-exhaust emissions tweaks as the 1.2-litre three cylinder petrol. Elsewhere, the BlueHDi 180 S&S diesel engine special to the 308 GT is now offered with an EAT8 automatic transmission.
The new 308, 308 SW as well as 308 GTI will be offered for shipment from September onwards.
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