Tag Archives: Peugeot

2010 Geneva Preview: 5 by Peugeot hints at future large luxury sedan

The recently seen Peugeot SR1 Concept will be joined by the new 5 by Peugeot Concept at the 2010 Geneva Motor Show next month. According to the French automaker, both models offer another indication of the changing face of Peugeot and provides insight into the brand’s ambitions to venture into the large luxury vehicle segment… [...]

Continue Reading

BMW and PSA Peugeot Citroen to continue 4-cylinder collaboration

BMW Group and PSA Peugeot Citroen announced today that they will continue their engine collaboration.
“The two companies have agreed to develop the next generation of the jointly designed 4-cylinder petrol engine which will meet EU 6 requirements,” both said in a statement. “Currently, the engine is being used in several MINI, Peugeot and Citroën brand [...]

Continue Reading

Peugeot SR1 Concept makes us want the French to return to the U.S.

Peugeot announced today that it will unveil its new SR1 Concept car at the 2010 Geneva Motor Show. The Peugeot SR1 Concept (Grand Touring Car) hints at the future design trend for Peugeot models so don’t expect it to enter production anytime soon.
Power for the SR1 Concept comes from the French automaker’s Hybrid4 technology, which [...]

Continue Reading

PSA looking to strengthen ties with BMW beyond engine sharing

PSA/Peugeot-Citroen CEO Phillipe Varin targets to deepen its cooperation with BMW beyond engine sharing. According to a report by Automotive News, Varin said that he has been talking with BMW CEO Norbert Reithofer about cooperating in areas such as purchasing and components including transmission and climate control systems.
Right now, PSA and BMW’s Mini brand share [...]

Continue Reading

Mitsubishi and Peugeot Citroen sign cooperative agreement regarding EV development

Mitsubishi and PSA Peugeot Citroen have both signed a cooperative agreement that signifies a new step in their partnership on electric vehicles.
The main points of this cooperative agreement are:
- The development of an EV for the European market based on MMC’s Japanese i-MiEV model
- The vehicle is to be sold in Europe, with both Peugeot and Citroën [...]

Continue Reading

Mitsubishi Motors Corp. and PSA Peugeot Citroen announced today that they have both signed a “Memorandum of Understanding” regarding teaming up on electric vehicles based on a vehicle currently under development by Mitsubishi in Japan.
Basically, that means that PSA Peugeot Citroen will now be selling Mitsubishi’s i MiEV in the European market with their badge [...]

Continue Reading

Mitsubishi shares jump on reports of it supplying PSA Peugeot Citroen with electric-cars

Shares of Mitsubishi Motors Corp jumped 5 percent today after Japanese business daily Nikkei reported that the company will start supplying France’s PSA Peugeot Citroen Group with a version of its i MiEV electric-car. It has been previously reported that the Japanese and French automaker will team up to develop electric powertrains for use in [...]

Continue Reading

Fiat and PSA Peugeot-Citroën talking about a possible merger

Fiat Group SpA has shut down most of its Italian plants for a month, laying of 48,000 blue collar workers for an extended holiday break due a drop in demand for new cars. The shutdown will be effective until mid-January and will affect 20 Italian Fiat plants.
According to InsideLine sources, Fiat and PSA Peugeot-Citroën have [...]

Continue Reading

Peugeot to introduce diesel hybrid in 2011, considers returning to U.S.

The new head of PSA Group’s Peugeot Jean-Philippe Collin is working on getting the upper-level executives on his side to meet some ambitious sales goals and expanding into new segments with new models. Collin said currently Peugeot is only covering 72 percent of the segments in the market and wants the brand to cover at [...]

Continue Reading

Peugeot to show RC GT Coupe Hybrid Concept at Paris

Peugeot has released some images and information on its new concept that will debut at the 2008 Paris Motor Show in October. Known as the RC… (the full name will be revealed at the show), the GT Coupe (really a four-door) is said to be the missing link between Peugeot RC Concept cars shown in 2002 [...]

Continue Reading