CarzPage Review: Peugeot 3008 Hybrid 2011

Peugeot Citroen Hybrid4 concepts were shown for the past three years – and the wait is finally over. The new Peugeot 3008 Hybrid4 is here – and we have driven it. UK sales start in November 2011.

This is a significant car on numerous counts. It is the first production diesel-electric hybrid for sale. It is the first time you or I be able to buy a vehicle Hybrid4 PSA. And if Paris is to believe, it can go to revolutionize the way in hybrid cars are sold and put together.

Read on for CAR first drive review of the new 2011 Peugeot 3008 Hybrid4.
Peugeot Hybrid4: a history lesson

A brief summary of the PSA hybrid solution. The French have long championed diesel, and there are a lot of oh la la was and teeth chattering in the corridors of Peugeot Citroen HQ will include how to turn the world to gasoline-electric hybrids, many of them are terribly expensive, custom-made models with knee high emissions and sky-high price tags.

PSA, with much help from Bosch has come up with what it claims is a much simpler system: Hybrid4. It takes an existing model with an internal combustion engine – Step Forward 3008 – and screw on a relatively low 27kW electrically driven rear axle. Clever electronics controls the interaction between the front engine and rear wheel drive electric motor, with not a single physical connection between the axles.
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