Peugeot Hoggar reminds us of the Proton Arena!

Peugeot Hoggar reminds us of the Proton Arena!

Remember Proton’s Wira based Arena “pick-up truck”? I still see some pasar malam traders putting the Arena to good use and it has carved out a niche for itself in Australia, where it’s called Jumbuck. Here’s one car with a similar concept from Peugeot, and it’s called the Hoggar.

The Hoggar is made for the South American market, and is based on the domestic 207. However, the 207 in question is not the same car that competes in Europe’s supermini class, but a 206 with a changed cabin and redesigned to look like the “big mouthed” 207. The Hoggar has a payload of about 742 kg.

Peugeot’s small pick-up will be launched in Brazil in May and will come with two engine options: a 1.4-litre and a 1.6-litre, both with flex-fuel technology. Flex-fuel cars can run on gasoline, ethanol or a mixture of the two. In Brazil, ethanol made mostly from sugar cane makes up 25% of the E25 fuel that’s sold in pumps. By the way, what happened to Malaysia’s biodiesel plans? Anybody in the know?

Rear shot and larger images after the jump.

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Danny Tan

Danny Tan loves driving as much as he loves a certain herbal meat soup, and sweet engine music as much as drum beats. He has been in the auto industry since 2006, previously filling the pages of two motoring magazines before joining this website. Enjoys detailing the experience more than the technical details.

 

Comments

  • sri hartamas on Mar 14, 2010 at 2:17 am

    great looking…

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  • Mufasa on Mar 14, 2010 at 2:26 am

    ishh,,so do p1 should sent arena to South America too? is there any new jumbuck from satria neo?

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  • zenvo on Mar 14, 2010 at 2:28 am

    first!!!! hahahaaaaa……….. better look than arena…

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  • fuyiopo on Mar 14, 2010 at 2:30 am

    Well done peugeot. But is this enough to compete with Triton , Hilux and frontier in malaysia?

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  • theanswer on Mar 14, 2010 at 2:37 am

    but the design reminds me an actyon sport. hahahaha.

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  • Elvis on Mar 14, 2010 at 2:43 am

    What happen to Malaysia Biodiesel? As usually, Malaysia government love to make BIG ANNOUNCEMENT with little follow through. Hangat2 taik ayam…

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  • fabrejaz on Mar 14, 2010 at 2:54 am

    #1

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  • sn00py on Mar 14, 2010 at 2:54 am

    not nais 1

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  • AnakSarawak on Mar 14, 2010 at 2:59 am

    NIce rims….NAZA bringing this one in also aaa?

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  • m4xspeed on Mar 14, 2010 at 3:03 am

    first malaysian product(arena) being copied by the french… nice

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  • please gov decrease on Mar 14, 2010 at 3:05 am

    kurang sesuai la buat pick up konsep proton arena. Ubah sedan jd pick up

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  • ago87 on Mar 14, 2010 at 3:11 am

    I think it's uglier than Arena…

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  • Ugly~

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  • firos on Mar 14, 2010 at 3:24 am

    pertamax

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  • Faidhi on Mar 14, 2010 at 3:31 am

    not buying it

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  • kenso on Mar 14, 2010 at 3:34 am

    I wonder if it was a Kelantanese who picked the name. LOL

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  • Thomas on Mar 14, 2010 at 3:51 am

    It does look more stylish than the Arena…..

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  • OMG! a new road 'hoggar'…haha

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  • sowhat on Mar 14, 2010 at 3:56 am

    Sorry off topic…

    20 19 Heikki Kovalainen Lotus-Cosworth 1:59.789 5.690 15

    21 18 Jarno Trulli Lotus-Cosworth 2:01.259 7.160 5

    5.690 and 7.160… hope they can reduce that soon…

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  • proton emas has shown country version, well proton should expend this concept to car on the road, with this interesting variant.

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  • Mazda 3 MPS on Mar 14, 2010 at 4:14 am

    this is no arena. it's very popular in aussie this form a car. called ute. gays drive this though.

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  • chain on Mar 14, 2010 at 4:17 am

    the front looks kinda cute

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  • DariusDrake on Mar 14, 2010 at 4:18 am

    Maybe Peugeot should try marketing the Hoggar in Australia too, the Aussies are crazy about utes. Thats why the Arena is so popular there and continues to be produced for that market.

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  • ghostandad on Mar 14, 2010 at 4:27 am

    Arena life..:-)

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  • Is it just me? Somehow the car looks much sturdier than Arena? Or maybe the Europeans just know how to showcase their stuff better than us? I know for a fact that they sure know how to market themselves ;p

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  • audio on Mar 14, 2010 at 4:45 am

    Looks weird.. but maybe nicer once u put on sportrims.. XD

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  • mazdAstina on Mar 14, 2010 at 4:47 am

    looks better than the proton arena.

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  • Err…excusez-moi?

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  • Arcane (Member) on Mar 14, 2010 at 4:58 am

    If one would utilize the internet to source out knowledge, one would know that a vehicle like the Peugeot Hoggar is categorized as "Coupe utility" and colloquially called a ute (pronounced "yewt") or utility in Australia and New Zealand. It is also known in South Africa as a bakkie (pronounced "bucky"),in Romania as "slipper", in Egypt as "half truck", and in Israel as a tender.

    The coupé utility body style is a light-duty truck, based on an automobile platform with a two-door passenger cabin and an integral cargo bed. They often share sheet metal and instruments panels from their passenger car antecedents — and are more carlike in appearance and performance.

    Among cars in this category are:

    Proton Arena/Jumbuck

    Peugeot Hoggar

    Holden Ute

    Ford Falcon Ute

    Citroën 2CV Pickup

    Citroën Méhari

    Dacia Logan Pickup

    Fiat Strada

    Fiat 125P

    Ford Sierra P100

    Opel Corsa Pickup

    Polonez Truck

    Talbot Rancho découvrable

    SEAT Inca

    Škoda Felicia Fun

    Volkswagen Caddy

    Austin/Morris Mini Pickup

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  • mkrafz on Mar 14, 2010 at 5:10 am

    sexy design for lite weight pick-up

    but proton arena design much better.

    more funtional although FWD..!

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  • bonjour hoggar

    je m'pelle proton arena

    izzit strong enuff?

    what biodiesel plan?

    wait harga minyak naik baru we talk again about that…

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  • Rambo on Mar 14, 2010 at 5:25 am

    1st…Same as Arena,FUGLY…

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  • Ericboy on Mar 14, 2010 at 5:35 am

    Nice car… If malaysian people prefer this compact pick-up truck than the huge triton or mother trucker or whatever,our country will be much lesser traffic cause by the huge yet annoying huge pick-up truck…

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  • Alan Wong on Mar 14, 2010 at 5:36 am

    Looks more than a 206+ conversion to me….

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  • mitlanevo on Mar 14, 2010 at 5:39 am

    hmmmm, looks weird, but i think this kind of car should be practical…

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  • Kevin on Mar 14, 2010 at 5:42 am

    Oh My God! The ugliest car ever!! Peugeot cars are getting uglier and uglier!

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  • tikus on Mar 14, 2010 at 5:42 am

    Haiyoh!!! What on earth Peugeot designer is thinking..Damn teruk !!

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  • gollira on Mar 14, 2010 at 5:44 am

    wah so pretty, my dream car!

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  • mduan on Mar 14, 2010 at 5:51 am

    it looks weird

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  • JazzyJet on Mar 14, 2010 at 5:53 am

    as long as u know how to utilize this type of vehicle then the's nothing wrong with it…

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  • Now, that's one great looking ute…

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  • Squawk on Mar 14, 2010 at 6:20 am

    Ugly.

    Danny, edible oils can never ever have a chance to power vehicles. Palm oil is too valuable to the food industry.

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  • mystvearn (Member) on Mar 14, 2010 at 6:29 am

    hmmm, I want to say its a big fail, but then Aussie's seem to like the "jumbuck" a lot.

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  • r u guy stupid enough to compare old proton arena with this new peugeot hog….does u all mean that arena is so damn gud that u all compare with arena which is built long time ago

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  • subhero on Mar 14, 2010 at 7:07 am

    better my Datsun 120Y

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  • pitstop on Mar 14, 2010 at 7:29 am

    haro said,

    March 13, 2010 @ 9:23 pm

    bonjour hoggar

    je m’pelle proton arena

    izzit strong enuff?

    what biodiesel plan?

    wait harga minyak naik baru we talk again abo

    =========================================

    Biodiesel is too expensive to produce currently

    Palm Oil price are currently trading at $2600/ton.

    It move in tandem with crude oil.therefore if crude oil

    reaches $100/barrel, palm would cost $3000/ton

    Unless we find alternatives eg sugarcane.

    the biofuel plants are too expensive to maintain + produce.

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  • prolever on Mar 14, 2010 at 8:05 am

    look ok…

    about the biodiesel plan….

    eeeeeemmmmmmm… scrape again la

    the G dah tak cukup duit….

    thats why they want increase the fuel again….

    this is what we call…

    rakyat yg kaya mmg didahulukan..

    dan..

    pencapaian keuntungan mmg diutamakan…

    hahahahah

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  • overflow (Member) on Mar 14, 2010 at 8:45 am

    now we wait for DB9 convert to jumbuck hehe…

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  • haha. biodiesel wud still seem 2 b far fetch to be implemented kerana menjaga kepentingan oil company. using alternative fuel may affect greatly on their profit where G needed the profit to run the country… trouble would arise on subsidy, oil, car (due to engine modification) and palm oil (main commodity as cooking oil + to be use as oil) or other sources to make biodiesel and etc…

    lots of things need to be accounted for.. environment problems if oil palm plantation build replacing forest.

    if G was really serious on implementing alternative fuel based vehicle we would have seen electric based-car, ethanol and others being commonly use/found on the road… + our country still have plenty of cars using normal oil even though little modification needed to use biodiesel. perhaps another 5 years should the fuel price sky rocketed then biodiesel will be taken seriously. just my humble opinion

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  • DUASINGGIT on Mar 14, 2010 at 1:31 pm

    nice truck….

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  • Mad Cat on Mar 14, 2010 at 3:53 pm

    Mahaleel was ahead of his time.

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  • biggie on Mar 14, 2010 at 4:49 pm

    biodiesel is simply too expensive now. in fact the plan is postponed due to the rakyat grouses and not the other wayround. if the plan go ahead it will push the palm oil price higher and be prepared for very high price for food.

    the south america market is left hand? so arena cannot be sold there

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  • JULIAN_LEE on Mar 14, 2010 at 6:43 pm

    BMW better

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  • Mazda 3 MPS on Mar 14, 2010 at 9:20 pm

    remember the peugeot 1007? this car was actually made using leftover parts

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  • Ugly car, horrible name.

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  • moha774 on Mar 15, 2010 at 7:01 am

    As long as Palm oil is a controlled food item, it wont make sense to produce bio diesel when the palm oil price is high…it is just measures to stabilise the commodity price..

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  • lowprofile on Mar 15, 2010 at 4:13 pm

    Alan, yes, this is a 206+ conversion.

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  • faisal on Mar 15, 2010 at 5:38 pm

    these days everyone is copying everyone.. hahaha..

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  • her brother is renault logan

    http://paultan.org/2008/02/19/renault-logan-picku…

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  • Gobuk Taragang on Mar 16, 2010 at 4:37 pm

    NO!.. it uglier than arena!

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  • intermilan on Mar 16, 2010 at 11:17 pm

    so many comments about it!

    Nah.. this will never arrive to M'sia.. thank G.

    Some other markets might fancy such a vehicle.. not there, I'm sure.

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  • Ugly, Jumbuck looks better.

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  • initial R on Mar 17, 2010 at 4:53 pm

    Not in our market coz of our taste & ecology. Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Romania, UAE was the right market since they have less rain & easy for them to upload also reload coz of low profile high.

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  • Sir Mustafa on Jul 19, 2011 at 8:00 am

    Hey, nice peopel Peugeot HOGGAR: first point strong engin specialy in hot weither like Malaysia country, second point Hoggar mean the hot south in Algeria the most rude an rich area there.
    “let me show y if Peugeot has sale this type of car in North Africa my be are the record saling for french product.
    I’m sad Peugeot don’t do it so trie and send me yr experience.Thanks

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