Production of the second-gen Peugeot 308 is set to be increased, with 60,000 orders already recorded since the car’s October launch.
PSA Peugeot Citroen has announced that the Sochaux, France plant will begin a night shift in June to satisfy the demand, as well as support the introduction of the 308 SW.
Scheduled to operate for at least six months (depending on demand, maybe longer), the night shift is expected to produce 26 vehicles per hour, lifting Peugeot 308 output by 180 units a day to a total of 1,563 units a day.
600 jobs will be created, 450 of them on un-temporary contracts, with the remainder to be filled through internal mobility.
The new Peugeot 308 was crowned 2014 European Car of the Year at the recently-concluded Geneva show, beating the BMW i3, Tesla Model S, Citroen C4 Picasso, Mazda 3, Skoda Octavia and Mercedes S-Class.
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when it arrives here?
I nearly jumped…60,000 orders in Malaysia…wow suddenly peugeot is so popular in this country…but then i read again…haiyaaa…
That’s why Proton should cancel their plan to sell Suprima in Europe…waste of time only.
Any Peugeot owners here care to comment on the fuel efficency, RV and reliabilty of their Peugeots?
Pls enclosed year make and model, that would be awesome! cheers
2011 Pug 3008.
Fuel Efficiency: Good, 10km/l in town at average speed of 25km/hr, bad traffic.
Reliability: So far so good, apart from minor issues
Handling: very good
RV: I leave it to Sam Loo to comment
P308T 2011.no major issue so far.still enjoying the ride
technically not mine..use by family members. fc is not that bad, town driving 10-11km/l. hway around 12-13+km/L. (prince on 508 a bit better..same power but different tuning).
reliability: almost 40k km no problem. but questionable interior material quality for 508.
handling: good but a bit firm (not the best in the class).
*push aside RV*
308t facelift
31000km so far so good.
town 10km/l, highway 16.4km/l
pick up win all those NA engine include 2.4.
when you buy peugeot, RV never is the consideration.
2011 308 Vti
Fuel Efficiency: Good, 10km/l in town, 14km/l highway
Reliability: So far so good, service is good.
Handling: very good.
RV: I don’t care. I would drive until its last breath.
I’m really interested to drive this Pug 308 to see how did it beat the Tesla Model S to win the European Car of the Year 2014.. My bet is on the newly developed turbo diesel engine…
I think they take value for money in consideration, otherwise it couldn’t have won.
don’t compromise on the quality just for the sake of quantity like what are toyota doing currently… quality is dropping due to lean concept which take short cut trying to make more money and sacrifice safety
The 208 much nicer in terms of design
Somehow somewhat i agree with u..
If only the GTi is cheaper….
but not in the boleh land.CHEERS
if suprima is on par with this, only then it can be sold to such volume.
only dream?!
By the time it comes here , it will probably be fitted with Peugeot own engine
I am referring to this
http://paultan.org/2013/10/31/puretech-turbo/
same shit like vw. gearbox kaput.in.3.years time
Awww really? The 6 speeder auto is sourced from aisin of toyota. Toyota stuff so fragile now?
Vw habis lor…
Vw gearbox kaput in 3month…
This Pug will come with Prince EP6CDTM. I’ve had this engine for 3years. No problems, very reliable.
As more people realize, new pugs are reliable, RV will improve.