Peugeot 3008 HYbrid4, world’s first diesel hybrid

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The 2010 Paris Motor Show is still open for the public as we type, and this website will continue to “bring to you the show floor” by reporting on the many new cars and concepts that made their debut at the Paris Expo – while Lotus stole the show with their five car blast, there are plenty more to excite the car nut.

Touted as the world’s first production diesel full hybrid vehicle, the 3008 HYbrid4 was one of the stars of the vast Peugeot stand. The logic is simple: modern diesels are more economical (by up to 30%, Peugeot says) and powerful than their petrol equivalents, so a diesel hybrid should outperform a petrol one. With an electric motor helping out, the HYbrid 4 offers performance of a much larger diesel car, but with low CO2 emissions, which is crucial in Europe.

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Peugeot 3008 HYbrid4, world’s first diesel hybridHere, a 2.0-litre 163 bhp HDi oil burner (with Stop Start) works together with a 37 bhp electric motor – the former powers the front wheels while the latter powers the rears. Max combined torque is 500 Nm, 40% of that contributed by the electric motor.

There are no mechanical links between both powerplants – it’s all “by wire”. All the hybrid components including the Nickel Metal Hydride battery are located in the rear; Peugeot says there were no need for any redesign from the standard 3008, and weight distribution has improved with the added load in the rear.

No CVT here, as the 3008 HYbrid 4 uses an electronically-controlled 6-speed manual gearbox, which we presume works like an AMT. There are four drive modes: ZEV (Zero Emission Vehicle), Four-wheel drive, Auto and Sport. The headline figures are 26.3 km/l combined consumption and low CO2 emissions of 99 g/km.

The 3008 HYbrid 4 will go on sale early next year in Europe.

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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

  • garfield on Oct 11, 2010 at 12:53 pm

    Wonder why it took this long?

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  • The Loner on Oct 11, 2010 at 1:02 pm

    This will bring joy for the European as they can save more on fuel purchase.

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  • 500 NM with a benefit of doubt say @ 1800rpm, being a diesel in a 7 seater. WOW!! This is more like a Peugeot, Back to the golden days of the T16’s ,Mi16 and GTi’s.

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  • udasalleh on Oct 11, 2010 at 1:51 pm

    WOW… this is cool! wonder if i could afford it if it came.

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  • iampaultanfan on Oct 11, 2010 at 1:59 pm

    most of the dude in Malaysia don’t know what the diff between cvt and electrically control manual transmission and will shout everything as cvt….lol

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    • The Loner on Oct 11, 2010 at 3:16 pm

      Agree. As long as the gearshift is not H pattern and there are two pedals underneath the steering wheel, they will consider as automatic transmission.

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  • arcana on Oct 11, 2010 at 2:21 pm

    kudos to peugeot for a world’s 1st…….
    now we have the best of both worlds which is high power and lower consumption/emission unlike most petrol hybrids which focuses more on consumption/emission at the expense of power.

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  • bola tan-tan on Oct 11, 2010 at 4:07 pm

    french legion lion has awaken…
    malayan tiger still in comatose…

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  • budleee on Oct 11, 2010 at 4:50 pm

    wonder how will toyota answer this, their claim that a petrol hybrid works better since the electric motor will compesate the low speed torque and power that the efficient petrol lacks..

    but throw in a already efficient and powerful diesel and an electric motor?

    in paper that means, efficient cruising around town

    the already efficient highway cruising

    an extra shove in the torque?

    i guess the only thing that makes me wonder is how smooth the diesel when it starts and stop..

    but this is a french car, and they loveeee their diesels, so they probably have fine tune it to make it smooth

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  • Armchair critiquer.. on Oct 11, 2010 at 5:49 pm

    When are we going to have Euro 4 compliant diesel? So Peugeot can bring thing beauty here!

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    • kaminski on Oct 11, 2010 at 9:30 pm

      Most diesels in Europe are now Euro5 compliant, they are all working on Euro 6 compliance engines now.

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      • laluan sehala on Oct 13, 2010 at 10:15 am

        gosh, we are soooo slow to implement better diesels. what’s stopping them from introducing better fuel? the higher cost? hmm, another question, would the rakyat pay a lot more for better diesel? maybe even up to 2 times the price now?

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  • armandd on Oct 11, 2010 at 7:51 pm

    Finally, a diesel-electric hybrid.. Car manufacturers should have developed this type of powerplant long time ago instead of focusing on petrol-electric hybrid only. The next step will be harnessing the heat produced by the engine by converting it to electricity, perhaps by using steam turbine…

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  • I wonder how would the start stop system function here. as far as i know it turns the engine off.. air con how?

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  • reydtz on Oct 11, 2010 at 11:09 pm

    a lion with an appetite of a kitten, indeed

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  • rossi46 on Oct 12, 2010 at 12:35 pm

    Pug got it right…diesel hybrid make more sense than Toyota prius petrol hybrid

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