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Peugeot installs small diesel engine in 407, beats CO2 figure

Click on image for full-resolution gallery If I told you a few years ago that a medium-sized sedan would get a 1.6-liter diesel engine, you might have thought that I was crazy. However, Peugeot is on to something since they put a 1.6-liter 110hp HDi diesel in the Peugeot 407, getting a relatively large car that burns just 4.9 l/100 km of diesel (equivalent to 48 mpg) and keeps CO2 emissions at a respectable 129 g/km. The car not only has the thrifty engine that is found in other PSA products like the 207, 308, C4, and Ford's Focus and ... Read more →

Michelin Energy Saver tires help Peugeot/Citroen save 15,000 tonnes of CO2 annually Sam Abuelsamid

High efficiency cars have long used low rolling resistance tires to help reduce frictional losses. However, some of the same properties that give such tires less resistance to rolling down the road ...

Low-rolling resistance tires reduce fuel consumption for the Peugeot 308 Sebastian Blanco

The frugal 1.6-liter diesel Peugeot 308 (and the very frugal diesel hybrid version) get some of their low numbers to Michelin's new low-rolling resistance tires, called Energy Saver. According to AN ...

Peugeot installs small diesel engine in 407, beats CO2 figure 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

Click on image for full-resolution gallery If I told you a few years ago that a medium-sized sedan would get a 1.6-liter diesel engine, you might have thought that I was crazy. However, Peugeot is on to something since they put a 1.6-liter 110hp HDi diesel in the Peugeot 407, getting a ...

Michelin Energy Saver tires help Peugeot/Citroen save 15,000 tonnes of CO2 annually 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

High efficiency cars have long used low rolling resistance tires to help reduce frictional losses. However, some of the same properties that give such tires less resistance to rolling down the road also mean they sometimes also have less grip on the road, resulting in degraded handling and braking. ...

Low-rolling resistance tires reduce fuel consumption for the Peugeot 308 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

The frugal 1.6-liter diesel Peugeot 308 (and the very frugal diesel hybrid version) get some of their low numbers to Michelin's new low-rolling resistance tires, called Energy Saver. According to AN Europe, the tires themselves don't subtract too many grams of CO2 emitted for each kilometer driven ...


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