2025 Peugeot 308 goes mild-hybrid, axes wagon for a $5000 price hike
Yesterday at 08:42 PM
Peugeot has added mild-hybrid tech to its smallest car – promising Corolla Hybrid-like fuel consumption – but it comes at a price, despite slow sales of the current version.
The 2025 Peugeot 308 range has been slashed to one hatchback variant with the introduction of mild-hybrid power designed to cut fuel use and emissions.
It has been accompanied by a $5000 price rise – now starting from $48,990 plus on-road costs – despite just 140 Peugeot 308s being reported as sold so far this year, outsold nearly 16 to one by the VW Golf.
Peugeot now offers the 308 in a single model grade, the GT Hybrid hatch, which sits between the outgoing $43,990 GT and $48,990 GT Premium in terms of specification.
MORE: Peugeot delays electric-car plans in Australia, axes all plug-in hybrids
The Peugeot 308 wagon has been culled, which – once stock of the 308 and also-axed 508 wagons sells out – will leave the French car maker without a long-roof ‘estate’ for the first time in 30 years.
It is the latest Peugeot model to drop plug-in hybrid and pure petrol options in favour of a mild-hybrid-only line-up.
Powering the 308 GT Hybrid is a 1.2-litre turbocharged petrol three-cylinder aided by a small electric motor and 0.9kWh, 48-volt battery pack, with the engine said to deliver 100kW/230Nm – up 4kW on the outgoing non-mild-hybrid variant.
MORE: Peugeot 508 axed in Australia
It is classified as a mild-hybrid, but unlike other systems of its type, Peugeot claims the 308 Hybrid can run on electric power at low speeds, for very short distances.
The French brand claims the car is “capable of operating more than 50 per cent of the time in 100 per cent zero-emission electric mode,” though it does not state if this is based on lab testing, and if so, which test cycle has been used.
Fuel consumption is rated at 4.2L/100km – down more than 20 per cent from 5.3L/100km previously, and comparable to the 4.0L/100km of a Toyota Corolla Hybrid, which is a higher-voltage ‘full hybrid’ capable of driving further on electric power alone.
CO2 emissions of 95 grams per kilometre are quoted, a reduction of 21 per cent.
The electric motor is integrated into the new six-speed dual-clutch automatic transmission, which replaces the current model’s eight-speed torque-converter auto.
The 308 GT Hybrid gains features previously offered only on the petrol-only GT Premium, including a panoramic glass sunroof, lane-centring assist, and grey-finished alloy wheels.
Orders are now open for the 2025 Peugeot 308 GT Hybrid, ahead of first deliveries due in the first quarter of next year (January to March).
2025 Peugeot 308 GT Hybrid standard features include:
- 18-inch Portland grey alloy wheels
- Matrix LED headlights with dusk sensing, auto high beam
- LED tail-lights with 3D-look ‘claw’ effect
- 10-inch infotainment touchscreen with wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, satellite navigation
- 10-inch instrument display
- Alcantara and leather-look seat upholstery with green stitching
- Heated full-grain leather steering wheel with green stitching
- Panoramic glass sunroof
- Eight-colour ambient interior lighting
- ‘Premium Hi-Fi’ unbranded sound system
- Keyless entry and start
- Front and rear parking sensors
- Autonomous emergency braking with pedestrian and cyclist detection
- Lane-keep assist
- Lane-following assist
- Adaptive cruise control with stop and go
- Blind-spot monitoring
- Rear cross-traffic alert
- Driver attention alert
- Traffic sign recognition
Available colours:
- Obsession Blue (new, no cost)
- Okenite White ($690)
- Artense Grey ($690)
- Sellenium Grey ($690)
- Nera Black ($690)
- Elixir Red ($1050)
The post 2025 Peugeot 308 goes mild-hybrid, axes wagon for a $5000 price hike appeared first on Drive.
