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This year’s European Car of the Year result was close, with the top three contenders separated by only 18 points.

Peugeot Sport is currently developing its new 9X8 Hypercar Hybrid for the World Endurance Championship. To mark the brand’s return to top-class racing, recently-founded watchmaker Lorige has been commissioned to design a special timepiece called the BL-Endurance Hyperblack.

104,932 new cars were registered in Ireland during 2021. Although that figure represented a healthy rise of 18.8% compared to 2020’s total of 88,325, it was still short of the 117,109 deliveries achieved in pre-pandemic 2019.

For its Experience Tour, cooking appliance manufacturer Whirlpool has been using a mobile demonstration kitchen that’s based on an unusually-modified Peugeot Expert. The vehicle was devised by Peugeot Design Lab and converted by BCC.

Electric vehicles dominate the 2022 European Car of the Year finalist list. In fact, six of the seven nominees – which were chosen by a jury vote – feature battery-electric powertrains.

To coincide with some minor cosmetic changes for the 2021 model year, Peugeot has confirmed that its 108 city car is now available in five-door form only.

Peugeot has confirmed the technical specifications of its upcoming e-Partner, which is due to arrive at UK dealers in November. Unsurprisingly, they’re pretty much identical to those of the recently-announced Vauxhall / Opel Combo-e .

‘Peugeot Sport Engineered’ is a bit of a mouthful, but that’s the name chosen by the French firm for a new family of high-performance electrified cars.

Unsurprisingly, prices for the new pure-electric e-Expert van are very similar to those of the virtually identical Citroën e-Dispatch .

Ahead of deliveries beginning later this year, Citroën has announced prices for the new pure-electric e-Dispatch van.

Last month, Vauxhall / Opel unveiled the production-ready Vivaro-e pure-electric van. Now, the virtually identical Citroën e-Jumpy (e-Dispatch in some markets) and Peugeot e-Expert are all set to go on sale as well.

Ahead of this year’s World Car Awards winners being declared next month, the top three finalists in each of the five categories have been announced.

A jury comprising 58 motoring journalists from across the continent has decided that the Peugeot 208 is 2020’s European Car of the Year.

117,100 new cars were registered in Ireland during 2019. That figure, published by the Society of the Irish Motor Industry, represents a 6.8% decline on 2018’s total.

A new top trim grade has been added to Peugeot’s Expert range. Named Sport Edition and based on the existing Asphalt equipment level, it’s available for Standard length Panel Van and Crew Van models.

From an initial list of thirty candidates, European Car of the Year jurors have decided the seven finalists for 2020.

Most large camper vans are usually white or silver, so the Boxer 4x4 Concept immediately stands out thanks to Wanderlust Green satin paintwork which is combined with some striking mint, grey and matt black highlights.

One of the smallest vehicles to be unveiled at the 2019 Düsseldorf Caravan Salon was the Peugeot Partner Alpin Camper. Indeed, an overall body length of just 4.75 metres (15’ 7”) should mean that driving and parking this compact van are stress-free experiences.

For the first time, Jaguar has been awarded the European Car of the Year title. It was the narrowest of victories, though.

By including the e-208 in its completely new supermini range, Peugeot is getting ready to satisfy a demand for zero-emissions cars which is likely to grow rapidly over the coming years.