Peugeot’s 308 R HYbrid Is A Super Hatch With 500 HP

By Zero2Turbo On Apr 17, 2015

It is not often we talk about Peugeot on this site and that is because well they don’t pump out high-performance vehicles. Well that is all about to change because here we have their 308 R HYbrid model and it is properly impressive. At the heart of this new model sits a four-cylinder 1.6-litre THP petrol engine and two electric motors which produce a combined output of 500 horsepower (368 kW) and 730 Nm of torque (each electric motor has 115 horsepower). Peugeot say this is a “family hatchback which is capable of supercar performance” and they may be right because it can hit 100 km/h from stand still in 4.0 seconds! It won’t stop there either as it can easily reach its limited top speed of 250 km/h. The car has taken design cues from the Quartz concept and features aggressive styling with widened fenders, 19-inch wheels, large air intakes and a very distinctive black-blue paint job. The super hatch has the following driving modes;