in the auto industry, a trend toward so-called "downsizing" There is nothing new. This term means nothing other than that a new 2L 180HP engine not to use to replace the existing 2L 150hp, but the 2.3 L 180 hp. This concept has now taken to the extreme, the French manufacturer Peugeot with the 508 and has also made it even clear what the French think of big cars. The model is the common successor of the models 407 and 607 and so the top model from Peugeot (one is 607 in France as a state limousine!). And at that very top of the range is continually refuses to extremely powerful engines. The most powerful engine is a 204-hp 2.2L V6 turbo diesel engine (the V6 engines with a turbo or something similar to banish completely trust you then it does not). Although this benefit is equal to the strongest 607-diesel, but has a CO2 emissions of 150 instead of 223g per km. And these were well-150g and a design specification, for even the strongest of only two petrol has this value. This means that although at less power, but that's the concept here. Similarly, the concept is the weight, which itself the smaller of the two replaced models - the 407 - by offering to 85kg. Who 150g CO2 and 5.7 L consumption is still too much, for it is now down to 109g - or the promised for next year, diesel hybrid on 99g ...
Peugeot delivers the same time here more as a clear response to the "nation of small car drivers". In France, not only the upper class, but also the upper middle class is completely dead after the sales. So we made the best of it and brought a car that is ignoring any outcry on the size and power and instead to radically optimize low power consumption. About 130g EU limit can really die laughing just yet.
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