Peugeot 308

The Peugeot 308 is a small family car in the C-segment from the French maker Peugeot, unveiled in June 2007 and launched in September 2007 in hatchback form. It replaced the 307 and sits below the 508 and above the 208. A station wagon, the 308 SW, followed in March 2008, a coupé cabriolet, the 308 CC, in February 2009 and a saloon, the 408, in February 2010. The first generation, project T7, was based on the chassis of the 307 with new bodywork and a drag coefficient of 0.29, and the 308 HDi held the Guinness record as the most fuel efficient mainstream car, averaging 3.13 litres per 100 kilometres over 14,580 km. The second generation, unveiled in 2013, was named 2014 European Car of the Year, and the third, unveiled in 2021, introduced a hybrid powertrain. It is built at Mulhouse and Sochaux in France, at Kaluga in Russia and at El Palomar in Argentina.