308 M25 Journey

Peugeot 308 S HDi 90 drives round the M25 - on less than £10!

Peugeot 308 drives round the M25 - on less than £10!

We’re all fed up of rising fuel prices. Especially as the average cost of petrol and diesel soars beyond £1.00 a litre. But Peugeot has the solution to this money drain in the form of the new 308 hatchback. And not only does it go easy on your pocket, it’s also kinder to the environment.

In a recent road test, a five-door Peugeot 308 S HDi 90 was driven on a complete circuit round the M25 motorway. In a demonstration of its efficiency, the 117 mile journey was done on less than a ‘tenner’ of fuel – £9.95 to be exact.

The test was carried out under ‘real’ conditions: the car carried a driver and one passenger, averaged a speed of just over 50mph, and started with the weight of a full tank of diesel fuel.

And the results were impressive. It returned 58.8mpg in wet and windy conditions, using just 1.99 gallons of diesel* for the journey.

‘The M25 exercise was a simple demonstration, but our results have a serious economic message to motorists’, said Peugeot Product Manager Steve Lambert.

Another bonus is the 308 HDi 90’s CO2 emission figure of 120g/km. This means a reduction in annual road tax bills to just £35 – and makes the car exempt from the new £25-a-day London Congestion Charge which will be introduced for ‘gas guzzling’ vehicles from October. In order to claim the £0 charge, drivers are required to register with Transport for London and pay an annual £10 fee.

And from April, the 308 S HDi 90 will also qualify for the lower rate of 10% BIK tax.

NOTE: *In the road test, just 1.99 gallons of diesel fuel was consumed. The fuel, bought at a motorway service station, cost £1.10 per litre – meaning the end cost was £9.95.

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