2023 Peugeot 308 PHEV lands with big price tag

The new 2023 Peugeot 308 GT Sport PHEV is now on sale in Australia, priced from $64,990 plus on-road costs.

That’s more than $70,000 drive-away, depending on the state or territory ($70,748 in Victoria, for example), and places the plug-in hybrid hatchback $16,000 more expensive than the combustion-engined 308 GT Premium (from $48,990 plus ORCs). See our full price list below.

Continuing the upmarket positioning of the third-generation Peugeot 308 that landed here in November 2022, the 308 GT Sport PHEV has extra performance and equipment on its side.

The plug-in hybrid powertrain combines a 132kW 1.6-litre four-cylinder turbocharged petrol engine with an 81kW electric motor for a total output of 165kW/360Nm – up from the 96kW/230Nm 1.3-litre three-cylinder turbo-petrol in the regular 308.

Peugeot claims the 1.6-tonne PHEV hatch will accelerate from 0-100km/h in 7.5 seconds, and that it’s capable of 1.3L/100km on the combined fuel consumption cycle. It can also run on electric power alone for up to 60km courtesy of its 12.4kWh battery pack.

The latter reduces boot space from 384 litres to 361L and drops the fuel tank capacity to 40 litres (from 50L). It also dictates installation of a tyre inflation kit rather than a spare tyre.

Besides those drawbacks, the Peugeot 308 GT Sport PHEV offers a laundry list of standard equipment in a bid to justify its lofty positioning, including 18-inch alloy wheels, full LED Matrix headlights, LED tail-lights, panoramic opening glass sunroof and 360-degree camera.

Inside, the 308 Sport Hatch PHEV combines a 10.0-inch colour touch-screen display with a 10.0-inch digital instrument cluster, plus wireless phone charging, heated leather steering wheel, eight-colour ambient lighting, Nappa leather seat trim with ‘Tramontane’ grey stitching, heating and massaging function for the front seats and a 10-speaker Focal audio system.

Safety is likewise well facilitated thanks to a full complement of airbags, autonomous emergency braking (AEB) with low light pedestrian and cyclist detection, automatic hazard light activation, automatic post-collision braking system, acoustic vehicle alerting system, rear cross traffic alert, long-range blind spot detection, lane departure warning, lane assist, adaptive cruise control, tyre pressure monitoring, driver attention warning and speed sign recognition.

The Peugeot 308 GT Sport PHEV is backed by Peugeot’s five-year/unlimited-kilometre warranty in Australia as well as five years’ roadside assistance. The battery is backed by a separate eight-year/160,000km term.

Peugeot Australia offers customers capped price servicing plans, as well as the option of pre-paid servicing packages available at the time of purchase ($1200 over three years or $2000 over five years). These are based on 12-month/20,000km service intervals.

The 308 PHEV will line up against the more affordable and powerful Cupra Leon VZe (from $59,990 plus ORCs) and Mercedes-Benz A 250e (from $71,889 plus ORCs).

The 308 PHEV is Peugeot’s third plug-in hybrid model in Australia, joining the Peugeot 508 Fastback GT PHEV (from $81,610) and Peugeot 3008 PHEV (from $84,790).

How much does the 2023 Peugeot 308 cost?
GT hatch – $43,990
GT Premium hatch – $48,990
GT Premium wagon – $50,490
GT Sport PHEV hatch – $64,990
* Prices exclude on-road costs

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