News 2008

11 12 2008The Blue Lion Goes Green

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Take only photographs, leave only footprints – at the very least this is what Peugeot has done by planting 18 indigenous white karee trees at the Thulamntwana facility in Orange Farm to signify closure of the Coast2Coast event.

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08 12 2008Peugeot Challenge Cup Raised R63 000 for Inkanyezi HIV/Aids Orange Farm

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Peugeot Motors South Africa, building on their existing strong relations with the Orange Farm Community, donated over R63 000 to the Inkanyezi HIV/Aids Orange Farm Charity fund. The money was collected from the Peugeot Challenge Cup (PCC) golf tournament, where participants each donated R25 towards the charity.

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03 11 2008Peugeot Design Competition 2008 – Winners

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The 5th Peugeot Design Competition closed on 2nd October 2008 with the opening of the Paris Motor Show. This edition, whose theme was "Imagine the Peugeot of the future World Megalopolis", met with resounding success, with over 2,500 projects submitted and participants of 95 different nationalities. On the Podium: Three projects from three continents: 1st prize: PEUGEOT RD–Carlos Arturo Torres Tovar- Colombia – aged 25 2nd prize: PEUGEOT EGO – Emre Yazici – Turkey – aged 45 3rd prize: OXO – Lou Ke – China – aged 22

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16 10 2008Coast 2 Coast on one tank

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A Peugeot 308 HDi has driven more than 1 689 kim across South Africa on a single tank of diesel, meaning the 3.4 litres/100 km. The car completed its Coast2Coast challenge by arriving at the Northbound TOTAL Petroport N2 Riverhorse Valley in Umhlanga, on Wednesday, October 15th after its epic journey from the small diamond town of Port Nolloth on the Northern Cape coast, which it began on Monday, October 13th.

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09 10 2008Coast to Coast for less than R680

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A Peugeot 308 HDi has driven more than 1,760kms across South Africa for less than R680, meaning the 1.6 litre car achieved a fuel efficiency ratio better than 3.9l/100kms. The unmodified car, which was exactly the same as a showroom model except for nitrogen filled, energy saving tyres, completed its Coast2Coast challenge by arriving at the Northbound TOTAL Petroport N2 Riverhorse Valley in Umhlanga, on Wednesday, October 15th after its epic journey started in the small diamond town of Port Nolloth on the Northern Cape coast, on Monday,October 13th.

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05 10 2008Peugeot Motors South Africa achieves ISO 9001

2008 is proving to be a challenging year for the motor industry and the management and staff at Peugeot Motors South Africa believe that in order to attract new customers to the Peugeot brand and to retain their existing customers, they need to focus their efforts on improving quality and customer satisfaction.

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02 10 2008Johannesburg International Motor Show

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Welcome to our stand, but Please Don’t Feed the Lions Peugeot Motors South Africa’s stand at the Johannesburg International Motor Show will be unique thanks to features such as indigenous trees and a pride of lions – both perfectly in keeping with the brand’s show theme of being acutely aware of the environmental impact of the motor car.

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08 09 2008PEUGEOT International Pro-Am 2008

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The 2007 Peugeot Challenge Cup drew a total of 2502 golfers who participated in 28 Regional Events. 56 National Finalists participated at the Wanderers, hosted by Peugeot Motors South Africa (28 men and 28 women) on 15 Feb. Congratulations to the two winners: Lenza De Jager (Women’s) and De Wet Lessing (Men’s). These two had the honour of representing Peugeot Motors SA at the 5th Peugeot International Pro Am which place in Paris which has just brought to an end the Peugeot Challenge Cup 2008 season.

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01 08 2008Peugeot Transports SA Ballet

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The SA Ballet Theatre is South Africa’s largest professional ballet company. Based in Braamfontein at The Johannesburg Civic Theatre, the Company encompasses five Outreach programmes, two SABT Schools, the SABT Academy, and of course – the 35 member full-time company.

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01 08 20082008 Design Contest

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This is an international contest to design a car. There will be 30 shortlisted entries. This will be reduced to 10 by a panel of experts. There will then be a public vote on the internet to choose the winner. The winners car is then made into a full size model and presented at the Shanghai Motor Show in April 2009.

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