Peugeot 301 (2012)


The Peugeot 301 is a compact car, produced by the French automaker Peugeot. It was announced to the public in May 2012, with an official launch that took place at the Paris Motor Show in September. The 301 is built at Peugeot’s Vigo plant in Spain, alongside its twin Citroën C-Elysée, and has been manufactured in China since November 2013, and Nigeria since 2014.
Sales of the 301 commenced in November 2012, initially in Turkey, and later in other markets in Western Asia,, Africa, Latin America and Eastern Europe. Designed specifically for emerging markets, the 301 is not sold in principal Western European markets, such as France and the United Kingdom.

Specification

The 301 is powered by a range of five engines: a three-cylinder 1.2-litre VTi petrol engine shared with the Peugeot 208, producing ; a 1.2 puretech with ; a 1.6 VTi petrol with the only engine with automatic transmission.
Diesel engines available are, a 1.6 HDi with and a 1.6 blueHDi delivering, both mated only to a 5 speed manual gearbox.

Name

The model's 301 name was first used on a 1932 Peugeot 301, and the new 301 is the first Peugeot to start the revised naming strategy of using x01 and x08 to denote emerging market models and traditional market models.

Other Versions

Citroën C-Elysée

A similar model to the 301, badged as a Citroën C-Elysée, was also launched at the Paris Motor Show in 2012.

IKCO K132

2017 facelift

In 2017, Peugeot 301 received a facelift alongside its twin sister C-Elysée, the new front fascia includes a modification of the headlamps, a new grille on which displays the Peugeot logo instead of the bonnet, and DRLs.
The new facelift also added as an option a touchscreen multimedia radio with Android Auto and Apple CarPlay.

Sales and production

301

C-Elysée