PSA Peugeot Citroën inaugurates a new engine production line in France

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Philippe Varin, Chairman of the PSA Peugeot Citroën Managing Board, and Denis Robin, Prefect of France’s Pas-de-Calais region, today inaugurated the production line for the new EB Turbo PureTech engine at the Française de Mécanique plant in Douvrin, France.

PSA Peugeot Citroën has invested a total of €893 million in the EB PureTech engine family, of which:

€455 million in research and development.
€438 million in capital expenditure in France.

An expected annual production capacity of 320,000 engines.

The new three-cylinder petrol engine is simultaneously efficient, environmentally gentle, compact and modular, featuring:

110-130 horsepower.
18% lower fuel consumption and CO₂ emissions (102g-110g CO₂/km) than the naturally aspirated engine versions in the Group’s line-up that are already the benchmark in their category.
Significantly reduced weight and size offering top-of-market performance and driveability.
Modularity, with 40% of engine components borrowed from the naturally aspirated version.
Early compliance with Euro 6.1 emissions standards, which take effect in September 2014.
Technological innovation, with 121 related patents filed by the Group.

The EB Turbo PureTech engine will be introduced initially on the Citroën C4 (110g CO₂/km) and the Peugeot 308 (107g CO₂/km) in March 2014, followed by the Peugeot 208 (105g CO₂/km), and lastly by the Citroën C3 and DS3 (105g CO₂/km).