Amazingly, Peugeot's Smiley Grille Saves Another Dog's Life

Say what you want about the aesthetics of the smiley-shaped grille of older Peugeot cars, but we know that it has proved its worth when it comes to saving the lives of dogs.

How else can you explain the fact that for the second time (see the first incident here), we have discovered a video showing a pooch that made it out alive after being hit by what looks to be a Peugeot 308 307 compact hatchback?

According to the poster of the clip, the dog was allegedly hit at a speed of 90km/h (56mph), which sounds a lot to us, but without additional information, there's no way of being sure.

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Peugeot 306 with 407HP Mazda RX-7 Turbo 13B Engine

The Peugeot 306 is widely considered as a very good base for building a low-powered race track car, but fitting it with a 407 HP rotary turbo engine from a Mazda RX-7? Now that’s something that we’d really like to see in action. For the time being however, the rotary-powered Pug is still in project-form as the owner of the car that goes by the nickname “CRF450” is still trying to sort out a few problems. We’ll be keeping a close eye on this Pug-RX-7 project and we’ll inform you as soon as the owner replaces the stock 2.0-liter 170Hp 4cylinder engine with the 13B rotary unit. -More pics after the jump

Via: Mazdarotaryclub