PEUGEOT 508 4×4 – EXCLUSIVE PICS
Peugeot 508 4×4 – Exclusive pics Our spies abduction these absurd images of the high-riding HYbrid4 adaptation of Peugeot’s 508 alehouse – with a accumulated 200bhp, four-wheel drive and over 70mpg combined.
Is this the world’s a lot of accomplished acreage car? At aboriginal glance, these spy shots arise to appearance a approved SW acreage adaptation of Peugeot’s new 508. But in fact, you’re seeing the aboriginal pictures of a four-wheel-drive amalgam that will amalgamate Audi Allroad looks and 200bhp achievement with emissions so low that alley tax will be free.
Power comes from Peugeot’s different HYbrid4 set-up, which uses a 163bhp 2.0-litre agent engine to drive the foreground auto and a 37bhp electric motor to actuate the rears. This arrangement appearance in the 3008 crossover, and is able of carrying 74.4mpg abridgement and 99g/km of CO2.Â
Expect to see about identical abstracts in the 508 SW, forth with a 0-62mph time of about 8.5 seconds. As able-bodied as its hi-tech powertrain, the SW will get jacked-up abeyance and rugged, off-road styling, to angle out from versions with added accepted drivetrains.
And the HYbrid4 arrangement will affection alone in the estate, as it’s too big to fit into the 508 saloon. Peugeot will allotment the diesel-electric start-up with approaching DS4 and DS5 models from sister cast Citroen.Â
Further down the line, however, the next-generation HYbrid4 arrangement will be added compact, as the accepted nickel-metal hydride batteries will be replaced by lithium-ion cells. This will acquiesce Peugeot to fit the arrangement to added of its abate cars in future.
The 508 SW HYbrid4 is accepted to access in dealers actuality aboriginal next year, with a range-topping amount of about £30,000.
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