LAST AUTO NEWS – PEUGEOT 508 REVEALED
Last Auto account – Peugeot 508 appear These are the aboriginal official pictures of Peugeot’s glassy new four-door alehouse – aggressive by the SR1 concept.
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Say ’allo ’allo to the new face of Peugeot! These official pictures of the 508 alehouse and SW acreage accord a aboriginal glimpse of a classier and added aseptic attending for the cast – which is again on the accessible 309 (opposite).
The 508 replaces the 407 and beyond 607, and sits amid the two in agreement of size. That agency it offers affluence of space, but a abate brand than the slow-selling controlling model.
At the foreground is a narrower grille, as designers move abroad from the accepted broad look. It’s allotment of a sleeker architecture for the nose, with a abbreviate air assimilation beneath the grille and LED active lights beneath the cone-shaped headlamps. The Peugeot name is spelled out beneath the Lion brand on a attenuate lip bond beanie with grille.
The car pictured is the top-spec GT, which gets ample alloys and chrome detailing. This archetypal is set to amount £24,000, as Peugeot matches prices of the 407; access cars will be about £19,000.  Â
Buyers will get a best of a four-door or SW estate. Power is from the RCZ’s 1.6-litre petrol turbo engine or a 2.0-litre HDi agent with up to 163bhp. Both can be akin to six-speed chiral or accepted automated boxes. Â
In addition, Peugeot will action the 508 with its groundbreaking HYbrid4 powertrain. This links a 163bhp 2.0 litre HDi engine to a 37bhp electric motor to forward 200bhp to all four wheels, and carve CO2 to beneath 100g/km.
The 508 is 10mm best than the 407, giving added rear legroom – key for the Chinese market, area buyers are generally chauffeured. The 508 will be congenital there as able-bodied as in France, and is due to admission at October’s Paris Motor Show, afore hitting dealers actuality in the spring.  Â
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