Peugeot 508

Peugeot 508 (since 2010)

The Peugeot 508 is a positioned in the middle class car of the French car manufacturer Peugeot. Since March 12, 2011, he is offered as a four-door notchback sedan and five-door station wagon called SW in Germany.

The official presentation took place earlier on the Mondial de l'Automobile in October 2010. Production site in Europe is the French PSA plant in Rennes -La- Janais in which on the common platform PF3 and the Citroën C5 is made. The measures provided for the Chinese market and correspondingly modified limousine models are made in the course of 2011 in a new, specially built for this model plant in Wuhan.

At the IAA 2011 in Frankfurt an all-wheel drive and hybrid engine estate version was presented. In the spring of 2012, she as 508 RXH came on the market. From the summer of the same year, this drive was available in the sedan.

Background

The upper middle class in the automotive industry has been suffering for some years to a significant downturn in demand, resulting that all producers who do not understand itself as a premium manufacturer, to withdraw gradually from this also. Instead, the equipment in the middle class is optional and partly also significantly upgraded standard. Thus, in the case of a Peugeot 508 vehicle has arisen, which is a length of 4.8 m within the scope of the present-day mass of both classes.

The vehicle replaces both the Peugeot 407 ( middle class ) and the 607 ( upper middle class). The model number 508 continues the beginning of 1992, ended with the Peugeot 505 500 series, which was then in turn replaced by independent model series, Peugeot 405 and Peugeot 605.

The introduced concept car Peugeot SR -1 in early 2010 new Peugeot design line is reacted with the 508 for the first time in series production. The body shape is waived at the front end of the smaller Peugeot models designated as " gaping snapdragon " design line and replaced by a relatively conventional, in favor of a low air resistance, very low-lying grille. A near-series, still partially streamlined -designed study was shown in March 2010 at the Geneva Motor Show as a 5 by Peugeot, which also already had the planned hybrid drive. The drag coefficient of 508 is 0.257.

Production of the 508 in Rennes began in October 2010., The factory there can deliver up to 150,000 vehicles annually. In addition, Peugeot expected in China, where it already the smaller Peugeot 408 is being able to sell 60,000 copies per year.

Peugeot 508 SW (since 2010)

Dashboard

Technology

Equipment

The 508 is offered in four trim levels - Access, Active, Allure and GT, the latter is only available with the 2.2-liter diesel engine. The basic equipment includes the usual features such as daytime running lights class, ESP, ASR, air-conditioning, including six airbags. This also includes Brake Assist, which also automatically activates the hazard warning lights.

Optional is an emergency system in the offer, which automatically sends an emergency call to the PSA service center or national emergency numbers when an airbag is deployed. This service can also be triggered manually via an emergency call button.

Motors

As with Peugeot now standard, is set almost entirely on diesel engines in the engine range. As gasoline are only two 1.6 - liter engines with 120 hp or 156 hp turbocharged available. The turbo - diesel engines ranging from a 1.6 liter with 112 hp to the 2.2 liter HDi with 204 hp. The diesel with 112 hp is offered as optional e-HDi FAP 110 with a start -stop system, six-speed automatic and micro- hybrid system, whereby a CO2 emissions of 109 g per km is achieved in the test cycle.

From a 508 also equipped with four-wheel diesel hybrid version with 200 hp and 99 g of CO2 has been developed which appeared as 508 RXH in spring 2012. Since the summer of 2012, the notchback sedan is offered as HYbrid4 with a consumption of 3.6 liters per 100 km.

Rear view

Specifications

( Diesel-/E-Motor ) (163 37 PS) / 3850