Peugeot 508 – The New 407

The Peugeot 407 has been around for sometime, many wonder when will the new model coming.  Say “Bonjour” to the new creation from the French automaker – Peugeot 508. The new Peugeot 508 which it is said to replace the Peugeot 407 and 607. In terms of size, it is bigger than the current Peugeot 407 but slight smaller than the Peugeot 607. Which means, you will be getting a bigger car if you’re paying for a Peugeot 407 price range.

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The Peugeot 508 has move away from the old design styling, the new Peugeot 508 has a narrower & less wide grille. The Peugeot logo is attach on the bonnet and the Peugeot name is written top of the grille. The Air intake is is behind the grille area. Following the trend of LED lights, the New 508 has LED lights below the above the fog lights.The photo here is the top of the spec Peugeot 508 GT which will have larger rims and some of the chrome finishes. As mentioned, the Price range will be around the Peugeot 407 price.

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The rear of the vehicle is fitted a new styling of rear lights and a integrate dual-exhaust with the bumper. The engine could range from the 1.6-Litre petrol turbo engine which Peugeot has or the 2.0-Litre HDI diesel engine capable to push 163bhp. There will be automatic gearbox or a 6 speed manual gearbox variant. Peugeot will also introduce a new HYbrid4 variant to the Peugeot 508. The HYbrid4 module will combine the power of the 2.0 litre HDI engine with a 37bhp electric motor. This will make the 508 to a 200bhp car and at the same time it’s greener with much lesser CO2 produced.

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The interior of the Peugeot 508, will have some “high-tech” feature and it looks solid and visually high quality. The interior of the 508 does remind us of the BMW styled interior. The will be a estate version which is the Peugeot 508 SW for buyers to choose from. The Peugeot 508 will be built in French first but there could be a possibility Naza would CKD or SKD the Peugeot 508 in Malaysia. More information of this car will be available in October during the Paris Motor Show.

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