Peugeot 508 2018 – Peugeot’s flagship was shown before the premiere

The new Peugeot 508 was unveiled online on February 21, 2018, almost a month before its world premiere at the 2018 Geneva International Motor Show. In our review of the Peugeot 508 in 2018-2019 – photos, price, equipment and specifications of the 2nd generation of the French business class sedan. The start of sales of the new Peugeot 508 sedan is scheduled for October-November 2018 at a price of 32,300 euros. The main sales markets for the new products will be China and Europe. recently, the novelty is expected not to be sold due to insufficient demand, in 2017, many users bought a total of 9!!! Peugeot 508 is the first generation.

Future generations (the first Peugeot 508 debuted in the fall of 2010 at the Paris Motor Show and was offered in three versions: a Peugeot 508 sedan and a couple of wagons – a regular Peugeot 508 SW and a hybrid, an all-terrain station wagon Peugeot 508 RXH) – the French model of the European D-class tried a new “bogie The EMP2 platform of the PSA group, received a powerful PureTech turbocharged gasoline engine and 1.6 turbo diesel engines 1.5 and 2.0 sporty sporty (later a hybrid version will appear), and the vysokoergonomichnoy “i-cockpit” interior is almost completely unified with the interior of the Peugeot 5008 crossover.

I want to say that the creation of the 2nd generation of the Peugeot 508 model was inspired by the chic appearance of the Peugeot Instinct concept car. However, the exterior design of the production car was not as fantastic as the show car, but the headlights with long strings of LED daytime running lights and taillights with stylish 3D pattern illumination made the new 508 almost like a concept car. In addition to an aggressive front end and a chic rear end with a compact fastback-like trunk lip, the new sedan sports a swift and dynamic profile with a strong slope of the A-pillars and C-pillars, a canopy roof, compact side windows and frameless side doors like a 4-door coupe.

So, the new Peugeot 508 is clearly designed to fight the Arteon Volkswagen. On the other hand, in the Peugeot Arsenal, engines are not as powerful as in the Volkswagen vaults, and, apparently, the same representatives of the D-class will continue to compete for the French sedan: Citroen C5, Ford Mondeo, Hyundai Sonata, Kia Optima, Mazda 6 and Opel Insignia… but obviously at the price of a French sedan.

The external dimensions of the body of the new Peugeot 508 2018-2019 are 4750 mm long, 1840 mm wide, 1400 mm high, 2790 mm wheelbase.

On the other hand, business-class competitors do not have such a high-tech interior, created using the software of the French company “i-cockpit”. Therefore, along with the latest innovations of the Peugeot brand in the face of the crossover Peugeot 3008 and Peugeot 5008 and the Peugeot Rifter compact MPV, the Peugeot 508 sedan was a real gadget on wheels.

Looking only once at the interior of the new Peugeot 508, it is impossible to remain indifferent to such an interior. It is clear that the prices in the review are the interior of the fully packaged configuration of the novelty, and in the basic configuration it is not so great. But the interior is really great. Featuring a high-mounted digital multifunction instrument cluster with a 12.3-inch display, a multifunction sports steering wheel with paddles, a center console rendered on the driver's side with a large color screen, an advanced multimedia system (multimedia, climate control, rear view camera, navigation, friendship with smartphones, voice control and perception of a wave of the hand) and aviation-style switches, a powerful tunnel between the front seats with a convenient joystick, an automatic transmission, a start stop engine button,

Then abruptly: focus audio system premium finishing materials (Nappa leather and Alcantara, natural wood and brushed aluminum), background LED interior lighting, driver and front passenger seats, electrically adjustable, heated, ventilated and massaged, heated and ventilated rear seats, platform for wireless charging of smartphones.

On guard for the safety of the driver and passengers, 9 airbags, adaptive cruise control and automatic emergency braking, a traffic sign recognition system, the system monitors the first signs of driver fatigue, assistants, monitors objects in the blind spots of mirrors and for any unauthorized crossing of the marking line, an assistant when start uphill, automatic valet parking, surround view system.

Specifications Peugeot 508 2018-2019.
The second generation of the Peugeot 508 sedan is equipped with engines and transmissions, which is the brother of the platform of the new Peugeot 5008 crossover, but only the most powerful and modern engines. This is a PureTech turbocharged 1.6 petrol engine with 180 and 225 hp. with. and three turbodiesel sports 1.5 (130 hp), sports 2.0 (160 hp) and 2.0 sports (180 hp). For starting diesel engines, a choice of 6-speed gearbox and 8-speed automatic transmission, and for all other engines the default 8-speed automatic transmission.
Next year, the French promise to introduce a new generation of Peugeot 508 SW in a wagon and a diesel-hybrid version of the new all-wheel drive (a diesel engine drives the front wheels, an electric motor drives the rear wheels), according to preliminary information, the total power is about 300 horsepower.