2017 Peugeot 508
To resist the offensive of SUVs, sedans
are becoming more and more often to cut. Just like the second generation of
508, which will draw a lot of style Exalt concept. Launch will be held in 2017.
Restyled in mid-2014, the Peugeot family
sedan, marketed since early 2011, remains the best selling in its category in
France in 2015. But she starts dating face the VW Passat and Renault Talisman.
Its second generation, however, will have to wait, since it is not expected
before 2014. The R83 project (code name for the hatchback, the SW variant meets
the sweet name R82 internally) based on the platform EMP2 , released by the
sister 308. With a serious drop in weight to boot. As for his line, it will
mirror the elegant coupe concept 4-door Exalt, presented at the show in Beijing
in 2014.
The second of the name will also open
some functions - PSA unpublished - from automated driving (file monitoring and
acceleration and braking) in traffic, highway and parking. While abandoning the
diesel hybrid technology of its predecessor: now, only one petrol unit can
receive the help of the magic of electricity, with the addition of a
possibility of recharging the batteries on mains at the same time. For a model
that targets many China where diesel occupies anecdotal place this change makes
sense.
