Today, everyone is looking to build trendy
and dynamic-looking crossovers of several shapes and sizes. Peugeot, of course,
are no different, and their SUV offensive got off to a really good start thanks
to the critically acclaimed second-generation 3008, which also won the European
Car of the Year award back in 2007.
Now that the all-new 208 supermini has been
unveiled, we have a pretty much good picture of where Peugeot stands as far as
its new design language is concerned, which means that this rendering by Kleber
Silva of a next-gen 2008 is by no means outlandish. It features a nearly
identical light signature to the smaller 208, albeit with shorter “fangs” that
don’t extend all the way down to the bottom of the bumper. There’s also a
two-tone aesthetic and a strong, muscular hood design.
We don’t know whether the next 2008 will look like
this; what we do know is that it will be built on PSA’s Compact Modular
Platform (CMP), will be a touch longer and roughly 40 kg lighter than
the outgoing model and shall be launched this fall.
Peugeot’s latest i-Cockpit design will be adopted
for the interior, and the engine lineup will include a number 48V mild-hybrid
powertrains, possibly joined at a later date by an all-electric version with a
range of up to 450 km, according to Auto Express.
