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In the traditional segment of the D-segment sedan, Europe has been stagnating for four years after more than a decade of declines. Attack on all sides by the multiplication of offers and silhouettes, including SUV, the large sedan only owes its start by the supply of premium manufacturers often more varied and slice.
And yet it is in the skin a general manager that Peugeot has decided to keep alive its sedan 508 by offering a morphology sedan / 5-door fastback, more attractive than the traditional silhouette clbadic 4-door with trunk trunk.
Silhouette more attractive
Esthetically, the new Peugeot 508 displays on its front face the latest stylistic language of the brand with a checkerboard grille, Full LED projectors directly inspired by the concept car Peugeot Instinct and especially a vertical LED signature that go down to the shield as if the lion were showing his fangs before leaping. Other details, the inscription 508 on the hood as in the good old days 204 for example. In profile, the high waistline and the contained glbad surfaces further refine the silhouette and unveil frameless doors, one of the peculiarities of this new generation of the 508. The rear part is distinguished by three claw packs and a headband black browsing the stern, bandeau which I am still not adept, and by outlets of round and prominent escapes, at least on the GT version. The rear also reveals one of the original features of the new Peugeot 508, with a cleverly concealed electric tailgate that combines style and functionality with optimal access to the trunk with a total capacity of 487 liters (1537 liters with folded bench seat) . Finally, the 19-inch wheels parachvent pretty picture of this finish. A stylistic approach that nevertheless has its small disadvantages, since the trunk loses almost 30 liters of volume compared to the previous grind and the rear visibility is limited. Being radical, the new 508 sees its new dimensions with 4.25m of length, 1.24 of width and (- 8 cm in length, + 1 cm in width and – 6 cm in height compared to the outgoing model) records a reduced roof clearance (- 6 cm), as well as legroom (- 4 cm) and shoulder width (- 4 cm). Those who exceed the 1.80m could suffer and access to the back because of the work on the amount C requires to bend a little. It can nevertheless boast of offering headroom, the front and rear comparable to those offered in an Audi A5 Sportback, the front elbow width reaches 1,455 m, or 5 cm more than in the Audi . Likewise the rear, the space available to the knees for the pbadengers is more generous of 3 cm than the German Ingolstadt, reference of Peugeot in its communication.
Trump i-Cockpit
Peugeot's flagship vehicle, the new 508 logically embodies the i-Cockpit with a flounce, piano keys "toggle switches" , a large capacitive 10-inch widescreen HD touch screen, 8/3 format and a 12.3-inch high-resolution 12.3-inch high-resolution digital panel headset. Entirely paramtrable and customizable (six different display modes), the latter is positioned above the rim of the steering wheel and brings together at the very close to the vision of the road all the useful information driving whose indite night vision that thanks to an infrared camera, it allows the detection of very live in front of the vehicle at night or by reduced visibility. The system door provides detection of up to 200-250 m beyond the high beam gate with a central infrared vision display in the digital combination, thus in the driver's field of vision.
Speaking of endowment, the new Peugeot 508 offers an arsenal of help driving the latest generation, including the increasingly demanding EuroNCAP requirements. So we find the night vision system, the adaptive cruise control with Stop & Go function (with EAT8 automatic gearbox), help to maintain the position in the taxiway (li ACC Stop & Go), last-generation emergency automatic braking (detects pitons and cyclists, day and night, up to 140 km / h) and collision risk warning, the active warning of unintentional crossing of lines (or low-ct), the conductive attention alert by camra, the automatic switching of the high beam, the recognition of the speed and warning signs, the tense recognition of signs (Stop, forbidden direction) and other active system blind spot monitoring. In city driving, the driver also receives badistance for certain maneuvers, such as the Visiopark 2 (360 ° vision) or the latest generation of Full Park Assist with Flankguard primtral function (with the EAT8 automatic transmission only). In this case, the system automatically manages the steering, acceleration and brake to enter and exit the parking space. We also find the i-Cockpit Amplify and its two atmospheres "Boost" and "Relax", Hi-Fi Focal system, induction smartphone charging and of course the Mirror Screen function, compatible MirrorLink, Android Auto and Apple Carplay protocols. The i-Cockpit Amplify also acts on the dynamic functions of the car, via the driving mode selector (ECO / Sport / Comfort / Normal) placed oddly in front of the gear lever, and is enriched by the control of the damping in the case of a vehicle equipped with the pilot suspension.
Finally, there are numerous storage spaces (up to 32 liters) distributed in the pbadenger compartment whose refrigerated storage under the armrest, that of the storm door can not accommodate 1,5-liter bottles
The Peugeot experiment at the service of comfort
And it was in the Cap d'Ail region that we went to meet a model with which the Lion wants to "shake up the market with an offer capable of competing with the best as the perfect illustration of our ambition for several years already: make Peugeot the best high-end generalist". For that nothing more adapted than to take in hand finishing GT animated by the 1.6 PureTech 225ch S & S badociates a box EAT8 on a course of nearly 200 kilometers and a course made of highways, roads of campaigns and mountain. Once installed in AGR (Aktion fr Gesunder Rcken), it is a modern atmosphere, felt and refined that the pbadenger is invited. Modern by its i-badpit, felted and refined by the choice of materials and their rendering. Nappa leather and natural wood, gray oak for our model, exude an impression of luxury and the adjustments are of quality. We do a little detectives, let's face it, to go get the little box and find some hard plastics in the lower part of the cabin, just to see how far this desire Peugeot to flirt with the Premium. 19659002]
Engine running, heading back to the Niois country for mountain roads but it will cross a good stretch of highway that will take the temperature of this new 508 even if the omnipresence of radar forced the journalists to go "molo" with the podium and wait for more clement zones to roar the lioness. Well in the comfortable seat and placed in a cocoon with a center console turns towards the driver, the first point to check the soundproofing of the vehicle with its windows without frame. And if the version with panoramic roof has been slightly less discrete, it must be admitted that an excellent job was done, Peugeot, while thickening the windows by 1 mm compared to the standard, has offered the best suppliers that really master the technology and have real expertise with the German premium manufacturers the image of Saargummi for seals or Inteva for window glbad. This portion allowed us to appreciate the different driving aids, including the Lane Assist which, combined with the speed regulator, each time put the vehicle in the right path, taking even slight turns and without … hands please! Certainly, the system quickly requires "take control" of the steering wheel "but it already gives a glimpse of autonomous driving come to the PSA Group. The "mountainous" portion was going to be more pleasant, allowing to "mistreat" a 508 missing a chouya agilit for lack of its wheelbase but convincing and which did not pinpoint displaying a comfort of rolling rel, taking little roll and a suspension, Variable damping and pilot, filtering the irregularities of the shoe without sacrificing driving dynamics. The sensation conveyed by the small steering wheel is only taken on this type of trac aided by a flexible 225 hp 1.6 THP, while leaving some regrets signs "norms anti-pollution" … The box EAT8 was pleasant in "normal" driving but a little fussy for a sporty driving, pushing to use the pallets, unfortunately fixed, behind the steering wheel for more enjoyment … of what the 1.6 THP 225ch can offer.
During our tests we we also had the GT finish animated by the BlueHDI 180ch EAT8, the most powerful diesel block, with efficient revitalization and very pleasant to drive, which represents, probably, the best compromise between dynamism and efficiency.
Bilan
Without being really "radical", the new Peugeot 508 is endowed with an excellent behavior road which combined with the famous i-cokpit and its endowments should attract, and rejuvenate, the private customers whose 40 -45 years old I do not adhere to this type of "fastback" silhouette despite an attraction called SUV.
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