PEUGEOT 508 Sedan test drive since 2010 sedan

PEUGEOT 508: DAS GUTE AUTO!

Having received the new Peugeot 508 on the test drive, the Kolesa.ru portal was pleased with the generous equipment of standard sets, with nostalgia he remembered the four hundredth series of Peugeot and was surprised to learn about the decisiveness of the French in promoting diesel engines in Russia.

Sales statistics are cynical and soulless. How many interesting cars she buried, how many bright design projects were strangled in the bud, how many original projects remained in the form of concepts, or even in the heads of engineers.

And all for one reason are bad sales. And it doesn’t matter whether manufacturers were decided for serial production or limited to marketing research, the vocalities of the layman will solve the fate of any model. Only in the first case, the people will vote with a ruble (euro, dollar), and in another request for the purchase.

For Peugeot 407, sales statistics have become the main enemy. Even in 2008 - the peak of car sales - 407 was sold worse than the rest of the D -class sedans, and, in particular, Volkswagen Passat, which was appointed the main competitor. And in Russia in the same period, the ratio of sales of passators by the four hundred and seventh was even five to one.

Whoever criticized the French sedan. And his mouth is huge, and the headlights are too slanting, and the front overhang is too large, and the place is the smallest from the back, and the buttons are not where it is necessary. Anyway, why buttons, when all German cars have a puck? And why then there is no button on the steering wheel, as in German cars?

And only a few, going to the Peugeot car dealerships, fascinated their eyes on a squat, swift silhouette, as if preparing to jump a lion. With an open mouth, ready to absorb the running air. These few knew that on the back sofa of ninety percent of the time they had to carry only children. They guessed that steeringry joysticks and console buttons are no less convenient, just you need to get a little getting used to them.

And how the pride of the owners was pleased when the entire bus stop escorted them with Peugeot 407. How easy it was for them to find their hypermarket in the parking lot, unlike anyone, a car. And how the owners of the 407th lions met respectfully at a traffic light. And how many owners of snow -white four hundred and seventh were cut off the phones of the tuning studio after watching the Bessonovsky film Taxi 4 can only be guessed.

But in mass consumer society, individuality is not welcome. Makeing off through the gray everyday life of an equally gray and vain city, each owner of the white or sky-blue Peugeot 407 caught a questioning look from the neighboring gray Opel or dark gray Volkswagen: a fool, for this money, you could buy a German car!

And here in front of me are the Peugeot 508. Yes, not one, but a dozen, built by a Christmas tree, washed and prepared for the 250-kilometer test of French sedans.

The car, of course, is beautiful. But the narrowed headlights with chamomile of LEDs became smaller, the mouth was noticeably covered, and the sides were clearly rounded, which was why the car began to seem wider and thicker. This is no longer a toned wild cat, but rather a well -fed and peaceful lion, who expresses a fraction of aggression, rather, to maintain his own image and solidity.

Solidity is one of the main components of the appearance of the new sedan 508. Is it why half of the cars presented on a test drive, prestigious black? After all, the flagship Peugeot claims a place in a business class, where dark colors are an unspoken standard.

But where the Peugeot 508 took a step towards the next car level, is in the cabin. The interior of the car was redeemed completely and efficiently for the better. Although, it was impossible to scold the 407th model for the cheapness of decoration materials, on the 508th all the elements of the interior are made of even more expensive materials. What is one mildest Nappa skin in expensive performance.

There are also no complaints about the convenience of landing. I don’t even really want to regulate the hugging front seats, adjusting to a reclining position for me. Their profile is so convenient. It is unlikely that anyone will now dare to call the rear sofa. At my 180 cm of growth, I sit down with a margin of six to eight centimeters without fear of touching something with my head. Of course, the Peugeot 508 is still far away, for example, to Skoda Superb, but if necessary with such overall data, the French sedan will go for the staff, given that the rear passengers now have their own separate climate control.

In general, the equipment of Peugeot 508 is a second trump card, which can boast of a contender for the title of a sedan with a prefix business. Even in the basic configuration, the 508th is equipped so that there is no great need to look into the list of additional options. But if, nevertheless, you will want to choose a richer version, then the driver can have, for example, a massage chair, and a projector for the speedometer and navigation system for windshield, and bixenon rotary headlights, which can now independently switch the light from longitudinal to Near and back.

But, the more I was in the cabin of the largest passenger Peugeot, the more clearly the feeling of deja vu became. Understanding came a minute after pressing the start button when the backlight flashed the instrument panel. One to one as in Audi! - flashed through my head. And the joystick on the central tunnel with the surrounding hot keys, almost the same as the MMI system. And the climate control unit block of the quintessence of the stoves of the entire German auto industry. And the keys on the steering wheel - as many as the French, as if the French tried to compensate for their absence in all previous years.

Of course, in general, the ergonomics of the salon has become more convenient. But Peugeot experts understood equal to German cars too literally. There was no trace of French charming irregular irregularly. It's a pity

Peugeot brought to Russia almost the entire line of power units, including its diesel engines, famous for excellent traction characteristics, reliability and efficiency.

And if both diesel diesel engines in Russia happened to be tested in the case, then the gasoline Peugeot 508 was present only in a turbocharged version. The most ambiguous basic version with a four -cylinder power unit with a volume of 1.6 liters and a capacity of 120 horsepower did not bring Peugeot to the test.

All the ambiguity of this motor is not even that for a car weighing 1,410 kg it seems, to put it mildly, weakly, but that it was assigned to his partners an automated EGS box. And this transmission is nothing more than a continuation of the development of the 2-Tronic robot with all its shortcomings as an automaton that I managed to feel back in 2009 at the Peugeot 308 1.6 HDI. It is evident, not wanting to hear criticism once again to the most successful transmission, the representative of Peugeot in Russia excluded this version of 508 from the journalistic test.

The second pair of Peugeot 508 located in the engine compartment is the same 1.6 engine only with a turbocharged, issuing 150 horses, and a six -speed hydro -transformer automatic machine of the Japanese company Aisin. The union is successful. The box with a calm smoothness sorting through the transmission, without snapping even with a torn ride. And the traction of the turbo engine is enough at the legal speeds in Russia. But, only so far there is one or two people in the cabin. Three, and even with luggage, the 150-horsepower French sedan begins to strain their weight. Yes, so that the track overtaking from 100 km/h is given the 508th not that with difficulty, but with great reluctance.

And in this light, an additional payment of 95,000 rubles for a two-liter 136-horsepower diesel, on which the Pezhovites make large bets, looks very reasonable. Although, formally, a heavy fuel engine loses a little a gasoline fellow according to speed characteristics, in fact, it is much more convenient to control the two -liter. Yes, and it is much more indifferent to loading. Moreover, if the sound of the tractor engine can still be determined while on the street, then it is almost impossible in the cabin.

The top version of GT was a little upset with its routine: 19-inch wheels, bifurcated pipes of exhaust system, and a combined leather-alkaline salon in the options. For a version with a loud sporting prefix Grand Turismo, which even in statics should raise the morale, is not enough.

But the declared 450 Newton meters of traction even inspire respect on paper. It seems that the 204-horsepower turbodiesel takes five hundred eighth in passport 8 seconds to hundreds with any number of passengers on board. Sharp accelerations, overtaking and other sprint entertainment are given to the car at a time. But! All this 508GT does without fire in the eyes, without a spark! Evenly, smoothly and safely in German. And in many ways, this merit of a machine gun, which does not change its foundations, even in Sport mode, is a merit.

It was not possible to fully evaluate the controllability of the car, which was famous for the fourth series of Peugeot. Almost the entire test route passed along the snowy and icy routes of the Moscow Region, on which the verification of maximum stability could affect the fraught consequences. But the behavior of the car is on a straight line, even so difficult, excellent. In one of the sites, it was possible to accelerate (may the traffic police officers do not read these lines), up to 190 km/h without any fear to lose control of the car.

But, turning and driving from a kilometer along an entertaining, typically summer cottage automobile path, it is safe to say that PEUGEOT 508 can be moved from asphalt. Gently making his way along the winter bumpy rut, the five hundred eight never caught on the parts of her body.

What is the end? The French marketers really did not in vain put the sedan as a peg with a title number five. The car really rose to the level in almost all respects. Peugeot 508 can fully compete with the recognized players of the domestic market in their class. Especially if the Russians finally get rid of stupid stereotypes in relation to French cars. But!

The unbridled desire to win a line in the statistics of sales in the main European automobile market in Germany, forced the French to sacrifice the French from Peugeot, originality and, to some extent, style. Let not always be successful, let not everywhere practical, but one hundred percent recognizable and no one is not like. it's a pity

PEUGEOT 508 price
Russian versions of the French flagship start from 839,000 rubles. For this money, the buyer will receive the basic version of Access with an engine of 120 hp. And an egs robot. Equipment includes a full set of active safety tools, the alphabet of which I don’t even want to decipher (ABS, ESP, ASR, EBA, EBFD), 6 airbags, full electric package, two-zone climate control, heating of seats, MP3-magnet with USB and Bluetooth connector, Russified on -board computer and fog lights.

Expanded performance of Active can be selected with one of three engines: 1.6 (120 hp) EGS 894 000 rubles, 1.6 (150 hp) automatic transmission 994,000 rubles, 2.0 hdi (136 hp) 1,089,000 rubles . And the rich version of Allure starts from 1,164,000 rubles. The powerful and thrust turbodiesel 2.2 (204 hp) is compatible only with the performance of GT and is sold for 1,479,000 rubles.


All Peugeot 508 versions have adapting to Russian conditions including:
3 years of warranty / 100,000 km of run;
Enlarged clearance (+17 mm for gasoline engines and +20 mm for a diesel engine 2.0 l 136 hp);
Reinforced suspension;
Carter metal protection;
Russified interface of the on -board computer and navigation system;
The pre -launch of the engine and the Webasto engine and the engine (for diesel engines)
Post -launcher engines of the Webasto engine (for 1.6 thp 150 hp);
Increased stability of chrome elements to corrosion.


The choice of the portal kolesa.ru
Without even rolling on the base Peugeot 508 1.6 EGS, but knowing the behavior of both the engine and the robotic box, we can say that this version is calculated exclusively for advertising posters with the inscription Peugeot 508 - in total from.

The top version of GT, of course, is good and definitely costs its money. And if prejudice is not tormented, then the 1.5 million rubles laid out will definitely not seem likely spent money.
    
But the most optimal power unit will be either a gasoline turbo engine 1.6 (150 hp), or a 2.0-liter diesel (136 hp). We choose the second option, since the surcharge for it against the background of the total cost is not as great as the pleasure of feeling a good stock of traction under the right foot.
PEUGEOT 508: Technique.

Peugeot 508 is built on a slightly modernized platform of its ideological predecessor 407, which he shares with Citroen C5. A multi -link suspension with a spatial subframe of the back is complemented by McPherson flocks in front, except for the GT version. The front -end front of the top configuration hides a two -leaf independent suspension.


The base 1.6-liter EP6 engine with a capacity of 120 horsepower with a timing chain drive, produced together with BMW, is well familiar in Russia. It is included in the gamut of almost all Peugeot models sold in our market, including 207, 308, 3008 and Partner Tepee. His turbocharged version with EP6DT marking is also not a novelty.

But on the two-liter 136-horsepower diesel, Peugeot has big plans and hopes. He must compose the main competition to his gasoline colleague. The engine is really successful. Good 340 nm traction are reached already at 2000 rpm.

And at the top of the gamma, a 2.2-liter turbodiesel version of the GT version, which replaced the 2.7-liter six-cylinder motor, and at the same time a gasoline V-shaped six, which was installed on Peugeot 407. Thanks to the use of modern technologies, the engine received good return, as in power , and by traction, but began to consume less fuel and is better about ecology.

In the Russian market, Peugeot company refused to use mechanical gearboxes, citing the fact that classmates 508 in 63% of cases are bought with an automatic transmission.

However, the Japanese hydromechanical automatic machines Aisin, familiar from the Peugeot 3008, went to three out of four versions. The 120-horsepower five hundred eighth received the EGS robot control, which, like any such transmission, requires a certain specificity of operation and does not differ in smooth switching.
 

Competitors Peugeot 508 in the Russian market:
Volkswagen Passat
Ford Mondeo
 

Source: Wheel magazine [January 2012]