2019 Peugeot 508 — DRIVE & DESIGN of the TOP Model of the French Brand !!!

The Peugeot 508 has been given a comprehensive makeover, so can it now compete with the best in the class?..
There’s a choice of two 1.6-litre Puretech petrol engines in the 508, with 179bhp and 221bhp, while the BlueHDi diesels are a 129bhp 1.5-litre unit and two 2.0-litre units, with 161bhp and 174bhp. All come as standard with an eight-speed automatic gearbox, except for the 1.5-litre diesel, which gets a six-speed manual as standard, with the automatic as an option. With the auto ‘box fitted, it’s the most economical 508, with official average fuel economy of 76.3mpg and CO2 emissions of just 98g/km.

In time, there’ll also be a plug-in hybrid version of the 508, combining the 179bhp petrol engine with an electric motor, although that car won’t go on sale until autumn 2019. When it arrives, it should offer an electric-only range of around 30 miles, and it will be a direct rival to the Volkswagen Passat GTE, which is currently one of our favourite hybrids.

It’s the diesels that Peugeot reckons will be the best sellers, so we’ve tried the 174bhp 2.0-litre unit. This pushes the 508 along pretty well, never emitting more than a background hum, even when fully unleashed. Take it for a cruise on the autoroute and it’ll fade away more or less completely, with just the merest hint of wind noise around the smooth doorframes to disturb what is a commendably quiet and surprisingly refined cruiser.

The new eight-speed automatic gearbox works well with this engine, although it can hesitate for a second around town while it works out which ratio it wants. That aside, it’s impressively smooth in its operation for the most part.

First impressions of how the 508 drives are good. Its steering, through its little octagonal wheel, is light and quick, even if it doesn’t feel quite as sharp as that of the 3008 and 5008 SUVs. The car corners with reasonable aplomb, too, rolling little and handling securely, even if it doesn’t have the driver involvement of rivals such as the Ford Mondeo and BMW 3 Series.

The 508 rides well, too, with an impressive sense of isolation from the worst of the road’s surface. Choose the optional adaptive suspension and you get four driving modes: Eco, Sport, Comfort and Normal. Sport adds a marginal increase in weight to the steering and stiffens the dampers, but you’d be hard-pushed to notice any great gains or losses in activating it. The same applies to switching between Comfort and Normal modes.
One thing’s for sure: the 508 is a much better car than the one it replaces. It’s good to drive, impressively refined and very comfortable.

It’s a likeable car, and one that’s certainly good enough to tempt people away from rivals such as the Mondeo and Vauxhall Insignia Grand Sport, especially if it’s broadly competitive on PCP costs and if the figures stack up for it as a company car.

Prices for the base models look pretty good, too, although higher up its trim range, the 508 starts to run into some premium-badged rivals — they might prove a tough nut to crack.

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