The second-generation Peugeot 508 has impressed quite a few with its stylish looks and premium feel. Since it hit the market, the price tag of this mid-size sedan reflects the extra effort, but given how PSA intends to chase Volkswagen's European customer base with a more upscale Peugeot lineup, that makes sense. The standard 508 plug-in hybrid goes on sale this year, but since Peugeot is committed to electrifying its entire model range by 2023, the 508 Sport Engineered Concept could very well become its first performance hybrid to make it into production later on. What's sure for now is that Peugeot's down-to-earth show car comes with a 3D-printed aero package, electric four-wheel drive, and a 0-62 mph time of 4.3 seconds. Peugeot The enhanced performance comes courtesy of the hybrid system, which has a 110-horsepower electric motor under the 222-horsepower 1.6-liter turbo engine, as well as a 200-horsepower motor on the rear axle. Between the two is a 11.8kWh battery pack, good for 31 pure electric miles. Top speed is limited at 155 mph. In the name of sleekness, the concept has a redesigned front bumper with integrated valance panels, which direct air towards the radiator and the rear diffuser. Peugeot also added flaps to the subframes, and winglets to the quarter panels. In true concept car fashion, the mirrors are carbon fiber. To make sure nothing would clash with the ‘Selenium Grey’ exterior paint (and the neon green details), Peugeot's Lion badge got an anodized finish. Inside, the French used a new seat design, wrapped in a combination of stitched leather and Alcantara. The remaining surfaces (including the A-pillars and the headliner) are also covered in either the synthetic fabric, or carbon fiber, with an asymmetrical steering wheel acting as the centerpiece. The world needs more honest performance sedans, and Peugeot seems to get that. This content is imported from {embed-name}. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. This content is created and maintained by a third party, and imported onto this page to help users provide their email addresses. You may be able to find more information about this and similar content at piano.io<doc-sep>Peugeot is signaling its intentions towards coming out with a sporty version of its 508 midsize model by introducing a concept mixing a combustion engine with dual electric motors. Serving as a follow-up to an announcement made in October 2018 regarding plans to develop a range of electrified performance models, the new Geneva-bound concept is a window into a flagship version for the newly formed lineup. As gorgeous as the regular 508, the concept is a natural successor to other electrified concept cars such as the 2013 208 HYbrid FE and the impressive 2015 308 R HYbrid from where Peugeot’s engineers have taken inspiration. For this new application, the hybrid arrangement consists of a 197-horsepower 1.6-liter four-cylinder turbocharged gasoline engine combined with dual electric motors. Gallery: Concept 508 Peugeot Sport Engineered 75 Photos The electric motor mounted up front develops 107 hp while the one at the back puts out an additional 201 hp. While the combined output stands at about 505 hp, the hybrid powertrain cannot offer the peak outputs simultaneously, so in reality, the electrified setup offers a constant output in the real world of approximately 400 hp. Peugeot quotes a maximum torque of 500 Newton-meters (369 pound-feet), which helps the electrifying 508 run to 62 mph (100 kph) in only 4.3 seconds and reach a top speed of 155 mph (250 kph). Having an electric motor at the back enables the concept to offer all-wheel drive, while the 11.8-kWh battery pack has enough juice for a pure electric range of 31 miles (50 kilometers). ' To further separate it from the regular 508 models you’ll find in a showroom, Peugeot has installed carbon fiber door mirrors and has also redesigned the front bumper. Aero has been improved by the addition of flaps mounted on the subframes and also by the winglets on the quarter panels. The diffuser at the back is also new, as is the Selenium Gray paint finish. It sits lower to the ground on 20-inch wheels and has wider tracks (+24 mm front / +12 mm rear). Inside, there’s a combination of Alcantara and carbon fiber, a pair of more body-hugging front seats, along with a 12.3-inch digital instrument cluster complemented by the 10-inch touchscreen for the infotainment system. ' Although technically a concept for the time being, Peugeot has already confirmed a production version will be introduced towards the end of 2020. That’s certainly good news, but it won’t have the full power as the engineers will lower the combined output to somewhere in the region of 350 hp while retaining the AWD layout. The Concept 508 Peugeot Sport Engineered will be on display at the 2019 Geneva Motor Show beginning March 5. Source: Peugeot '<doc-sep>While performance SUVs may currently be ‘the thing’, the sports saloon isn’t dead yet. In fact this Peugeot 508 Peugeot Sport Engineered suggests it’s very much being futureproofed. It’s a Geneva Motor Show concept that previews the next Peugeot Sport model. Following the excellent 308 GTI and exquisite 208 GTI, it has quite some shoes to fill. With its petrol-electric drivetrain offering 400bhp, it sounds like it ought to manage. That comes from a combination of a 197bhp 1.6-litre turbo four and 110bhp electric motor operating on the front axle, and an additional 200bhp motor driving the rear axle. So yep, it’s four-wheel drive, ensuring all of that horsepower should be put to reasonable use. It all sounds reminiscent of the drivetrain that powered the rather spiffing Peugeot 308 R Hybrid, a near-500bhp hot hatch that sadly never made production. But if this 508 does, the 308 R didn’t die in vain. Indeed, much of the tech is carried over. While the 308 R offered its full 494bhp output for launch control starts, it operated with a 400bhp limit the rest of time, and that’s what this 508 sticks to. So while all of its power sources add up to an AMG-like 500bhp, they’ll only ever add up to 400bhp in actual use, and only when you’ve prodded it into the sportiest of its four drive modes. Not that you should worry. It offers similar performance to the 308 R – with a limited 155mph top speed and 0-62mph in 4.3secs – but with a proper WLTP-certified 49g/km of CO2 emissions. ‘WLTP’ is shorthand for ‘actually quite realistic’, don’t forget, and it suggests Peugeot’s actually put this car through proper testing. Confirming its probable production. The 508 PSE will also do 31 miles on electricity alone, which that 308 R couldn’t claim. With almost twice the power of the next 508 down, there have naturally been some tweaks. There’s lower, wider, adaptive suspension, 20in alloys shrouding dinner plate Peugeot Sport brakes (doubtless with regen abilities) and a whole new aero package, with various flaps and winglets helping it better carve through the air. Because future, some of that’s even 3D printed. All the batteries are stored beneath the rear seats, but we’re promised there’s still the same amount of room for actual people back there. It looks proper plush inside, too, with much carbon, Alcantara and ‘Kryptonite’ stitching. We assume they mean the lurid green colour rather than the made-up material from the movies. Quite how much of this is production-plausible we don’t know, but almost everything about the 508 PSE looks and sounds pleasingly real, and we suspect it’s only a light bit of carbon and winglet removal away from being showroom ready. Indeed, those winglets haven’t actually been tunnel tested yet. It might turn out they don’t work or are illegally pedestrian-imperilling, in which case they’ll be erased. “They looks fast,” says Peugeot Sport boss Bruno Famin, “and that’s important”. He also tells Top Gear that the production car will have slightly less power than the concept but still total “350 horsepower plus or minus 10, and the performance target is the Audi S4.” We could see that as early as 2020, with an estate version probable, too. We’ve loved everything Peugeot Sport has made so far, so with a whole heap of extra power and a driven rear axle, we’re pretty excited for this. Are you?<doc-sep>
Sporty Peugeots have always been in the core of the French brand, even if they have often been about lightness more than outright power. But for the new, electrified Peugeot era, some large amounts of horsepower are in order. Take this 508-based, Geneva-bound hybrid concept for an example.The attitude of Peugeot's recently-released 508 sedan is already quite sporty as it stands. The bucket seats are shapely, the steering wheel is seemingly off a go-kart, and the entire four-door sedan seems like it wants to be a low-slung sports coupe instead. But with some Peugeot Sport DNA and several motors, both gasoline and electric, there are chances that the 508 can reach the full potential the sharp design promises.The 508 Peugeot Sport Engineered starts with a 508 bodyshell and a regular-issue, "PureTech" 200-horsepower 1.6-liter four-cylinder turbo engine, but with some hybrid goodies added. On the front axle, there's now a 110-horsepower electric motor, and for the rear axle, Peugeot Sport has added a 200-hp electric motor. Combined power in this all-wheel-drive concept is a neat figure of 400, which propels the car to 62 mph in 4.3 seconds. The top speed is limited to 155 mph, and there's nearly 370 lb-ft of torque.Going on electric power alone, the 508 manages 31 miles with its 11.8 kWh battery pack fitted under the rear seats, and its CO2 output is a pleasingly low 49g per km in the WLTP cycle. Outside, the design hasn't been altered much: The car sits lower and wider, there are bespoke aero parts but no rear spoiler, new 20-inch wheels show off new brake parts, and contrasting details have been added in "Kryptonite" green. The interior appears largely stock, but with new half-leather, half-Alcantara trim and reshaped details in the ceiling, pillars and doors. The small steering wheel is also covered in Alcantara, and there are Kryptonite highlights everywhere.Since the earlier full-electric e-Legend coupe concept is reportedly not going into production, we're also slightly suspicious of the 400-hp 508's production potential; however, the super-powerful concept has been created with real-world parts and real-world consumption figures. It would also serve the bold 508 sedan well to have a halo car like this in the range, even if it sold in limited numbers. And with Peugeot throwing slogans such as "Neo-Performance" and "Unboring the Future," we're getting the feeling that the company really wants to use this technology in a production car.