The Peugeot 508 Peugeot Sport Engineered is the most powerful model of the firm to date and, to achieve this, it relies on a plug-in hybrid system . It is the same used by the Peugeot 3008 Hybrid and Hybrid4, or the 508 Hybrid itself, but with a packaging ready for action. It is a combination in which it captains a 1.6-liter, four-cylinder and turbocharged block, which yields 200 hp of power and 300 Nm of maximum torque. This thermal propeller is joined by a 110 hp electric , incorporated into the 8-speed automatic transmission, on the front axle. Finally, they have placed another electric motor in the rear of 113 hp.
The system offers a combined power of 360 hp and 520 Nm of maximum torque that is distributed beautifully by the lap counter, offering thrust sensations worthy of more impressive data. This PHEV with a racing soul is now available in Spain from 62,200 euros for the saloon body and 63,400 if we talk about the family version (SW). It will arrive with the 3.7 kW charger for which we will need 4 hours of charging in a Wallbox . Optionally, the 7.4 kW will be available, which will complete the charge in 2 hours.
Identifying the Peugeot 508 PSE is a piece of cake if we look at the details, some elements that have been decorated with the Kryptonite tone that will characterize the new sports division of the lion firm. A department that arrives loaded with news, such as its return to the legendary 24 Hours of Le Mans by the hand of a Hypercar of the LMH category for 2022 . A test in which they still hold the record for the maximum speed achieved by their WM P88 prototype in 1999 when it reached 407 km / h on the Hunaudières straight.
This rise from the ashes is one more example of the path that Peugeot has taken and that, luckily, it does not have among its plans to disappear from the competition. What’s more, the French know the importance of racing, be it in the WRC, the Dakar or the WEC , in order to extract the best production technology. The 508 PSE is one more example of the synergies that exist between the two worlds, a relationship that is palpable at the wheel of a sophisticated saloon as well as sensational in the dynamic section.
