"R-version of Peugeot 508 in the making'

The Peugeot Sport department, will reportedly be deposited on the in Paris displayed 508 plug-in hybrid. According to Australian media, the car will be a larger battery pack and more powerful electric motors.

According to Australian site Motoring, that relies on interviews with a Peugeot employee, will be the ability of the driveline to the 300 hp of the Peugeot 3008 GT Hybrid concept. The expectation is that Peugeot Sport not only the electrical part, but also the 1.6-petrol engine again, the light will keep. The most powerful version of the block currently has 225 hp. In the latest R-car of Peugeot, the RCZ R, was the same source of power up to 270 hp.

An upgraded plug-in hybrid powertrain could also be four-wheel drive, the 508 R mean. The Australians report that the extra weight of the new components offset by, inter alia, the hood and fenders before of aluminum to manufacture. The rear door would be out of a composite material constructed.

According to Motoringheeft Peugeot-designbaas Gilles Vidal in a later interview with the site, the arrival of a 508 R and other sporty plug-in hybridemodellen as good as confirmed. "We will be with sportier versions of the 508 come. The plug-in hybrid 3008 already has 300 hp and in the long term, so there will be performance versions."

"Not only does a PHEV lower emissions and consumption, they also deliver extra power and with the right adjustments, you can get up a serious performance car," said Vidal. The exciting carriage of the 508 makes that, according to the designer little outward changes are needed. "You don't have to work hard." There may, according to Vidal, 20-inch wheels under the car. A size larger would still be possible, but that would be Peugeot Sport impose restrictions on the adjustment of the undercarriage.

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