Stellantis Malaysia has already indicated that the brand new Peugeot 408 shall be making its native debut someday as in Q2 this 12 months, and it has now been revealed that the fastback crossover will arrive in Might as a locally-assembled CKD mannequin and in its 1.6 turbocharged petrol type.
Based on Stellantis Malaysia MD Jamie Francis Morais, the 408 shall be obtainable in three variant guises, carefully following that as seen within the Vietnamese market, the place the automobile is offered in Attract, Premium and GT trim specs.
In contrast to Thailand, the place it’s obtainable as a plug-in hybrid, the Malaysian 408 will include a PureTech 1.6 litre turbo four-cylinder engine providing 215 hp (218 PS or 160 kw) and 300 Nm, with energy delivered to the entrance wheels by way of an eight-speed automated transmission.
Whereas there was no point out up to now about how a lot the 408 – for which CKD plans for Malaysia started way back to the second half of 2022 – will go for, an estimated pricing area has been ventured. We requested Morais if the C-segment crossover could be priced to go up in opposition to the Honda Civic or past that.
“Formally, this automobile doesn’t have a competitor, sitting in its personal house, however roughly basing it on what clients would pay for and could be contemplating price-wise, more than likely we’re taking a look at clients who’re taking a look at a Civic or an Accord, someplace in between that,” he informed paultan.org.
Provided that the Civic ranges from RM132k to RM166.5k and the discontinued Tenth-gen Accord went for RM187k-197k, we will count on the 408 to be considerably priced at a premium, with the bottom model probably sitting within the RM140k-150k zone.
Nevertheless, it’s anticipated to be well-kitted and its highest indicative value level continues to be cheaper than the PHEV model offered in Thailand, which retails for two,790,000 baht (RM362,000), which is probably going why we’re getting the petrol turbo.
Not lengthy to go earlier than the 408, which rides on Stellantis’ EMP2 platform that additionally underpins the 308, 508 and Citroen C5 X, makes its means in to our market, and forward of that, right here’s a reside picture gallery of the Stellantis Malaysia demonstrator to tide you over till it makes its means into showrooms.
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