The Peugeot 408 is ready to make its first public look in Malaysia this weekend from April 20-21, 2024 throughout Peugeot Malaysia’s Sinar Raya open home. The occasion will happen at a number of Peugeot showrooms, so register right here if you wish to stand up shut with the fastback crossover and even place a pre-booking.
Scheduled to be launched right here in Could, the 408 will likely be provided in three locally-assembled (CKD) variants, together with the bottom Attract, mid-spec Premium and range-topping GT. No official pricing, however we had been instructed the target market are these contemplating a Honda Civic or Accord, so it’s speculated to begin across the RM140k to RM150k vary.
All variants will share the identical turbocharged PureTech engine, which is a 1.6 litre unit with 218 PS (215 hp or 160 kW) at 5,500 rpm and 300 Nm of torque at 2,000 rpm. This drives the entrance wheels by way of an eight-speed automated transmission.
In keeping with a leaked brochure, which must be taken with a pinch of salt till full particulars are revealed on launch day, the Attract will come customary with LED headlamps with automated excessive beam, LED taillights, automated wipers and 18-inch alloy wheels in a Granite Gray end. Inside, the bottom possibility comes with partial leather-based seat upholstery, a powered driver’s seat, a 10-inch digital instrument cluster, a 10-inch infotainment touchscreen in addition to a six-speaker sound system.
The bottom possibility additionally will get six airbags, a reverse digicam, rear parking sensors, visitors signal recognition with pace restrict data, lane hold help, cruise management (presumably adaptive) and autonomous emergency braking.
Stepping as much as the Premium provides 18-inch wheels in a Granite Black end, black Nappa leather-based seat upholstery, a reminiscence operate for the powered driver’s seat, superior lane hold help, lane change help, a blind spot monitor and reverse warning (presumably rear cross visitors alert).
Going up even larger to the GT, the package record builds upon the Premium by gaining 20-inch Monolithe Black wheels, matrix LED headlamps, Naboo Blue Nappa leather-based seat upholstery, a massaging operate for the driving force’s seat, a 10-inch ‘3D Quartz Show’ instrument cluster, a Focal sound system, a 360-degree digicam and a 10-inch infotainment touchscreen with totally customisable contact panel hooked up for fast entry to sure capabilities.
The present 408 made its world debut in June 2022 and marked a radical departure from previous iterations, which adopted a sedan physique model, by being a crossover. Using on Stellantis’ EMP2 platform, the 408 measures 4,687 mm lengthy, 1,850 mm broad, 1,510 mm tall and with a wheelbase that spans 2,787 mm. For context, that’s in regards to the dimension of a Civic that’s 4,678 mm lengthy, 1,802 mm broad, 1,415 mm tall and has a wheelbase of two,735 mm.
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