Ngesikhathi lapho i-D-segment iphelelwa amandla eYurophu, abakwaPeugeot bayenqaba ukuphambuka ezinhlelweni zabo zesizukulwane esisha sePeugeot 508.
Uma, ngakolunye uhlangothi, ukubheja okukhulu kwe-PSA Group esikhathini esizayo kuzoba ingxenye ye-SUV - i-Citroën C5 Aircross elandelayo iwubufakazi balokho - lokhu ngeke kube isizathu esenza ukuthi ama-bodyworks amavolumu amathathu ashiywe ngaphandle.
Ngasohlangothini lwe-Geneva Motor Show, umqondisi wemikhiqizo yakwaPeugeot, uLaurent Blanchet, uchaze inketho yokungawuyeki umfanekiso wamavolumu amathathu esizukulwaneni esisha sePeugeot 508:
“Asifuni ukuba wuphawu i-premium , ngalokho sekukhona kakade i-DS. Sifuna ukuba ibhrendi ye-generalist ekahle kakhulu, futhi ukuze sifinyelele lesi simo kuzodingeka sibe khona esigabeni D.
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Imodeli entsha "izontshontsha" ugqozi lwakamuva I-Peugeot Instinct Concept (ezithombeni). Okungukuthi i-grille enkulu ngaphambili kanye nesignesha ekhanyayo enamalambu aqondile e-LED. I-prototype yekusasa eyalethwa i-Peugeot e-Geneva iphinde yakhipha inguqulo ebuyekeziwe yesistimu ye-Peugeot i-Cockpit, esesivele siyitholile ku-3008 kanye no-5008 yamanje.
Ngokusho kukaJean-Philippe Imparato, i-CEO yakwaPeugeot:
“Asilokothi senze lolu hlobo imiqondo mahhala, bahlala behlanganisa imilayezo ethile ezingeni lokuklama. Esikubona engxenyeni engaphambili yemoto kusinika ulwazi mayelana nesinyathelo esilandelayo okufanele sisilandele. Ulimi lwesitayela lwe-Peugeot Instinct ludlulisela izici ezithile zesu lethu lemodeli enevolumu emithathu, futhi kungajabulisa ukuzibona esizukulwaneni esilandelayo i-Peugeot 508″.
I-Peugeot 508 entsha ingase yethulwe ngasekupheleni kwalo nyaka - ngubani owaziyo embukisweni wezimoto iFrankfurt Motor Show - kanti kulindeleke ukuthi itheleke emakethe ngonyaka ozayo.