Peugeot planning crossover wagon as new flagship?

Filed under: Hybrid, Wagon, Europe, Crossover, Peugeot, Diesel, Luxury

When an automaker wants a flagship halo model, what form does it usually take? A sportscar or a luxury sedan most of the time. But Peugeot is planning neither. For its new flagship, the French automaker is reportedly going with a crossover.

Based on the existing 508 SW (pictured above), the new top-of-the-line Peugeot would follow a similar formula to the Audi A6 Allroad Quattro. That would mean taller form, with raised ride height and a proportion of fresh bodywork to differentiate it from the rest of the 508 range, which itself replaced both the 407 and 607 sedans, leaving room for the range to grow up-market.

The as-yet unnamed model would likely, according to reports, employ the company's Hybrid4 diesel-electric through-the-road all-wheel-drive powertrain that mates a 163-horsepower 2.0-liter turbodiesel with a 37-hp electric motor.

[Source: Autocar]

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