Peugeot 508 2018

JJ burkes ballinrobe, GT 2L Auto.

Nice car, nice drive, but would definitely say head room an issue with sunroof in front and back.

Will be holding off for the sw version, and with the price possible until my next 3/4 year cycle.

The 508 is a fantastic car and the hatch is what people want. Mazda should do the same with the next 6 (assuming there is one and not an suv!). Pity the 508 prices are a little on the saucy side

road_high wrote: »

The 508 is a fantastic car and the hatch is what people want.

People want jeeps, and a minority want a premium saloon (or sometimes an estate).


A big mass market hatch like the 508 might sell 50 units a year, mainly to people who's brother-in-law is a salesman.

Splashed Out

Took delivery of a 508 allure 1.5 manual on Friday. Happy out so far fiddling around with the digital display great craic.

Twilight blue. Dark navy almost black looks black from any distance when its in shade

Picture quality isn't great it was under a light in the carpark

Thanks Gene

So far so good 1000k clocked up

Comparison so far with the mazda 6

There is a step down on overall power from the 150bhp 2.2 diesel in the 6 to the 1.5 130 bhp in the 508 however in general driving this is not really noticeable, what I do find through is that you do need to keep the 508 in the correct rev range. In the 6 you could power out of a corner or bend regardless almost of gear selection. The 508 is much more sensitive to rev range once you drop below 1500 revs you really have to change up to keep power delivery. But like I said in general driving, overtaking the 1.5 is actually quiet responsive.

Driving while I haven't really tested it the 508 handles really well into & out off corners. This was an area I wasn't really sure of when changing as the 6 is a nice car to handle and hold the road but so far i'd say the 508 is on a similar level.

The refinement in the 508 is much better. Much quieter better sound insulation than the 6 to keep out road noise etc

Interior of the 508 is a really nice place to be the 6 wasn't as well specced. No problem with getting used to the smaller steering wheel. I always found the 6 had really comfortable seats for longer drives. I haven't completed any 2 hrs plus drive in the 508 yet to compare. The seats in the 508 have great adjustment and support and look lovely but are probably firmer than those in the 6 but as I haven't had any long days yet hard to compare.

Great fun playing around with the digital dash but I'd expect that I'll tire of that and just leave it at one display long term. Reversing camera is great (there wasn't even parking sensors on the 6 which was a pain given the 6 is a long car)

No issue connecting phone to car once I figured out that mirror link and android auto only work when connected on one of the 2 USB connections. Kids love the two connections in the rear. Sat Nav on the car TOM TOM is fine not really needed to use it but tried it out on a few trips but with the android auto will prob just use google maps


Fuel consumption a bit too early to tell as of yet. 508 on trip computer is average 5.9 at the moment I haven't done a brim test only 1 fill on top of the half tank that was in it when I collected it. Would expect it to free up a bit as it driven in.

In the last few months the 6's fuel consumption was well down for some reason. It had always averaged out at around the 6.0 ltrs in mixed driving but for the last few months this had slipped to 6.4 ltrs. As I was changing I didn't really investigate as to why.


Happy out so far and the car is getting plenty of admiring comments from people but as they are so few of them around as of yet there is a "new" factor to them.

Has anyone seen pricing for the new 508 fastback PHEV variant?

I'd hate to trying to clean all the dead bugs off the front of that grill.

On a side note, it's nice to see a car manufacturer continuing to offer models in this segment rather than just another mundane crossover or coupe inspired suv.

Did anyone hear about when this might be available?

I've had my head in the sand for the last few years, and a 508 SW is probably what I'll get. I'm not in a rush, so I'd prefer to wait for the facelift to be available first.

It's up on the UK site now also.