Peugeot 508

摘要

Can this svelte-looking plug-in hybrid compete with the big boys in the big-car class? MODEL TESTED SW HYBRID 225 E-EATS S&S ALLURE. Ah, the D-segment. Once, when it was normal for a car maker's range to consist of five models and having five channels on your television seemed quite the extravagance, the D-segment - large family cars - was the dominant force in UK car ownership. Model ranges and their respective levels of sophistication were glaringly obvious in this company-car-focused market. The badge on the back might even have included an 'i', standing "for 'important'", as a driver on a TV documentary said at the time. There were big players - Ford and Vauxhall, predominantly - and a British Touring Car Championship focused entirely around big family saloons (and one Volvo estate). And, absolutely, Peugeot was part of it.