New Peugeot 508 GT Line 2019 Test Drive Review

New Peugeot 508 GT Line 2019 Test Drive Review. The second-generation Peugeot 508 comes from a European brand with plenty of pedigree for fine-handling, mid-sized, midmarket saloons. The 405 and 406 delivered alternative French design appeal and critically acclaimed dynamics, while the earlier and larger 504 and 505 were often given ‘world-class’ billing among saloons of a similar price. Peugeot wouldn’t be Peugeot if hadn’t come back to a car like this, having turned its hand to SUVs, crossovers and commercial vehicles these past few years. When the covers came off the 508 at Geneva this year, it became evident that the conservative design of its predecessor wasn’t being repeated. Like many rivals, Peugeot has seen the way the wind has blown for modern saloon design and has stirred a welcome dose of eye-catching, curvaceous style into the 508’s recipe. And having always offered three-box saloons with conventional boots, it has acknowledged modern preferences in another way by switching to a hatchback bodystyle. So comprehensive are Peugeot’s changes that this latest 508 and its big-boned predecessor can barely be described as being related. The rear light bar is borrowed from the brand’s Instinct shooting brake concept, while the LED ‘tusks’ in the front bumper are cutting-edge at this price. There are frameless doors, chrome exhaust tips and wheels that properly fill their arches, and the silhouette is that of a “two-and-a-half-box fastback”, as design director...