French cars have long been recognized as the most thoughtful representatives of today's automotive design community. Whether it is the Peugeot 4008, 508 or Citroën Sky C5 AIRCROSS, Versailles C5 X, or DS7, DS9 and other models on sale, they are all from the hands of romantic Frenchmen, so as long as it comes to design, the French car can definitely be ranked.
However, even if the design of the French car is brilliant, its sales performance in the domestic market is still not very optimistic. In the case of Dongfeng Peugeot's SUV models, in the past 2021, the Peugeot 4008 model has only sold 9495 new cars, while the larger Peugeot 5008 model with a 7-seat layout has only 3844 new cars annual sales data. As for Peugeot 2008, most of the outside world's evaluation of it is expensive and cost-effective, so it only sold 2252 cars last year.
How, after reading the sales performance of Peugeot's main SUVs in China, you will definitely wonder why no one bought such a brilliant French car in design? In fact, the french car has generally been "mixed" in the past two years, which is related to the reasons why the current car buying trend is transforming to new energy vehicles, and it is also caused by the gradual marginalization of French brands in China.
Of course, the arrogant French talents will not withdraw from the Chinese market so quickly, and looking at the Dongfeng Citroen in 2021, does not it bring us a controversial "explosive" model - Versailles C5 X? You know, the Versailles C5 X has sold 12,140 new cars in three months on the market, so at least from the immediate point of view, the Versailles C5 X is still quite successful.
Probably because citroen has made some good progress in pushing new cars on this side, it is a bit "red-eyed", and the Dongfeng Peugeot on the other side is also planning to put some "effort" on the new car.
No, recently the Internet has exposed a set of hypothetical pictures of the new Peugeot 4008 coupe version. Judging from the pictures, the Peugeot 4008 coupe version adopts a sneaky-back coupe SUV body design, with a new shield lion logo and fangs LED headlights and daytime running light groups, making it look very personal overall.
In addition, the new car will use the shared iCockpit instrument cluster with the 3008, which means that it will be equipped with a 10-inch 3D digital instrument cluster and a 10-inch central control screen.
In terms of power, the new Peugeot 4008 coupe version is likely to be based on the latest EMP2 platform, offering 4 different power versions, including a 1.6-liter turbocharged PureTech gasoline engine, two electric motors and a plug-in hybrid system. Among them, the plug-in hybrid system or the front-drive system is 180 hp.
It is reported that this Peugeot 4008 coupe version of the model will compete with the Audi Q3Sportback, BMW X2, Mazda CX-30 and other joint venture models in the future, and at the same time, its appearance will also cause a market impact on domestic Xingyue S, Changan CS85 COUPE, Haval F7x and other models. The new car is also expected to make its first official debut in 2022, when the new car is expected to cause a wave of public opinion after the release.
The picture shows the current Peugeot 4008 on sale in China
The picture shows the hypothetical picture of the new Peugeot 4008 coupe version
Finally, for the new Peugeot 4008 imaginary map exposed this time, do you think that Peugeot has finally opened the door, and then deliberately tested the attitude and purchase intention of consumers in the form of imaginary diagrams (in fact, it is likely to be Made by Peugeot itself), or is there really a virtual one? If Peugeot does release this new Peugeot 4008 coupe version of the SUV in the near future, will you be willing to trust the French car again for its appearance? Leave a message in the comment area to talk about it, let's exchange and discuss it together. (Text/Univision Auto Dazhuo)
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