Stellantis Malaysia has already indicated that the untouched Peugeot 408 will probably be making its native debut someday as in Q2 this pace, and it has now been noticeable that the fastback crossover will begin in Might as a locally-assembled CKD style and in its 1.6 turbocharged petrol mode.
In step with Stellantis Malaysia MD Jamie Francis Morais, the 408 will probably be to be had in 3 variant guises, carefully following that as perceivable within the Vietnamese marketplace, the place the auto is offered in Attract, Top rate and GT scale down specs.
Not like Thailand, the place it’s to be had as a plug-in hybrid, the Malaysian 408 will include a PureTech 1.6 litre turbo four-cylinder engine providing 215 hp (218 PS or 160 kw) and 300 Nm, with energy brought to the entrance wheels by the use of an eight-speed automated transmission.
Date there was disagree point out up to now about how a lot the 408 – for which CKD plans for Malaysia started way back to the second one part of 2022 – will advance for, an estimated pricing farmland has been ventured. We requested Morais if the C-segment crossover could be priced to advance up towards the Honda Civic or past that.
“Officially, this car doesn’t have a competitor, sitting in its own space, but roughly basing it on what customers would pay for and would be considering price-wise, most likely we are looking at customers who are looking at a Civic or an Accord, somewhere in between that,” he informed paultan.org.
For the reason that the Civic levels from RM132k to RM166.5k and the discontinued 10th-gen Accord went for RM187k-197k, we will be expecting the 408 to be slightly priced at a top rate, with the bottom model perhaps sitting within the RM140k-150k zone.
Then again, it’s anticipated to be well-kitted and its best possible indicative value level continues to be less expensive than the PHEV model offered in Thailand, which retails for two,790,000 baht (RM362,000), which is most probably why we’re getting the petrol turbo.
No longer lengthy to advance ahead of the 408, which rides on Stellantis’ EMP2 platform that still underpins the 308, 508 and Citroen C5 X, makes its manner in to our marketplace, and forward of that, right here’s a are living photograph gallery of the Stellantis Malaysia demonstrator to stream you over till it makes its manner into showrooms.
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