Speaking of Peugeot, we all hate the feeling that iron is not steel, and the Peugeot 206 of the 2008 era is the most fun car in its class, but with passive rear wheel follow-up! And the appearance is also very exquisite. That legal personality deeply impressed the young consumers at that time. But peugeot today?
The 308 was only left with a sedan model, and the hatchback model was forced to delist and stop production...
The 508 was updated, but the hatchback tailgate and frameless door were gone.
The product line is also dominated by conventional SUVs, in other words, the "standard" Peugeot has ceased to exist. But just last month, it ignited the dream of many people, and in China, there was a Peugeot 208, Peugeot 508GT and Peugeot 308! Among them, the Peugeot 308 appears in the form of domestic patent diagrams, which is also one of the models that young consumers are most looking forward to.
Don't... Did Peugeot really figure it out?
In January, the State Patent Office announced the patent map of the new Peugeot 308, which completely adopted the design of the European version, which was interpreted by many netizens as "Peugeot 308 will be domestically produced".
Domestic production is one of the reasons, in fact, it may also be to avoid some brands to carry out "copy and paste" operations, just like the 2000s double ring S-RV directly took the Honda CR-V design. What's even more disgusting is that Honda sued Shuanghuan for compensation, but the end was to compensate Shuanghuan for 16 million yuan in reverse!
So in the follow-up, everyone understands that patents must be declared first, and names must be declared first, and we naturally see all kinds of patents in the patent office, which is a protection mechanism.
Speaking of the main topic, Peugeot has also been "caught wild models" by netizens many times - in addition to peugeot 308, there are also peugeot 208, Peugeot 508GT road tests, on the whole, it makes people feel that Peugeot wants to introduce them into The country.
As for why China likes this French hatchback, the reason is inseparable from the high value and refinement. It features the latest family-style design, with fang-like headlights and a large grille forming a radical front face.
The side face is more agile, and the proportion coordination also has a relatively large wheel size. The tail is a shape that highlights the sense of power, the light and shadow effect is very gorgeous, and there is a design similar to the through-type taillight.
The interior has the feel of an airplane cockpit, with a higher position on the dashboard, forming a KIND OF HUD, as well as a small electronic gear and a double flat-bottom steering wheel.
Overall, its interior performance is actually better than some luxury brands, more will create a sense of atmosphere, if replaced by Mercedes-Benz love of the atmosphere lamp, then it may be able to attract the attention of the vast majority of girls. As for the issue of materials, French cars are generally more than other foreign brands.
What's more, it is actually equipped with a French national treasure-level FOCAL "Jinlang" audio, a total of ten speaker units, the market price of the optical speaker is more than 10,000, not to mention special tuning and sound insulation.
In general, it is actually a delicate French hatchback with "luxury car performance, but no luxury car life", if the Peugeot brand can go to the high end, then it is not equivalent to MINI, SMART and so on? Anyway, the level of rear space of the Peugeot 308 really has to be treated as if there is no general.
Wake up! Wake up! The above-mentioned Peugeot many overseas models appeared in China, patent drawings were also exposed, and the outstanding performance of this Peugeot 308 was actually a dream!
According to relevant sources, these models are only tested in China. Due to the merger of The Stellantis Group, it still needs a certain amount of time to sort out its business internally, coupled with the overseas epidemic situation and overseas labor costs, and it is difficult to carry out R&D testing. Therefore, it was handed over to China Peugeot to undertake the testing and research and development of some overseas models, and the above models have no introduction plans.
In addition, Stellantis may also make structural adjustments to DPCA, Dongfeng Peugeot will be dominated by the French side, and Dongfeng Citroen will be led by the Chinese side. This makes people have different reverie, love to build luxury brands, pay attention to personality, the most important is not "do not understand the Chinese" of the French, will not boldly introduce these models? This is a lot of reverie.
Back to the domestic peugeot Citroen, it is not difficult to see that it seems to be a little disjointed, it is trying to catch up with the footsteps of mainstream joint venture brands, launched a number of competitive blockbuster SUVs, the price is still relatively low, but always "early but catch up with a late market", lost the opportunity, and also to a certain extent "do not understand Chinese consumers", when we need large models but give us small models, when we need personality, but give us personality. So it is better to learn Mazda, do a more niche brand, introduce peugeot 508GT, 508 travel version, 208, 308 and other original models, maybe also create a refined and luxurious brand image.