This solitary image is making the rounds in cyberspace, allegedly of the 2015 Peugeot 508. According to CarNewsChina, the new D-segment sedan will be based on PSA's modular EMP2 platform, which already underpins the new 308, 408, C4 Picasso and Grand C4 Picasso.
No mere facelift, then - the platform change from the aging PF3 (also used by the Peugeot 407, Citroen C5 and Citroen C6) makes this an all-new model.
The Chinese publication also reports that the 2015 Peugeot 508 could receive its global debut in the fourth quarter this year, before showing up at Auto Shanghai in almost exactly a year from now. Production should take place in China (under Dongfeng-PSA) and France.
You'll recognise Peugeot's current corporate face - the rather conservatively-shaped chrome grille with 'PEUGEOT' lettering, and headlamps with 'incisions' at the bottom; these you've seen even on the 208, 2008, 3008 facelift and 5008 facelift.
But of the current '08' crop of Pugs, only this and the 408 place their Lion badges within the grille; the others place them on the bonnet. Maybe it's a sedan thing.
According to CarNewsChina, a new 1.8 litre turbo engine, in 200 and 240 hp states of tune, could join a 1.6 litre THP 163 in the powerplant menu.
Current-gen Malaysian-market Peugeot 508 GT 2.2 HDi FAP
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