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Fashionably late? 2023 Peugeot 508 GT Sportswagon PHEV to arrive in pre-facelift form just before facelifted sedan later this year

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The Sportswagon GT PHEV is pre-facelift, meaning it’ll look a little older when the new version shows up soon after.
The Sportswagon GT PHEV is pre-facelift, meaning it’ll look a little older when the new version shows up soon after.
Chris Thompson
Journalist
8 Mar 2023
2 min read

Fans of niche wagons and electrification might make up a small overlap in the series of new car buying Venn diagrams, but Peugeot Australia hopes there will be space in that overlap for the 508 GT Sportswagon plug-in hybrid.

The 508 GT Sportswagon PHEV, the Fastback version of which has been in Australia for about a year, is set to arrive in Australia in the second quarter of 2023, likely only months before the recently revealed facelifted version of the Peugeot 508 Fastback shows up in Australia - unless the brand delays that to run-out the current version.

Pricing for the long-roof version of the 508 PHEV hasn’t been confirmed (customers are instead encouraged to register interest via the brand’s website), though it’ll likely share a similar price gap as the petrol Fastback and Sportswagon, around $2200.

Given the Fastback PHEV costs $81,610 before on-roads, a starting price of around $84,000 is reasonable to expect.

Like the Fastback, the Sportswagon PHEV will run a 133kW version of the brand’s 1.6-litre four-cylinder engine with an 81kW electric motor assisting, resulting in a total 165kW and 360Nm output for the plug-in hybrid.

The 508 GT Sportswagon PHEV is set to arrive in Australia in the second quarter of 2023.
The 508 GT Sportswagon PHEV is set to arrive in Australia in the second quarter of 2023.

The 11.8kWh battery allows for up to 52km of electric-only driving, while it can be charged to full in less than two hours via a 7kW charger.

Overseas, other variants are available, but here it’s just the top-spec GT, meaning features like 18-inch wheels, Nappa mistral full-grain leather seats with massage function for the fronts, a 12.3-inch instrument panel and 10.0-inch multimedia touch screen, 10-speaker premium Focal sound system and LED interior mood lighting are standard.

Chris Thompson
Journalist
Racing video games, car-spotting on road trips, and helping wash the family VL Calais Turbo as a kid were all early indicators that an interest in cars would stay present in Chris’ life, but loading up his 1990 VW Golf GTI Mk2 and moving from hometown Brisbane to work in automotive publishing in Melbourne ensured cars would be a constant. With a few years as MOTOR Magazine’s first digital journalist under his belt, followed by a stint as a staff journalist for Wheels Magazine, Chris’ career already speaks to a passion for anything with four wheels, especially the 1989 Mazda MX-5 he currently owns. From spending entire weeks dissecting the dynamic abilities of sports cars to weighing up the practical options for car buyers from all walks of life, Chris’ love for writing and talking about cars means if you’ve got a motoring question, he can give you an answer.
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