Peugeot details the elegant silhouette of the new 408

It will be presented on June 22, but still with the camouflages that hide its details, the 408 continues to undergo the most demanding tests to prepare for its entry into production in the fall

In order to achieve excellence, both in terms of performance and quality, the fine-tuning of a new vehicle requires numerous tests of various kinds. First of all, numerous simulations have been performed using highly advanced computer programs that speed up development by using all resources in the most efficient way. Then, a little over a year ago, the Internal Validation Plan (PIV) was launched, which consists of a battery of numerous tests that affect each of the vehicle’s organs and modules.

The teams responsible for the validation have the
first units of the new 408 with full camouflage: under a layer of glue whose graphics blur the perception of lines and volumes, plastic and foam elements have been added that completely hide the vehicle’s lines.

The test cars covered a total of more than 1,100,000 km compared to the new 408
has completed under all possible conditions, on all types of roads and under all types of climates. Fords, cobbled and bumpy roads, dirt roads, driving in scorching heat or subzero, day and night, it’s all been tried and tested, scrutinized and evaluated. Each kilometer traveled under these extreme conditions corresponds to several tens of kilometers in conventional use.

With the passage of the test campaign and due to the different needs of each phase, the camouflage has become lighter, but out of sight, on the test benches, in the laboratories and in the wind tunnel, units devoid of any form of camouflage , they are subject to numerous other tests, sometimes even more demanding than those on the road. A bench with four supports simulates the most extreme conditions to test the structural fatigue of the car in conditions where it would be impossible for a human to stay behind the wheel and endure the torture this machine puts on the vehicle.

And it is that the new 408 in its last phase of camouflage a
elegant high-rise dynamic fastback saloon silhouette, shod with large wheels and characterized by a feline attitude typical of the brand’s models. Developed to deliver responsible driving pleasure, the new 408 has undergone meticulous aerodynamic work to better optimize air penetration from all angles.

Source: La Verdad

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