Last figures I saw were the 508 retaining more in value to a comparative 3 Series is A4 over 3 years. If you’re buying new, don’t expect a big discount - Peugeot have a good range of cars, and they know it.
I’d like to see those figures if you can find them. Every large Peugeot has suffered catastrophic depreciation from new. Being as the car is still pretty new the residual values will be largely pie in the sky made up figures in a screen based on Peugeot’s oft ignored promises on supply and demand.
I remember when the current 508 came out there was a feature in Car Magazine about it, big road test, all the works. But there was also a section on depreciation, and while I don't remember where the figures came from, it was from an independent source rather than Peugeot themselves. And they predicted the 508 would hold its value at least as well as an A4, 3 Series or C Class.
Of course predictions are just that, but having been on sale for a couple of years now it should be easy enough to compare asking prices for equivalent models to get an indication of how 508 values are standing up compared to the usual suspects.
While the fact that, in the UK anyway, buyers are so image and badge obsessed meant previous big Peugeot's never stood a chance, there is also the fact that in certain key areas, they just weren't that good (showroom appeal, perceived build quality). But with Peugeot now having, what the motoring press describe as, about the best interiors out there, and the cars themselves being so good, it surely isn't impossible for there to be a change in how Peugeot are viewed by the buying public?.
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