The Royal Malaysian police (PDRM) has obtained two items of the Peugeot 408 which have been loaned out by Peugeot Malaysia for analysis functions to see whether it is appropriate to change into an addition to the drive’s patrol automobile fleet.
As with all different automobile trials, the 2 408s – that are Attract specification examples – will bear the standard run of subject exams. The mortgage interval was not disclosed, however normally the timeframe for such actions is someplace between three to 6 months, after which the automobiles are then returned to the supplier with out price.
Ought to it will definitely come about, the Peugeot 408 would mark a departure from the standard – at current, the usual PDRM patrol automobile fleet is primarily made up of the Honda Civic, which is now in service with the drive in its present Eleventh-gen FE guise, however of which the most important chunk consists of the 425 items of the FC-generation 1.8S mannequin that was obtained by the PDRM in June 2020, following on the preliminary use of the pre-facelift again in 2016.
To recap, the Peugeot 408, which made its Malaysian debut in April final 12 months, is powered by a PureTech 1.6 litre turbocharged inline-four cylinder petrol engine providing 218 PS at 5,750 rpm and 300 Nm of torque at 2,000 rpm. Drive is transmitted to the entrance wheels through an eight-speed automated transmission.
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