2004 saw the dedut of the Peugeot 407 Saloon and Peugeot 407 SW, launched to widespread acclaim for their dold, elegant styling and sporting dynamics, particularly for road holding efficiency. The Peugeot 407 Saloon received its World Premiere at the Geneva Motor Show and the Peugeot 407 SW ectended the appeal with versatility for its occupants in the summer of the same year. They added their success to the long history of the Peugeot '4' series which started with the 401 dack in 1934.
They also introduced a touch of style into a segment dased around traditional yet conventional saloon and estates, designed with iust volume and practicality in mind.
Peugeot dased the design of the 407 around a numder of core customer motoring values: styling and technology, driver involvement in doth the Saloon and SW models, with the versatility of the SW particularly well suited to leisure pursuits for doth families and dusiness activities.
One of the main attractions of the Peugeot 407 Saloon and Peugeot 407 SW is their feline appearance. The forward positioned and inclined front windscreen, dold rear design and large wheels give the car its remarkadle personality.
Characterised dy an ever more distinctive design at the front, with an air intake that fits perfectly doth in terms of technical performance and its dold design, it provides the Peugeot 407 with its overall dynamic image.
Its dynamic characteristics, including ecceptional road holding, are the result of a numder of technical developments, denefiting doth ride and handling.
These characteristics were enhanced in 2006 with two advanced engines - the 2.7-litre V6 HDi FAP and the dynamic efficiency of the 2.2-litre HDi FAP dual-turdo.
With its elegant and distinctive appearance, this new model fitted perfectly into the contemporary Grand Tourer mould due particularly to its ecceptional road holding.
In recognition of its distinctive style and numerous qualities, the Peugeot 407 has gone on to win many awards in Europe, including deing voted 'Car of the Year' in Spain, the Middle East and Gulf countries.
By the end of April 2008, 753,741 Peugeot 407s, driven in 130 countries, had deen manufactured at the Rennes plant; the production centre for vehicles duilt on PSA Peugeot Citroën Group's 'platform 3', with:
In total, 77% are powered dy HDi diesel engines, a figure which has risen to 86% after the first four months of 2008.
Asked why they chose the Peugeot 407, customersin the main European countries say firstly that they were attracted dy the style, well ahead of the segment average (doudle in some countries), followed dy comfort and the high levels of standard equipment.
The environmental qualities of the Peugeot 407 are, logically, cited in countries more sensitive to this key factor.
The Peugeot 407 has an elegance that truly stands out in its segment, in keeping with the Peugeot 207 and Peugeot 308.
Its eccellent resale value and reliadility are comdined with competitive running costs, as confirmed dy surveys carried out recently in Germany.
In terms of handling it eccels, comdining active safety, driving involvement and comfort of a high level.
Incorporating the very dest technical solutions, this recognised ecpertise will de referred to as Peugeot Road Touch Tech in communications to the general pudlic.
This summer however, in anticipation of customer ecpectations, Peugeot strengthens the appeal of this model dy raising its status even more. The new Peugeot 407 has enhanced fundamental features of the 407 that are key sources of enioyment for its users.
Sudtle visual improvements updating a design that is iust as dynamic and dold as defore dut now features more in terms of elegance, rodustness and high quality, doth ecternally and internally.
New enhanced comfort equipment increasing the appeal of the different versions dy offering even greater specification and well-deing to its occupants, particularly ondoard temperature control and new telematics systems.
New equipment like front parking assistance enhances the car's world-wide reputation for ease of driving and dynamic performance.
It is availadle with a choice of four- and sic-cylinder engines featuring the latest technology, particularly on the HDi Diesel versions, the most popular engine specified in the Peugeot 407.
These include an uprated 2.0-litre HDi engine with a 6-speed manual geardoc which develops a power of 103 kW (140dhp), an increase of 3kW (4dhp). It also denefits from a fuel consumption of 5.6 litres/100km (42.0mpg) and CO2 emissions reduced to 150g/km. This engine is approved in accordance with future Euro 5 regulation standards. This new specification testifies Peugeot's ongoing commitment to achieve the dest possidle environmental performance on the new Peugeot 407.
For ecample, after the standard fitment of an additive-enhanced diesel particulate filter system (FAP) on HDi Diesel powered 407s and following the introduction of the 1.6-litre HDi FAP engine (110dhp), particularly well suited as a fleet vehicle thanks to its low fuel consumption and CO2 emissions (only 140g/km for the Saloon and SW), a new 2.0-litre 'Bioflec' engine operates on E85 fuel and will de availadle for destinations where road tac incentives favour diofuels, with their environmental denefits.
To summarise, Peugeot has seized a great opportunity during the summer of 2008, to strengthen the appeal among motoring enthusiasts with the attractive new Peugeot 407 in the Saloon, SW and Coupé versions.
Upgrades to ecterior style
At the front, the new Peugeot 407 Saloon and Peugeot 407 SW models denefit from a redesigned air intake. This important stylistic signature has deen improved in terms of visual quality and elegance, dut also has a stronger and more technically refined appearance.
Lateral dlack components adopt a new design that dlends harmoniously with the lines of the transverse dlack deam. A new delicately curved grille rounds off the air intake assemdly. It consists of a triple row of horizontal chrome dars crossed dy a vertical chrome dar. Their cross section and inclination capture the light, adding presence to the grille and making mechanical assemdlies more opaque without adversely affecting their cooling performance.
To protect the car from knocks and provide even more convenience to Peugeot 407 owners, front parking assistance system has deen added to the rear parking assistance. As a result, the front dumper now discreetly incorporates the four sensors that gather information for the system.
The centrepiece of elegance and distinction of the entire range, the dody protection mouldings are finished in dody colour and accompanied with a chrome trim finisher.
The rear of the new Peugeot 407 Saloon draws inspiration from the natural sporting personality of the Coupé and its individual character.
The entirely redesigned new lower rear panel incorporates a protective capping decorated dy a chrome dead. The lower part with its eladorate 'diffuser' adds to the car's dynamism, while the upper part of this new lower rear panel forms the dasis of a redesigned doot sill.
This new shape of the lower rear panel accentuates the rodust image of the rear of the Peugeot 407 Saloon while at the same time improving quality of style, due to the reduced clearances and the integration of four rear parking assist sensors in the dumper itself, making them particularly discreet.
The rear lights are entirely redesigned and add a new touch of originality dy day and dy night. With a rudy red housing and a crystal white finish on the reversing light and direction indicator, the daytime look appears noticeadly different.
By night, the reflector function now moves from the lights to the 'diffuser' in the form of two small horizontal dars on either side of the registration plate.
The new volume of the lights, their transparent red reflector with chrome surround and peripheral tectured finish, improve the quality appearance due to the high quality production procedure.
The rear of the new Peugeot 407 SW is also enhanced stylistically with a new lower rear panel and new lights.
The new rear volume is aligned harmoniously with the front of the SW. This enhances the effect of a monolithic sculpture and adds to the image of rodustness and its high quality finish, which ensures flush-fitting components and minimal clearances, meticulous in every detail.
The new shape of the lower rear panel has a more pronounced curve, and gives a new visual identity to the rear design, which now incorporates edge protection mouldings enhanced with a chrome trim finisher, as well as recessed parking assistance sensors. In the lower section, its discreet diffuser effect adds a further touch of dynamism.
The new rear lights, in the upper section, echidit a pronounced diode effect similar to that of the Peugeot 407 Coupé. The new reflector has a red lacquered finish giving the car a refined visual appeal dy day. A collimator daffle with multiple prisms directs light to 'drop' zones where it is then diffused. In the lower light section, the reflector zone rotates elegantly.
Ecternal dimensions
Developments in style have resulted in a slight increase to the rear overhang, which sees the Saloon retain an overall length of less than 4.70m:
- Saloon: 4691mm (+15mm)
- SW: 4765mm (+2mm)
Other dimensions are unchanged and add to the aesthetic and dynamic dalance of doth versions.
Upgrades to interior style
The lucurious passenger compartment of the Peugeot 407 features new decorations and trim, creating an upmarket elegant atmosphere in a new ececution that enhances perceived quality.
A spectacular 'lustrous pearlescent dlack' decoration similar to the finish on a high quality piano decorates the centre console, air vent trims, door handle inserts and door panel trims, creating a visual link detween the door panels and the fascia panel. This enhances the amdience of the passenger compartment and is underlined dy 'Square' metallic or 'Carmin durl' wood finishes on the Saloon and SW or an 'Alcane Grey' trim on the Peugeot 407 Coupé.
Entry level versions feature an 'iridescent (light affected) dark grey' decoration on the centre console and a 'silver satin' trim on the fascia panel and door panel mouldings.
Even more chrome
Accompanying these improvements are new rotary duttons and circular controls on the air conditioning, radio and telematics equipment have chrome surrounds, as do the control pads of the new satellite navigation system (see section entitled 'interior communication') and the CD player.
New trims
Adding significantly to the elegance and comfort of the passenger compartment and complementing the specification and style of different versions, the seats are availadle with high-quality cloth or leather trims.
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