With the end of the 508, the Peugeot mid-size sedan category (D segment) disappears
- Peugeot has permanently ceased production of the second-generation 508, which was launched in 2018. These D-segment models were the heirs of the first-generation Peugeot 508 (2010-2018), which in turn were descendants of the Peugeot 407 (2004-2011), Peugeot 406 (1995-2004), and Peugeot 405 (1987-1995). We can go back even further with the Peugeot 404 (1960-1975) and Peugeot 403 (1955-1966).
- This family of medium-sized D-segment sedans was very important in the Peugeot brand's conquest strategy, which notably enabled it to acquire Citroën in 1974 and then Chrysler Europe in 1978. This family of vehicles was in fact produced in total at 8.5 million units between 1955 and 2025, but it does not seem that the 508 will be replaced soon.
- Indeed, this category of vehicles has continued to lose influence since the Peugeot 405. While the latter managed to outperform the Peugeot 404 (2.0 million units produced), the 405 having sold 2.3 million units (not including models produced in Iran for the local market), the following models have continued to decline. The Peugeot 406 sold 1.65 million units, the Peugeot 407 900 000 units, the Peugeot 508-1 550 000 units and finally the Peugeot 508-2 200 000 units. It is not the slight move upmarket of this family over the years that has caused such a sharp drop in sales of these successive models, but the shift of the brand's customers towards competing sedans, towards more compact Peugeot models (307-308) and especially towards SUVs from Peugeot (3008-5008) or other brands.