New 2009 Peugeot 3008 Review
July 29, 2009 – 11:52 am
Here we have the new 2009 Peugeot 3008. The new member in the Peugeot family seduces on a first sight, and it clearly increases the impression on a second and with a reason, this model has hardly any faults and bad details and the competition is very worried.
Double “0” denotes a completely new and original new class. Peugeot 3008 adds to the completeness of the current Peugeot line. Visually very attractive and sexy, it makes an impression at first glimpse. In the end it is not important the class the vehicle belongs to, it is the usability and the big picture that matters
The first view of the interior of the car brings the first surprise; this kind of configuration would easily pass the test of premium class, and even beat some of the premium cars currently on the market. But in the class it competes, it would bring an earthquake. Massive, lifted central console leaves a good taste in our mouth, quality of materials are impressive. The car appears as it is carved from a rock and as it is made from one peace. Stylish colors and techno-style are everywhere; it can be closely compared with Audi, the premium class-leader for interior quality. A lots of buttons and devices are easily accessible and user friendly.
Instrumental board gets new graphics and whole this part of the interior gets the highest grades. Several important buttons in one row to the right of the steering wheel seems like they are copied from the competition models, but it suits the Peugeot 3008 in a very good way. The seating level is a little raised from the Peugeot limousines. The most important info can be also obtained from the Head-up display projected on the windscreen, including current speed, gear, distance from the car in the front etc. The back row of seats has an abundance of space for a comfort and pleasure driving, with enough knee and head space. The luggage compartment, ranges from 432 to 1241 liters and has a lots of details that makes loading and unloading fun and easy. The fifth door is divided in two parts, depending on the dimensions of load and with the maximum load weight of 200kg. There is a battery light in the boot, making easily doable those nightly stops to change the tire or to put chains in the hard show.
Peugeot 3008 has an empty weight of about 1.5 tons and 1.6-liters petrol engine which we had in a test vehicle doesn’t sound like an impressive or even good performance. The silence and refined engine completes the picture, but the power and torque impressed and surprised us. 150 hp combined together with very good manual gear-box in the first gear pushed us backwards in the seat, but the acceleration in the following gears was equally strong and constant. Maximum torque is 240 Nm, which is very good number for and atmospheric petrol engine and it is available at low 1400/min. The whole package measured in numbers is: 0-100 km/h in 8.9s, and the max speed is 201 km/h.
City consumption is a little above 11 liters/100km, but highway and freeway mode is two liters lower. Combined consumption will be around 10 liters for 100km, which is a good number for this kind a car and performance. We have checked the stability on a high speeds on a highway and it is almost a limousine-like..
A list of additional equipment just goes on…Big panoramic roof, folding mirrors, leather seats with 8-way adjusting, xenon headlights with auto-cleaning, 18’’ Aluminum wheels, special hi-fi sound system, AFS…
Peugeot 3008 gives us this message: maybe I’m not the best, the smartest, nor the fastest and prettiest, but I’m damn good in all of these categories.
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