PEUGEOT 308 SW test since 2008 station wagon

Dirty test Peugeot 308 SW, or family cargo transportation

My father does not understand those who still prefer universals. Say, you need a mobile of increased capacity to eat microvena (he himself rides to Nissan Note). A good seven -seater minivan and all family transport problems have been solved. In general, that's it!
In any case, they are more spacious than ordinary cars with similar dimensions, already almost boiling water splashes a dad.
You are not a gourmet, every time I answer him (family cargo transportation topic for constant discussions). But what about handling?
What are you, Vitalik! Most Van are just on the platforms of their passenger brothers. They are controlled not much more bad, you know no worse than me
Exactly (smile) you can’t argue with this. But the center of gravity is
Yes, and you have seen a lot of family gourmets that can distinguish a good chassis from bad?
And to distinguish here not to distinguish? Good settings are primarily safety. It’s not for me to tell you about controllability and stability.
Yes Yes
In general, every time a dispute about universal cars came with my father, he goes in about the same channel. You can argue to infinity, but one of the conversation can be taken out: how many people are so many opinions. Draw up components by the number of possible modifications of semi-u-o-u-u-the Yes, in general, we will not get anything. The same auto-bully will be released in which we cook every day
But today I won in the dispute. Because I showed Pope Peugeot 308 SW. The argument in favor of the university turned out to be even more killer than I expected.
Well, something, but the chassis of Pejo always knew how to set up. Balance Comfort/Management in 308 hatch on the go is good, but SW is smoother (for nothing that the dimensions and weight have increased) and quieter. Where a short -busy tight hatchback was pestering with increased shaking and vibrations, it is comfortable on the station wagon. For sustainability, this comfort is not to the detriment of any swimming and scouring on straight, moderate rolls in arcs and how delicious it is controlled! The steering wheel in the example of the competitors is damn transparent and acute. School is felt!
Okay, convinced! ..
The father never looks at the interior decoration. You can’t bribe us with these finhthys (picking upholstery). The main thing is spaciousness and ergonomics!
You do not care, but people who have taste are pleasant inside SW will not care. Look, what kind of soft, white devices, leather chairs, a glass roof, a freshener, as in the best houses of France, is a plastic.
I say, you will not bribe (smiles). You better show me how everything is being laid out here! ..
He knows where he digs, restless. But the transformations of the salon are the second main trump card in the sleeve of 308 SW, after running qualities, of course.
Look! All seats here, except the front two, are removable, if you throw them out, the volume of the cargo compartment from 674 will grow to the 2149 liters almost unattainable for the S-Class Universals. Van! If this space is not enough, put the back of the passenger chair on the stomach.
Dismant out all five seats trifling, in the lower part of each of them are a pair of handles. One for carrying, the other fixing, it is worth squeezing her chair and unhurried. Comfortable. True, before pulling the seats, it would be better to fold them for this enough to pull for one of two of the textile loops.
The folding seats of the second row generally deserve a separate story not only that their backs are adjusted by inclination, but they also go back and forth independently from each other. And they can still stand in a folded state at the rack, almost pressed against the backs of the front seats. This is how access to the back row opens and additional opportunities appear in the layout of large -sized cargoes in the compartment.
In the trunk, the French also had several surprises for us. A couple of them are pleasant. Separately unlocking glass and a battery flashlight, which, when opening the fifth door at the same time performs the function of the lighting plafon, of course, of them. But the reserve that hangs under the floor is not a buzz. Actually, it is high time to quit this venture as a puncture, you can consider yourself a smeared cheurtic. Remove a spare tank from the trunk and extract it from under the car, in general, a tiny business. But put it back onto the mounting basket, fix the whole household on the spot and not getting too unrealistic.
Of the five engines proposed in the Russian market (three gasoline 1.6 (120, 140 and 150 hp) plus two turbodiesels 1.6 HDI (110 hp) and 2.0 HDI (136 hp)), we chose a two -liter diesel engine . This motor in combination with an automatic hydrotransformer six -speed box, like a zealous husband with a lazy wife.
The diesel is excellent, pulls from the bottom, the maximum torque of 320 (340 in forced mode) Newton meters develops by 2000 rpm. But after four thousand (it is the maximum 136 horses that are issued to them) he begins to knock sharply, the cut -off works at five thousand. You can do anything, a narrow working range is a feature of diesel engines.
Everything would be fine, but the box is not a couple. Switching to increased gears is quick, but when switching to a low machine, it stumbles and requires time to think. In moments when you need to accelerate sharply, diesel traction helps out. If you drive calmly, such a transmission will do. But I would prefer a version with a mechanical box and faster, and cheaper, and more economical. Although, even our version with an automatic waste of waste is called diesel fuel (taking into account the dynamic test regime) in the city flies into the pipe no more than 11 liters (according to a passport 9.7) per 100 km of path.
So what are we in the asset? Great chassis! A painful engine. Increased base and length, and, consequently, a larger useful internal volume. Enlarged by 40% compared to hatchback passenger capacity. Great transformation is the minimum issue price 600,000 rubles. For this money, you will receive a car in the basic version with two front pillows, 110-horsepower 1.6, a mechanical gearbox, a fabric salon, ABS, a two-zone climate control and an electric packet.
The most expensive SW, such as we had on the test, performed by Premium Pack with a 2.0 HDI diesel engine (136 hp), a six -speed automatic, stabilization system and a leather salon will cost 961,200 rubles. Numerous options like additional pillows (a pair of side, a pair of curtains, a driver's pillow), a contrasting system, a system of air pressure monitoring, a package that includes seats and heating, xenial light and advanced music can inflate the cost of the car to 1,200,000 rubles .
Competitors to the universal 308 also contrasted something. Opel with Peugeot fights its universal Astra Caravan (from 571,700 to 749 500 rubles), Kia almost on the spot beats sed-mi sw (from 514 500 to 663 300 rubles), Skoda put up a combi octavia (from 539,000 to 819 000 rub.), Ford Focus Wagon (from 406,000 to 581,000 rubles). If we talk about Renault Megane estate, then it will cost at least 570,650 rubles, a maximum of 682 150. Many of these competitors have no what is presented in the list of additional equipment 308 SW: they will never have a seven-seater transformer salon and they will have Panoramic roof. But some of them, for example, Astra Caravan, SEED SW or Octavia Combi, even being in the basic performance at a more attractive price in many respects (let at least the number of pillows) put SW on the shoulder blades.
Dad! For that kind of money, maybe really a minivan is better?
However, if you opt for the usual Peugeot 308 Break, you can save pretty much. Let you not get a seven -seater salon, additional pillows, leather finishes and a glass roof. Let you be deprived of diesel and powerful gasoline engines, light and rain sensors and rain, but you will not spend much universal Break cost from 555,000 to 592,000 rubles.
Vitaly Kabyshev
   
 
  

Source: Auto.mail.ru