PEUGEOT 208 test drive 5 doors since 2012 Hatchback
Do girls Peugeot 208 dream?
The test drive is a very French hatchback.the PEUGEOT 208, which appeared on the European market last year, diverges like hot cakes in severe frost: starting from mid -2012, this model has stably entered the top three best -selling European cars. But can the 208th repeat its success in Russia, where the first cars will get already in March? And is it really so good as to repeat the success of its predecessors 205 and 206?
If the Russians will meet a new thing on clothes, then the 208th chances are quite good. The new hatchback shines like a polished nickle: from which side do not look at the eye. PEUGEOT 208 in detail is especially good. A new grille of the radiator in the form of an inverted trapezoid, sides with cunning stamping and flashlights flowing on the rear wings!
The five-door modification (on the right) turned out to be more calm, compared with a stylish three-door with a brightly exposed band-skeleton on the sidewalls and fin on the rear rack
The PEUGEOT SR1 concept car was first presented at the Geneva Motor Show in 2010. It was his serial 208th that borrowed the main design solutions
It is noticeable that they worked with love on the appearance of the new family. With such love that now the 208th is almost the most stylish and original car in its class! And this applies not only to appearance.
Just open the door and understand everything: inside the 208th is so cool that even a fiesta with its futuristic interior in the style of a mobile phone nervously smokes on the sidelines. None of the competitors offers, for example, a huge high -contemporary sensory display with completely fantastic graphics. Its diagonal is seven inches, like tablets. Thanks to him, the designers managed to minimize the number of buttons on the front panel, as well as completely abandon the CD player slot (it can be installed in a glove compartment for some money).
Managing multimedia and navigation from the display is convenient on the screen you can even see album covers; In addition, you can view photos from the connected flash drive. Here you can withdraw the data of the on -board computer, although it is much more familiar to see them before your eyes, on the dashboard.
It is convenient to use a seven -inch touch display, it is bright and contrasting.
The PEUGEOT 208 dashboard is located above the steering wheel. Original and, when you get used to it, even convenient.
The dashboard is beautiful and comfortable. In the center is a large LCD display.
The trunk of the Peugeot 208 311 liters. This is 19 liters less than that of the 207th, but under the floor there was a full-size reserve. And if the seats are folded (in the proportion of 2: 3), then the volume will increase to 1152 liters.
Yes, and the adaptation of the Peugeot 208 itself is not quite ordinary. It is located above a small chubby steering wheel (in section like EMOC BMW), so it is necessary to read its testimony with a look over the steering wheel, and not through its upper sector. It is very unusual, but after a couple of hours you suddenly think: and why didn’t anyone do that before?
The finishing materials are not very expensive, but high -quality: there are both hard and soft plastic. The only beautiful lacquered inserts were too marching.
All Peugeot 208 cars for the Russian market will be produced at the PSA Peugeot-Citroen plant in Trnava (Slovakia). They also make Citroen C3 Picasso, with which he shared the platform.
Peegeot 208 was updated no less radically. Due to the use of high -strength steels, its body became not only tougher, but also easier (the hatchback dropped from 100 to 150 kilograms depending on the modification), and the dimensions of the car, contrary to modern trends, even decreased: the front overhang was shortened by 60 millimeters by 10 millimeters. rear. The wheelbase has practically not changed (2538 millimeters versus 2540), however, thanks to the new layout of the cabin, the rear passengers space increased by five centimeters.
Frescent, according to the sensations, it also became on the front row. The front panel is pushed far from the passenger, but the driver is not crowded: the tidy, and very tiny in diameter, almost racing steering wheel plays under the windshield. Sports image is emphasized by both chairs with noticeable lateral support, and landing with a wheel almost lying on the knees. Or maybe the new pepper is the reincarnation of the legendary 205, with its gambling and a stringent comban character? Or at least a worthy heir Peugeot 206? Let's try: we insert the usual key to the ignition lock and start a 1.6 -frail turbodiesel.
Interior
A light interior with multi -colored inserts live looks much better than in photographs. And better than completely black. That's just the question - how to care for such a salon in the conditions of Russian winter? As well as spring and autumn.
Pigik can be equipped with a two -zone climate control, and the temperature adjustment is carried out by swinging keys - stylishly. Although not very convenient. According to the French tradition, the automatic mode has a level of blowing intensity: Soft, Auto and Fast.
The front seats Peugeot 208 are good, with impressive lateral support. But in fact, the rollers are too soft, like stuffing the back. But comfortable, and landing is very convenient.
Yes, Peugeot continues the expansion of engines operating on diesel fuel to the Russian market. Following the model 408, in which about 15 percent of sales are already occupied by diesel engines, the French decided to sell in our country and the diesel version 208. No more in the segment in no one’s diesel engine.
The motor here is not super-young, only 92 horsepower, but he has a torque like that of gasoline hot hatch: 230 nm! And in combination with the only possible (so far) five-speed mechanics, Peugeot 208 and goes very well. It is only necessary to get used to the motor, which has almost a gasoline character: it does not have a wide shelf of the moment, which is familiar to diesel engines, and the maximum power is achieved at high 4000 revolutions per minute. Therefore, this engine can and should be twisted!
At the same time, there is almost no vibration and characteristic diesel noise here, but there is a pleasant, dense acceleration in response to each press of the gas pedal. The dynamics of the diesel hechtbek are enough both in the city and on the highway, and the fuel consumption is located the limits of five to six liters per hundred. It is a pity, of course, that a diesel can not be ordered with an automaton such a combination would be too expensive. It is impossible in Russia, for some reason, to buy a three-door with such a motor.
However, later the French promise to bring to Russia a 115 -horsepower version of the same engine that will be equipped with an EGS six -speed robot. But it will be sold only in a five -door version.
On the basic 15-inch wheels, the turn of the turbodiesel PEUGEOT 208 is quite comfortable. You can’t blame the suspension either in excessive stiffness or in softness. It perfectly extinguishes vibrations on the waves, carefully filters a trifle, and only on pits with sharp edges do shocks become stronger, and the suspension operation is also indicated by muffled rockets.
The car responds to the steering wheel commands without delay, but there could be more information content: in gentle turns, you often have to adjust the angle of rotation of the steering wheel. This is also to blame the steering wheel (a little more than two revolutions from the stop to the stop), and the soft winter tires Nokian Hakkapeliitta R probably made their taste to the handling of the hatchback.
The rolls are noticeable, but the car stability does not affect, and the Peugeot 208 is very confident on the high -speed arc.
It would be wrong to call PEUGEOT 208 controllability. She is reliable, understandable, but we did not feel much excitement
Another thing is important: managing Peugeot 208 is really nice. Yes, you can’t call such a chassis with an engineering masterpiece, however, the new pepper has become much more collected and gambling than its predecessor under index 207. Lightness and unambiguousness returned in reactions, but there are cars in this class and more interesting. For example, Ford Fiesta.
Maybe a gasoline three -door will be more likely?
But here's the bad luck: a 120-horsepower gasoline engine 1.6 to Russia will be delivered only paired with an automatic transmission. According to the passport, a gasoline car is 0.2 seconds faster than diesel in acceleration from 0 to 100 kilometers per hour (10.7 versus 10.9 seconds), but in practice it seems that the opposite is true. Almost half the moment and only four steps of the AT8 machine (the modernized version of the ancient, like a mammoth, AL4 aggregate, which first appeared on Peugeot cars 20 years ago) is doing everything possible to turn the 208th into a sleepy black grouse.
As in other small cars, the suspension of 208 reports in sufficient detail to the passengers about all the bumps found on the path. But if a five-door version with 15-inch tires overcomes the pits quite carefree and without obvious losses in comfort, then the three-inch on 16-inch wheels shakes the riders much stronger.
In a sports mode (there is also a winter) gearbox works a little more quickly, and in manual can keep the program, but there is little use from this. Anyway, when overtaking, the machine is forced to switch to second gear, forcing the motor to roar out of all voice. In addition, the fourth gear here is quite short, apparently to improve the dynamics at high speeds and reduce the number of switches down, so 100 kilometers per hour of the tachometer arrow hangs at the mark above 3000 rpm. Well, at least the strain of the engine howls are breaking into the salon already in a highly muffled sound insulation of the motor compartment.
The sounds that make the suspension of this car make much more. In a gasoline three -door, flaunting on 16 -inch discs, the smoothness of the course worsened markedly, there were blows when passing irregularities appeared. According to Peugeot employees, the settings of pendants in the three- and five-door versions are exactly the same, but the difference in comfort was very noticeable. Perhaps shock absorbers do not cope with heavy wheels? However, in Europe the 208th can be ordered with even larger discs
PEUGEOT 208 vividly responds to steering wheel turns. But the rolls in corners are noticeable, and the reactive effort on the steering wheel could be higher.
It is also bad that the stronger gasoline Peugeot 208 has not acquired anything in terms of handling. There are rolls, the steering wheel is also not perfect. Therefore, when buying, feel free to take the basic 15th wheels, especially if your pepper will have to travel a lot on bad roads.
This cute pink color will surely be in demand among customers of the 208th. Yes, it is customers that is the main audience of the new hatchback in Russia
Who will like the Peugeot 208? First of all, of course, women. If the Citroen DS3 seems too aggressive to someone, and the Skoda Fabia is too boring, then the new, very French 208th almost perfect candidate for the purchase. Stylish appearance, intricate, modern interior, economical motors what else is needed?
Indeed, in addition to different design of three- and five-door models, the 208th will have many configurations and options for decoration of the body and salon. And even if they differ from each other, in fact, stickers on the roof, upholstery of the seats and the color of the rugs in the cabin, but it will definitely not be ashamed in front of girlfriends on Mini.
And what to do men? Wait for the production of serial Peugeot 208 GTI. Perhaps this car can captivate the driver with something besides glossy inserts in the cabin and a large display of the multimedia system?
The simplest Peugeot 208 modifications are equipped with three -cylinder motor motorcycles of 1.0 and 1.2 liters (68 and 82 horsepower, respectively).
The initial price of Peugeot 208 1.0 499 000 rubles, and versions with the engine 1.2 576,000 rubles.
Only version of 1.6 VTI (120 horsepower) is equipped with a four -speed automatic machine. All other Peugeot 208 modifications with 1.0 gasoline engines (68 horsepower) and 1.2 (82 forces), as well as with a 1.6 HDI turbodiesel (92 forces) are equipped with five -stage mechanical transmission.
Alternative
Skoda Fabia is one of the most affordable European hatchbacks of class in in the Russian market. The basic modification with a 1.2 engine (70 hp) costs from 409 thousand rubles, and a well-equipped version with a 1.4 (85 forces) engine will cost 500-550 thousand. The top option with a 105-horsepower 1.6 and a full-fledged automatic will cost at least 629 thousand rubles, and for 699 thousand you can buy a special version of Monte Carlo with a modern turbo engine 1.2 (105 forces) and a DSG robot. Finally, Fabia has a charged RS modification with a 180-horsepower engine and a robot, the prices for which begin with 820 thousand rubles.
The Volkswagen Polo hatchback is not as popular in Russia as the sedan of the same name, because roads: the car in the basic configuration of Trendline costs from 501,000 to 602,000 rubles, depending on the modification. Prices for a good Comfortline set start with 571,000 rubles per 1.4 (85 forces), and Polo with a turbo engine 1.2 (105 forces) TSI and a 7-speed DSG costs from 661,000 rubles. The VW Polo Trendy in a stylish kit and with a unique interior decoration can only be bought in a five -door version for 590,000 rubles (1.4 on the handle) or for 640,000 rubles with DSG.
A well-equipped Opel Corsa Like Edition engine 1.2 (85 forces), on a handle, 14-inch wheels, air conditioning, radio, heating the seats, taking into account the special offer in early 2013, cost only 489,000 rubles. However, even in the basic version of Enjoy, a similar car cost more than 518,000 rubles. ESSYTRONIC Robot surcharge 20,000 rubles. Corsa 1.4 5 MKP (101 horsepower) costs from 533,000 rubles, with an automatic machine of 558,000 rubles. Prices for the most expensive version of Color Edition from 564,000 to 604 0000 rubles.
Source: Motor magazine [January 2013]
