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Test Drive Peugeot 308 SS: Enthusiastic Excitation

The first convertible in your life, as the first kiss - leaves an indelible feeling of delight and even forgive, excitement. Agree, every spring and autumn often on the roads appear wanders in a car with a leaf. Now I understand them
Open neckline and deep cuts have long been not surprising anyone. Fashion constantly trains the eye to the perception of naked parts of the body. But when you look at these bends, you get only aesthetic pleasure. It is worth nominating your bulge yourself, just pleasure turns into a range of sensations. Now imagine, did you open your car roof?!
Taking from the parking lot of the official dealer Peugeot Autocentre Lyon, I usually looked around the exterior from all sides, sat down in the salon, set up the driver's seat, walked a quick look, where the necessary levers and buttons are located, started and drove. Machines on Nizhny Novgorod street was enough to stand in traffic on traffic jams. Naturally, such a pause was used by me to study the object of movement.
New Scarlet Peugeot 308SSs immediately attribute Crowd attention smooth lines, thin bends, a drop shape, a raised back with two black diffusers, a miniature spoiler on the trunk lid, a silver-emblem, a narrow incisive incision of the front headlights, a swable plate on the hood and the widest smile of the radiator grille , fog - snaps on brush. How do you?
At the traffic light in front of Taganskaya Street, the cork promised to be long. And, of course, I gave a calm of the hand, which has long been smashed to open the roof. The sun shone, nothing stopped, and the button was solemnly pressed. After a moment, the roof was obedient to the trunk, and the sky surrounded me with an immense dome. Green gas light signal in gender. Happy-oh! I turned out of the intersection and disappeared in the stream. In the mirror I was visible, as, after a few seconds, as if waking up, the cars continued their way, slowly driving back in different directions.
 
So, the brightest impression leaves the roof. The main advantage is that it is hard, and therefore it can not be cut through and not scary to leave the car on the street, even in a storm warning. Well, or not terrible than in addition, the metal roof makes this convertible multifunctional and makes it possible to ride 308ss at any time of the year heat, dry and protected. The roof folding mechanism is thought out to the smallest detail. First, satimeters are sitting on five side windows, only after that the lid of the luggage compartment comes into motion. Lifting in the opposite direction of the side, it opens access for the roof packaging. In turn, the latter, beating the harmonica, hides in the trunk, leaving enough space there and for travel bags. After that, the glass is returned to a fully closed state, but if desired, they can be omitted by constructing a finally summer option. The roof and side windows are controlled by different buttons, which adds functionality.
By the way about the diversity, the PCA concern provided the opportunity to use the car into the demi-season period. In the head restraints of the front armchairs, the airwave system deflectors are built - by blowing the head of the passenger and the driver with warm air, in addition to heating the seats, it makes it possible to freeze. At the warm scarf, by the way, the advertising campaign of the model was built. And this is the case when advertising did not deceive.
 
It is noteworthy that the automatic mechanism of the body metamorphosis is calculated both for its own safety and passenger safety. You do not get the result if a special tissue canvas is not stretched in the luggage compartment, which performs the role of a flexible shelf separating the space, and is functionally protected by rear window from scratching folds. Also, the roof will not take shape while driving at speed.
As for the capacity of the trunk, 403 liters of space are provided in full. Interestingly, in a five-seater hatchback 308 ruler, the volume of the luggage compartment is not much more - 430 liters. During the test, each of the four participants of the movement packed in it on one small road bag. However, the question immediately arises at the expense of what space Peugeot 308ss engineers succeeded?
During the answer, it did not have to walk for a long time to walk in four of the cabin, the passengers of the rear seats were noted, closed. We overcame a distance of five hundred kilometers, but the sides were pretty. But together, moving onto the full front seating, it is possible to accommodate it is quite comfortable. Moreover, the rear armchairs can be added to a vertical position, and this allows the use of additional space for luggage or pets.
 
What can I say about the interior? Panel ribbed plastic antistatic, non-operated chrome finish of individual elements, round forms of instruments with elegant white backlight in the dark time, two convex canopies for displays, so as not to select. Salon - soft skin, comfortable chairs. Everything is simple and tasteful.
The dynamic characteristics of Peugeot 308ss for the city or a unhurried walk along the coast of the sea are quite sufficient. The engine, 1.6 l and 140 horsepower with a capacity of 140 horsepower with an automatic Tiptronic transmission. Acceleration up to 100 km / h takes more than 12 seconds. Consumption in the city of about 12 liters per hundred and about 7 liters on the track. Running, can calmly squeeze 200 km / h. On the mechanics, the characteristics even better accelerates faster, eats less horses more.
 
As in other model ranges, the manufacturer provides many interesting and useful additional options. In bonuses: a device for reducing noise level and windstop vibration; Blue Tooth Free Hands Phone; GPS navigation system with retractable color 7 screen 800/480 pixels; Paint and varnish body coating in the mother of pearl; Package Pack Vision: xenon headlights with rotation and washer function, tire pressure drop sensor; All-band Radar CRUNCH 217B detector; Electronic anti-theft systems SCHER-KHAN MGC8 (PEUGEOT warranty 24 months, shock sensors, volume, CAN bus, feedback). The list is not complete.
 
In the basic configuration there is everything you need for safety: airbags, ESP, ABS, emergency braking system, audio system with steering column and display; And for comfort: leather steering wheel, adjustment of the steering column and front seats, on-board computer, heated side mirrors, double-zone climate control, rear windows with pinched function, central locking, cruise control with vehicle speed limiter, GUR, front electric windows , Immobilizer and even the indicator is the backlight of the front thresholds.
The cost of the base in three kits varies from 1,064,400 rubles on a 6-speed mechanics up to 1,181,000 rubles on the 4-speed machine-Tiptronic.
Given the multifunctionality and the price availability of open top in the Peugeot version, so I want to sing the words of a famous song: And I will sit in a convertible
Editorial FINAMAUTO Thanks Company Peugeot Citroen Rus LLC, the official dealer Peugeot Lyon and Oleg Zavyalov personally for the provided car.
 

 
 
 
 

A source: Business Autoclub