PEUGEOT 408 test drive since 2010 sedan
Test drive Peugeot 408 from Drom.ru. Adapted to Russia
The process of turning the hatchback into a sedan for the subsequent sale of a third world in a country has long been not news for anyone. If you look at things from this point of view, then Peugeot 408 is unremarkable. The French have already sold Iranian seds 206 in our country. However, if you dig deeper, it will be found that there is a big difference between these two cars. 206 Sedan at one time simply brought to the country and began to sell. He was not specifically for Russia. But the 408th, it turns out, is the original our dear. He gathers in Kaluga, and the localization of production exceeded 30 percent, and also the French, before sending the sedan to the series, for two years pushed pre -production samples throughout Russia. They even got to the Arctic. Which allows them to call their novelty fully adapted for operation throughout the country. And not only in Moscow and St. Petersburg.
I can't even believe. Peugeot for Russia. Is this possible? I should receive an answer during a test drive along the roads of the Moscow and Kaluga regions. Roads of different quality. And not always with asphalt coating.
The hatchback 308 was turned into a sedan not by a simple pitch of the trunk to the rear. Anyway, strictly speaking, no one turned the hatchback into a sedan. The sedan was made from the station wagon 308 SW, the very one that with an extended one by a millimeter of 11 cm with a wheelbase. And for the sedan it is more than 9 mm. Yes, and the total overall length exceeds it in the station wagon. It turned out a sort of degeneration. With a length of 4703 mm Peugeot 308, in theory, it should be classified as a D-class sedan. However, it is positioned in the S. segment and at a price too.
The 408th has a slightly changed front part. The traditional grin disappeared into the whole face. The bumper and the hood were twisted, which gave the expression of the face partly a dull look. The trunk was woven into the original appearance, but to call the Peugeot 408 masterpiece of auto design the language does not turn. Particular attention is paid to the giant back door. It opens a very wide and convenient passage inside. And its glass goes down to the end. Needless to say, practical, convenient.
Therefore, first I sit back. Yes, in front and there is nothing to consider. The front panel copies the hatch. The back is interesting primarily in view of the spaciousness. Above the head of the place in bulk. The legs do not touch the back of the front seats, and if you move them a little further, you can easily throw your leg on the leg. In the segment, I have never seen so much space on the second row.
But the absence even in the top version of the armrest disappointed. Places in bulk, but it is impossible to get comfortable comfortably. The French saved the French. Well, Russian representatives of the brand assured that this issue will be solved in the future.
Looking ahead, I’ll say that the sound insulation of the sedan is good. Better than the hatchback. Moreover, sound comfort is at a decent level, both in front and behind. I was convinced of this from my own experience, having drove about 70 km on different roads in the second row. I liked the profile of new chairs, designed specifically for this sedan, but the seats themselves, both in front and behind, seemed too tough. The front ones have small side support, and the driver’s manually is adjusted in height. Review back is normal.
For the first test drive, the top versions of Allure with a turbocharged engine of 1.6 liters with a capacity of 150 hp were presented. and with an automatic 6-speed checkpoint. Such a car will cost 746,000 rubles. As for the cheapest version, it will be equipped with a proven 1.6-liter engine of Peugeot and 5-speed mechanics. Its cost is 549,000 rubles. Sales of the car will begin on September 1 of this year.
There will also be two versions with an atmospheric engine of 1.6 liters of joint production of BMW-PSA. Boxes of mechanics-5 and an old 4-speed automatic, however, as the French declared, modified. But that's not all. Peugeot wants to advance an affordable diesel version to the masses. An extremely economical turbodiesel car with a motor, again, 1.6 liters will consume in mixed mode only 5 liters of fuel, and it will be possible to buy it for 637,000 rubles. Such a machine will be offered only with a manual gearbox. All gasoline motors are adapted for work on 92th gasoline.
But back to our top version. The car has cute 17-inch discs with low-profile rubber. It is the version with such wheels that offers the buyer the maximum road clearance of almost 18 cm (178 mm)! Not every crossover boasts like that. And here on the sedan! Apparently, the French testers in the Arctic and the Urals had a hard time, since they decided to go to this. By the way, the version with 16-inch wheels has 175 mm of the road clearance. All the springs received an additional round. Front shock absorbers are re -scheduled. Including taking into account the regular steel protection of the crankcase installed on all models. The rear shock absorbers specially made for the 408th at the PEUGEOT branded plant in SOSHO. The rods of stabilizers were also thickened. Nothing sticks out from below, I looked under the bottom.
Of the pleasant modifications on the 408th, you can order glass heating in the area of \u200b\u200bwipers and nozzles. The gas tank hatch is now not necessary to take with you every time, opening it with a key. The Russian 408 is equipped with more powerful batteries and a generator.
Also, the sedan is able to offer a very spacious trunk with a volume of 560 liters. It is possible to fold the backs of the rear seats. The trunk lid is attached directly to the opening, equipped with powerful gas underpans, which adds spaces and makes the mechanism more clear. From the inside, the lid is equipped with two grades on each side. Under the floor of the trunk of each version, a full -fledged reserve. In our case, a 17-inch cast disc, like the other four.
However, there is enough theory. It's time to bring down the top version. However, even with a trumpeter, the machine does not promise some exciting dynamic characteristics of acceleration to a hundred it takes 9.6 seconds, and the maximum speed is 206 km. The guilty of the equipped mass of 1420 kg. However, given what a quick and good 6-speed AISIN machine helps the motor, driving is still dynamic and pleasant.
The motor burden and is well revealed in the middle range, when it gives out the maximum 240 Nm of torque. The machine gun brings through the gears. And he even manages to brake the engine. As the company representatives said, it was done on purpose. The French managed to establish that our drivers like to slow down with the engine. However, all the same, here this braking is not a very effective motor is low, but the mass of O-th. It is better to slow down the brakes, since they are good. And by the degree of slowdown and effort. I did not find problems.
And what about handling? How will such a high sedan behave on the road? Will it not be stormed? No, it will not. In general, the fortress of his running 408th pretty much surprised me. I rolled a lot of kilometers on the standard 308th, the suspension of which fundamentally copies the suspension of the sedan (or vice versa, more precisely). So I can say with full responsibility that Peugeot 408 is another car.
Where at 308 you have to slow down very much so that the rear suspension does not break through or not to hap the excess with the front bumper, you can rush on the 408th without analyzing the road! A large road clearance makes a sedan semicrosword. And the suspension is so dense and impenetrable that you are amusing really really Peugeot?
We traveled through the primer, along a broken asphalt, on unfamiliar roads. In the journalist dough mode, but the suspension has never allowed a breakdown. Peugeot is calm, and, most importantly, quietly swallows almost all the flaws and bumps. With his habits, he relaxes the driver, he has to less often control the roadbed, less concentrate on scanning of bumps and potholes. But even if he misses something, the 408th will silently and steadily demolish it. The chassis is so tightly knocked down that the gigantic clearance forgives the car. Of course, there are rolls, but they are within normal limits. I did not notice strong clinks with my nose or squat squats at longitudinal loads. In general, the suspension behaves well done. It’s not scary to go to Dalnyak on such a car. Moreover, if you put the high-grade 16 wheels, I am sure that it will be even better from a practical point of view. And in terms of comfort.
Of course, controllability has nevertheless suffered from adapting adaptation. The car rides reliably and pleasant, there is feedback on the steering wheel, but you will not receive feelings at the wheel of 308. 408th does not light. He is only reliably lucky his riders and protects their comfort.
Assessing all the above, one cannot but come to the conclusion that Peugeot has been prepared for the market of a powerful fighter. For Russian adaptation, you can safely put the five. For the variety of engines too. Five for the inner space with a plus. It can also be assumed that 408 will be more reliable than 308, at least due to the fact that the sedan is adapted and built on the basis of the model produced for several years, the main shortcomings of the design of which have already been eliminated. Well, and an attractive price. Therefore, there is every reason to assume. That this car in Russia is waiting for a bright future.
Technical characteristics of Peugeot 408 1.6 Thp Allure
The type of engine is in order, gasoline, four -cylinder
Working volume (cm3) 1 598
Power (L.S. at rpm) 150/6 000
Torque (Nm at rpm) 240/1 400 4,000
Front drive
Gearbox automatic, 6-speed
Front -type suspension mcpherson
The suspension is the rear -dependent
Front ventilated discs brakes
Brakes of the rear discs
Length (mm) 4 703
Width (mm) 1 815
Height (mm) 1 505
Wheel base (mm) 2 717
Clearance (mm) 178
Equipped mass (kg) 1 419
Fuel consumption 11.6 city, 8.2 highway
Acceleration 0-100 km/h (sec) 9.6
Maximum speed (km/hour) 207
Price (rub.) 549 000 746 000
A source: Drom.ru
