PEUGEOT 408 test drive since 2010 sedan
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Peugeot has launched the sale of the 408th in our country. He is not only the largest sedan in the golf class, but also an example of what the Russian car should be in principle. The machine was created not for developing markets (and at the same time a special package for us), but exactly to the needs of our motorist will be sold in this form only with us. Peugeot engineers specially went to Russia and, having traveled for half a year on 408 on our roads, villages and provinces in frost, thaw and heat, having eaten our gasoline and live in our conditions, compiled a list of what should be fixed in order to be fixed so that the French-Chinese-Chinese-Chinese-Chinese-Chinese-Chinese Argentine 408th became purely Russian. The honesty of the approach to the problem and the thoroughness of its study cannot but admire.
First of all, they put the metallic protection of the engine crankcase. At the same time, the bottom of the car was made almost even and also well protected. They made masterfully and soundly. Increased the hardness of the body, which, among other things, reduced noise in the cabin and lowered the vibrations transmitted from the chassis.
The suspensions were strengthened: they increased the springs to one round, reconfigured shock absorbers, strengthened the racks received better stability on low -quality roads. In the anterior suspension, to increase transverse rigidity, the connection between the spars and the subframe was changed. In the rear for greater stiffness of the design and reducing vibrations on bad roads, they cooked into a single whole cross, both levers and a reptile stabilizer. The collapse of the front wheels was reduced by 0.2 degrees for the accuracy of control on bad roads.
They increased the rear overhang to 1 meter received the largest trunk capacity in the class (560 liters). Additionally, they gave the trunk a rectangular shape and removed the fasteners that go inside and cling to the luggage. In the trunk placed a full -sized spare wheel. They introduced an additional button in the cabin (to the left of the steering wheel) to open the trunk from the driver's place, because we were convinced that the lower part of the trunk is most often dirty. Now it can be opened from the key fob, this button or manually. And since the lock and lid of the trunk is often frozen, they designed a niche under the arm for the best grip of this very cover during manual opening.
They added niches and storages throughout the cabin, increasing the size and volumes of existing ones, because they noticed that our motorists love to carry everything that is possible in the car. They made more powerful ventilation of the cabin and enhanced heating the legs of the rear passengers. At the same time, they increased the heating power of the seats themselves, and transferred the buttons to turn on the heaters from the door handle, where they were often accidentally pressed, to the central console. Heated the mirrors, the wipers at the windshield and the nozzle nozzle.
They raised the road clearance to 18 cm at the bottom point. They put an increased capacity battery. They increased the capacity of the generator saw in which we have to run the engine and operate the car. Along the way, they realized that with our distances and rare meetings with gas stations, the machine requires an increased tank of an increased size of 60 liters. In this case, the car can be seasoned with low -quality combustible. At the hatch of the neck, they provided a niche for fingers in case of freezing the cover. And they eliminated a proprietary chip with a rop -bacon slip, with which the Pozhovites usually walked along the gas station, because the cork was closed with the ignition key. And these are only the main and most important changes, but, you see, it is all that we would always like to see in our car.
The option of 150 forces with a turbocharger and a 6-speed box showed that the car is quite configured for our roads and conditions of movement. And 240 Nm of torque is enough to make a jerk when overtaking a truck at a limited distance. When the arrow of the tachometer is spun, it reaches the red zone (almost 6,000 revolutions), reminiscent of sports cars. The consumption with turbobensin is promised about 8 liters with a mixed cycle. I got 10 liters, but I experienced a car in all modes.
A six -speed machine is especially good in manual mode. The car really becomes manual: you can slow down the engine, as with a regular manual box, almost do not use the brakes, accelerate using the maximum capabilities of the motor, and get out of the turns of the vest and with overclocking with a pre -prepared transmission, i.e., lead the car in a hard, sports mode.
The suspension is higher praise: it works on our roads and bumps is absolutely reliable and comfortable and holds the car well at high speed. The version of Allure USB-extension and free hands, navigation in Russian, flash memory of 1 GB. You can put the rear view camera and the telary. The car turned out to be really family, designed for our car owner. In general, Bravo, Peugeot, wiped the nose for many!
Source: Cars
