Test Drive PEUGEOT 806 1998 - 2002 Minivan

Double Effect

Another acquisition that the minivan Peugeot 806 marked his six-year, the new two-liter gasoline engine and an automatic gearbox with manual mode were steel. Innovative influence clearly went asthotmob.
 
Peugeot 806 (he is Citroen Evasion, Fiat Ulysse, Lancia Zeta) - the fruit of the cooperation of the French and Italians. And quite viable: in 1999, 22,288 Europeans were preferred. Convenience of the cabin, good handling, good dynamic and performance indicators - this is the minivan attracts buyers. The current summer of the 806th model acquired a 2-liter gasoline engine and a 4-speed automatic machine with manual mode.
 
The motor first appeared in the spring of last year on Peugeot 406 and 206, has four valves per cylinder and two up-to-air camshafts.
 
The effect of using lightweight moving parts and block, the adaptation of the power unit to the weight of the machine (1550 kg) was expressed in the balance of power parameters and efficiency. Engine develops 138 hp at 6000 min-1. The maximum torque reaches a value of 190 nm at 4100 min-1. Against the background of a moderate fuel consumption (an average of 9.7 liters per 100 km), the characteristics look quite attractive, especially since the values \u200b\u200bclose to peak are achieved with much lower engine speeds.
 
The 4-speed sequental ACP on Peugeot 806 is used for the first time. The machine is independently adjusted to the driver's driving manner, takes into account the relief of the track and the degree of its workload by transport, choosing the optimal mode from nine possible.
 
The ACP selector, like the handmade box of the Peugeot 806, is integrated into the front panel and is a joystick moving along a stepped trajectory. Manual mode, in which the rejection of the back-back selector determines the increase or decrease in gear, has a specific logic that ensures the safety of the box. With an increase in speed on the border of permissible revolutions, switching to a higher level of transmission automatically. In this case, the clutch is turned off. Special Winter Program of the ACP, shifting the starting threshold to the second transmission area, turns on the corresponding button with the image of the snowflake.
 
PEUGEOT 806 With a gun, a little inferior to his squeaker with a regular box. So, at a distance of a kilometer, when starting from the place of the automatic version, the automatic version is 1.8 s (33.5 against 35.3 s). The maximum speed is 183 km / h - it is capable of satisfying the lover of highways, not to mention the modest resident of the metropolis. Overclocking dynamics are not ah - 14 ° C to 100 kilometers per hour, but also such an acceleration allows you to move to unison with a rapid transport stream without any problems.
 
The car is extremely loyal to its inhabitants while driving. True, a soft suspension makes minivan hostage rolls in high speed corners.
 
Sitting behind the wheel, it's well aware that the nonsense appearance of the 806th is not the main thing, the Ergonomics of the cabin is much more important. And the convenience of control, the essence of which comes down to the principle I sit high, I see far. And the most significant source of positive emotions is the bunch of the engine - the ACP.
 
By the way, from now on, any 806th can boast a variable steering amplifier, which is functioning according to the engine turnover. This means that during parking maneuvers, the ram is maximally supplemented, and at speed, where the feeling of the road is important, shows the desired stubbornness.
 
Before PEUGEOT 806, there were complaints - weak, they say, brakes. Perhaps this was the reason for the appearance of the electronic brake force distributor in this model. The EBD system with ABS improves the stability of the car in braking due to the distribution of the brake force between the front and rear axles, as well as between the left and right rear wheels.
 
And last. The new 11-layer windshield, tested on the 607th model, limits the penetration of heat and ultraviolet to the salon, but has transparent zones for radio signals.
 
Summing up the advantages of Peugeot 806, it is not difficult to assume that in the coming years, the French minivan reserved a place in the consumer demand zone.
 
Specifications Peugeot 806 SV
 
Produced Mass, kg - 1550 o dimensions (length / width / height), mm - 4454/1834/1714 o base, mm - 2824 o Maximum speed, km / h - 183 o overclocking time up to 100 km / h, C - 14 o Fuel consumption (mixed), l / 100 km - 9.7 o Engine - gasoline, 4-cylinder, inline, 16-valve; Working volume, CM3 - 1997; Power, hp at min-1 - 138/6000; torque, nm at min-1 -190/4100; Power system - Injection O Transmission - automatic, 4-speed, before. Drive O fuel tank capacity, L - 80.
 
Text: Igor Kuznetsov
 

A source: Magazine 5 Wheel [10/2000]