Peugeot 3008 Unveiled - 70 photos plus video

By Thami Masemola
January 14, 2009 5:02 PM
Filed Under: European, Peugeot

The new Peugeot 3008 CrossOver vehicle is the star of this video that you can click on. In the video a high-tech theme featuring strange but cuddly robotic beings is used to show the vehicle's versatile nature and drivability. In some shots we can see a couple of nice features like a head-up display unit and a panoramic glass roof that extends to the far rear end.

Previously, the 3008 has been spied completely undisguised, inside and out and most recently as a long-wheel-base 7-passenger version. Back in September the 3008 was previewed as the Prologue Concept at the 2008 Paris Motor Show.

Peugeot has released very few details so far but says the vehicle straddles the line between SUV, MPV and hatchback. Apparently it also goes against laws that say tall vehicles can't offer any driving pleasure.

Powering the 3008 are two engines listed as one 2.0-litre HDi turbo diesel and one 1.6-litre petrol turbo. There may be a bigger engine joining the range at a later stage. Said powerplants are complimented by new and old safety technologies such as Dynamic Roll Control and Grip Control.

Manufacturing for the 3008 is at Peugeot's Sochaux plant in Eastern France.

 

Source: Peugeot

Press Release (Click to expand)

PEUGEOT'S CrossOver Vehicle

The Peugeot 3008 is a compact and spacious crossover. It represents a new and innovative offer, not only in the Peugeot range but also in today's car market as a whole.

Manufactured in Eastern France at the Sochaux manufacturing plant, its concept and specifi cation has draw on all of Peugeot's expertise and values.

The 3008 is positioned at the crossroads between several existing vehicles: the SUV, the MPV and hatchback. The car derives its strengths from this blend of motoring concepts while at the same adopting a number of new and original technologies (Dynamic Roll Control, Grip Control, etc) enabling it to combine specifi cations often deemed incompatible (driving pleasure inside a "tall" vehicle, improved traction while at the same time being eco-friendly, etc).

Through its non-conformist approach and its resolute styling, the 3008, designed as a pioneering vehicle, offers an original solution and optimal versatility to customers in search of modernity, practicality and driving pleasure.

Protective, versatile and status-enhancing, the Peugeot 3008, a crossover in all respects, opens up new motoring horizons.

 

Comments

4u2p
January 14, 2009 5:36 PM
I don`t know what`s going on with Peugeot`s design lately. The interior is copied from R8, and that`s even a good thing, because the outside is hideous from every angle, and the front reminds me of a little pig.

giga-games
January 14, 2009 6:13 PM
hehe, the interior is not only kopying the r8/the botons look like they were taken from an airplane!

4u2p
January 15, 2009 3:46 PM
A new Peugeot-Boeing alliance perhaps?

dli6990
January 14, 2009 10:20 PM
I'm sorry Peugeot...but what's the point of this car?

It looks terrible, and what's the point of having a "terrain response" look-a-like thing? Why does it even need it?

afterace2
January 15, 2009 11:07 AM
If I would buy a car solely on the look of the interior, this car would be my choice. Too bad I don't, and the design of the exterior is hideous on this one. But at least they have dropped the gigantic mouth theme, and it still looks miles better than the disasterous 4007.

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