Showing posts with label Peugeot. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Peugeot. Show all posts

Thursday, November 22, 2012

Peugeot 508 Review


This car appeals to me me with its beauty and the fact that Peugeot. I love this brand, because I know that virtually any model of it will be made and adjusted as necessary.

This member of the middle class in the line of the brand - really car. With a capital. In the sense that the device is not, as is often the case now. It certainly is beautiful and solid, including the design of the dashboard and interior - in a class. Impozanten front (I like his grille, headlights and the logo at the "beak") and rear (red lights), sporty and elegant in profile. In general, as you looked - the car is beautiful and photogenic from any angle, by far the most beautiful Peugeot in recent years.

Beautiful and noble daytime lights. Today, this "option" is especially important in the shape of the car, plays a key role in perception, because it is used almost constantly. The car looks quite naturally to "sixteenth" wheels with fat tires (215/60), which gives it extra comfort and safety. Inside, I like the center console and a button, they are stylish and pleasing to the touch. As in the design of plastic, and leather chairs in the finishing.

I love the brand, "Mulka» Peugeot - to move up to the driver remote mirror. They unload the front rack, ensuring excellent visibility in the blind zone is often on other cars. There is another "Mulka," Do not leave me indifferent: all arrows devices at motor start make a complete turn to go (so-called. "Swing").

But this "508-th" is not unusual. He's one of the first issues. As a result, it has navigation (great national fonts), intelligent bortkompyutera, cruise, electric adjustment of both (!) Seats, USB, adaptive headlights - even index number of riders in the cabin and seat belts are fastened, but no parking sensors and automatic folding mirrors! The so-called French version. The French are known to park a start to shake, and the mirrors are used to fold the hand. Inconveniently have long to adapt (which to many may seem like a luxury, but a car is a business-class, in fact).

There are still uncomfortable, strange for this time and this level of vehicle. For example, there is no place to put the phone: have to hang a special holder on the windscreen, which significantly limits the visibility in certain positions. However, in the machine installed Bluetooth, but still not comfortable. Do not set the bottle upright in the pockets in the doors and the niche they slammed ride in motion.

There are structural deficiencies: at low (sport) landing I for one can not see the display in front of a corporate front window, which shows the current speed limits and cruise. You have to choose the "commander" landing that for such a strange car. A corner of the front door, "tailored" so poorly that not once hit in the face when you open the door to the cramped conditions, and not only me.

But set "508-y", like all Peugeot, perfectly: there is easy, with a margin of thrust, smoothly, predictably and accurately on the gas, steering and brakes. Imperceptible jumps over "sleeping policemen". Pleasant and comfortable steering wheel, despite its sporty "trim" from the bottom. Peugeot 508 claims the status of the car with a sporty twist. This is indicated by the very small screen pops up from the dash speed, full speed shooter devices at motor start, straightening of the wheel, the ability to switch the automatic to manual mode and operate the machine gearshift paddles.

There are even more outspoken mode S (and the "snowflake", which allows more control over the car on a slippery road), but in fact all of these change and shifts in the nature and behavior of the machine makes little difference. Though to be the end objective, S («M» - on the display) did podsobiraet car: does harder (and more accurate) steering, shock absorbers, stronger - the brakes. Car in the «S» to lead more enjoyable.

But the box, of course, sorry for himself: an active engine braking does not occur, only the roar of the engine and turns up the arrow. But overclocking "on the fingers" (paddle shifters) is in this mode is active and sporty enough for such a vehicle. Seats with backwater - from the same sport, "series", but seem to be too small, though, in general, fit and ergonomics driving tweaked optimally.

The car, in other words, busy - not tailored somehow, every detail thoroughly thought out and the place offered. Sedan in the full sense of the term. A solid thing. On the back of the couch is enough space, there comfortably, has a climate. Peugeot 508 - a good alternative to even the Audi A6, because of the control they get no less pleasure, style and reliability level, and is "French" nearly half. In this car, I feel the Parisian bourgeoisie: Peugeot this class always prefer the middle and higher class of wealthy French peers, lawyers, and journalists.

In my instance, I do not mind cloth upholstery with leather rim of his seat. On the contrary, I consider this the best salon in almost any car: practical, beautiful and better for health.

Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Diesel Peugeot 408 Price on Russia


Russia's new engine will be available to all co configuration.

1.6 HDi unit capacity of 112 liters. with. (254 Nm) requires an average of about 5.0 l/100 km. Basic equipment with Access \ tim engine is 637 000 rubles and includes anti-lock brakes, airbags driver and passenger, air conditioning, power mirrors and heated, central locking. The surcharge offered seats heated front seats, windshield and nozzles.

Active equipment diesel car costs from 664 000: here additionally appear sound system, heated seats, fog lights and more.

Top configuration Allure least 734,000 rubles goes well with side airbags, leather steering wheel and illuminated thresholds. In the list of options appear dual-zone climate control, navigation system, rear parking sensors and wheels for 17 ".

Saturday, September 1, 2012

Peugeot 408 Preview

Peugeot company starts selling in the country's largest sedan in the class or family cars "Golf" class.

Peugeot presented its opinion on the car that we want, in accordance with the company's vision: towards the premium.

Received a "408-y" - a sample of how to build a Russian vehicle. Including our car factories. That's what consumers are simple throughout the country and that they were able to find and take into account the engineers of the French company. And it is not formal, package and for all markets as soon as it happens, and just below the "shape" of our motorists. And the price is not discouraging. Moreover, following competitors even untrained specifically to our needs.


1. Put the engine under the metal. In this case, the bottom of the car is made almost flat and well-protected. Masterfully done.

2. Increased rigidity of the body that, among other things, reduced noise and vibration in the cabin from the chassis. In the car insulation decent, quiet car. The vibrations are not felt at all.

3. Strengthened suspension. Hydraulic dampers with valves at a pressure of 3 bar - good vibration damping, high stability on the road without losing any comfort. To increase the lateral stiffness in the front suspension changed the relationship between the frame rails and subframe. The rear suspension welded together four important elements (cross with two arms, stabilizer bar) to give greater rigidity - reduced vibration of bad roads, improved reliability of a body, while maintaining comfort for passengers.

4. Camber angle is reduced by 0.2 degrees, which affected the accuracy of the control on the broken roads.

5. Increased rear overhang to 1 meter - have received the highest capacity of the trunk in the class - 560 liters. Plus gave it a rectangular shape and cleaned fixing arc that usually come in and snag the load.

6. Introduced an additional button in the cabin (on the left of the steering wheel) to open the trunk, as found that the trunk in hands often dirty. So that the cover can be opened with key fob or the button manually.

7. Added niches and storage around the cabin, increasing their size and volume to cram / ​​stuffed could be all that is conceivable. In the glove compartment easily into a 1.5-liter bottle, the most common size of our beverage packages.

8. Heating increased the rear passengers feet and lengthened the carts to improve blower with 15 ventilation grilles.

9. 60L fuel tank capacity.

10. Raised ground clearance: nearly 18 inches at the lowest point.

11. High-capacity battery.

12. Generator power is raised: see under what conditions it is necessary to start the engine and operate the car - and did.

13. Reinforced seat heater.

14. The mirrors are heated and electric, full-size "reserve."

15. Heating the bottom of the windshield (with wipers) and washer nozzles.

The company does not have an opportunity to break in the machine with 110 - and 120-horsepower engine (the latter is likely the most popular), but 150 forces to Turbocharge and 6-speed manual showed that the car is quite adequate for our roads and traveling conditions. 240 Nm of torque is enough to make a breakthrough when overtaking trucks within a limited range. Octopus at the tachometer needle reaches the red zone (about 6,000 rpm), which is reminiscent of sports cars. Twin-Scroll system directs the flow of exhaust gases actually removing turboyamy in the turbine. And this engine tune out the possibility of faulty fuel pouring it (within reason, of course). Motor BMW, note. But ahead of us in the famous diesel Peugeot 112 hp

Flow with turbobenzinovym promise about 8 liters in the combined cycle. I got on the track 10 liters, but I had the car in all conditions.

Works great 6-speed automatic - pereschelkivaet transfer of the case and at the right time, almost palpable. Especially good this unit manually. The car is really tame: you can slow down the engine, as in the usual "mechanics", hardly any brake, accelerate, using all the engine and out of the corners of the prepared transfer - in tension and with overclocking. Ie to drive in a hard, prohvatyvayuschem sports mode.

How do the four-speed automatic and manual - is unknown. This front. But the suspension beyond praise: prohvatyvaet on our roads and uhabinam to click, hold up well at high speeds. Increased by one coil springs, shock absorbers specially reconfigured, strengthened rack. Clearance of about 18 cm - I stop at the curb without hesitation, broken, or timber, country road. A solid steel skid and flat bottom additionally play up here. Brakes may not be aggressive enough, but then the family car, designed for everyday drivers. Above all, they can effectively inhibit quite reliable and that is enough.

ENTERTAINMENT

Access to complete machine has Audiopreparation of 6 speakers (attached directly to the body elements for sound quality), wiring and antenna. In configurations Active and Allure - audio CD, MP-3. And Allure also USB connector and the "hands-free". Russified navigation and has a 7-inch touch screen. Flash memory - 1 GB. You can put a rear-view camera and a TV antenna.

SAFETY

Up to six airbags, five belts for each rider, as standard - ABS, electronic brake force, the system of emergency braking.

Warranty - 3 years, 20,000 miles - an interval you may extend the warranty for another 2 years (while offering similar Mercedes and BMW).