Test Driving: Peugeot 408 GT 1.2 Puretech 130hp EAT8

Article: Laçin Modir | Photo: Can Aydeniz

The Peugeot 408, which was first presented to the market in 2010 as a C-segment sedan car, is now a new trend, Crossover/Coupe-SUV. The vehicle, which was offered to Europe with two hybrids and 130 horsepower gasoline options that provide 152 and+ 182 horsepower in 2022, entered the Turkish market with the 8-ARAT8 Automatic Transmission and the new generation 1.2 Puretech 130HP gasoline engine.

The Coupe-SUV concept, which we first met with the BMW X6 model, is now produced by many brands, and especially in cities, SUVs are rapidly replacing. This concept, which has a more sports and a structure that has a more sports and on the ground, is presented as a sporting car with a sloping rear ceiling line similar to fastbacks or Kammbacks. The inclined ceiling line provides a design advantage compared to the standard SUV equivalent and therefore is presented as a more premium model by manufacturers. Since all the Coupe SUVs produced so far are cross -varied, Coupe SUVs are also called “Coupe Crossover” or “Crossover SUV ve and attracts the attention of those living in SUV enthusiastic cities.

The new Peugeot 408 also joined the brands using this concept. We’ve tested the new 408 in GT hardware for you. Although it does not have the hardware of the 408s with hybrid motor, the vehicle offers enough equipment, 19 second rims instead of 21, 3 -dimensional digital pre -indicator panel, heated leather -covered steering wheel, black inner ceiling covering, glass ceiling. Blue Nappa Upholstery in the vehicle we tested evokes the flooring used by Peugeot in the legendary 504 model.

The new Peugeot 408, which resembles Lamborghini’s Urus model and attracts attention with its horizontal and narrow details in design, has a very harmonious and eye -catching design, but it is difficult to say that it captures the same effect in 1.2 engine. The factory data on the website of Peugeot’s website is a good performance for the 1.2 engine without entering the technical details, but it is necessary to say that it is weak in addition to hybrid options. In this vehicle, where you will feel the turbo reaction with delayed, it is not possible to use high performance, especially when the safety options of the vehicle are open. 1.6 Puretech180 HP EAT8A gasoline engine offered in the Peugeot 3008s could have been a more convenient option for this vehicle, but let’s add that the road sitting and grip is successful.

Multimedia is very successful visually, but it can be difficult to use because it is a little complicated. The interchangeable LED ambience lighting can make the interior air of the vehicle completely different. Among the other features, digital pre -indicator panel, capacitive touch screen, 4 USB connection (TYPE C), wireless Mirror Screen, 12V power sockets.

Among the driving support systems of the new Peugeot 408, 180-degree reversing camera & 3 image mode & 3 image mode, front-back parking sensor, back maneuver traffic warning system, blind spot warning system (detecting up to 75 m), active strip tracking system, speed limit recognition and proposition, smart headlight system (active long headlight), active full stop security brake, Dur & Standing Fairy Fairy Fabrication Fairy Factories. These features provide a lot of comfort and contribution to the driving and control of the vehicle. In addition to a small sports steering wheel and F1 gear, the vehicle with a small EAT8AVITES may seem strange for drivers accustomed to seeing the dial between the normal gear knob and steering wheel, but it will be loved after a while with its softness and ease of control. Considering the segment of the vehicle, it is difficult to talk about the same softness. As a result, we can say that such a design is quite successful when we consider the price of the vehicle. We have no doubt that this vehicle, which is easy to get accessible, will make itself mentioned on the roads.

Performance Test Driving (Özgür Sunay) Review:

The Peugeot 408 GT model does not exhibit a very negative performance, contrary to a certain point in provincial departments and intermediate accelerations with 1.2 -liter engine volume. On the contrary, taking into account the length of the new Peugeot 408 and the Coupe case structure, we can even say that a very large wide – muscular car with a very large – muscular motor with the 1.2 -liter motor that has such a large -voluminous “Cup” – “Kasa” structure when we compare it with the performance we are waiting for in return. In general, 1.2-1.0 liter vehicles, cars, when we look at the new Peugeot 408 gt, contrary to expectations, “cup”-“safe” structures are not very voluminous. Therefore, we should not ignore the new Peugeot 408 GT model in this sense and the result of the 1.2-liter engine according to this case structure. The new Peugeot 408 GT 1.2 Puretech 130HP operates with a gasoline engine in compliance with the 8-Aat8 automatic transmission. It did not cause a different problem in the style of vehicles in the gear shifts, etc. Now, in our new Peugeot 408 GT vehicle, there is of course different driving modes and one of them is the “Sport” mode, which you know very well. While using our new Peugeot 408 GT vehicle especially in “Sport” mode, we also got a test performance on the road driving. Especially in “Sport” mode, I wanted to drive our new Peugeot 408 GT vehicle on asphalt and curved roads, sloping and sloping upright, rally climbing trails. In this way, the most impressed thing in the new Peugeot 408 GT was actually the event that I was most impressed with from the beginning of the performance test drive to the end.

The new Peugeot 408 GT is exactly 4,687mm long, and when one of Volvo’s longest Wagon tools is compared to the V90 model, Peugeot 408 gt is very close to it in terms of length. When you make a sporty vehicle in this way, you have at least the URUS appearance and at the same time offer a width above 1.859mm standards, contrary to expectation of such a car’s driving performance due to the sporting structure and the engineering errors in the test drive to the end of the vehicle to the end of the question may come to mind. But the new Peugeot 408 GT is exactly well -adjusted in the question marks section, the weight center control and balance system is also very well -seated in the body structure, ACS, suspensions subtitudes driving performances are well adjusted very well, the new Peugeot 408 GT high serial speeds and accelerations during the narrow bends and the rare vehicles in the rare vehicles and the rare vehicles. We congratulate Peugeot in terms of maintenance. Of course, conditions such as tires on each vehicle, braking distance floor are important. Considering all these elements, the new Peugeot 408 GT promises a dynamic driving to the driver, adding courage and acceleration to his driving with the F1 gear keys-pans, especially in the steering wheel. At the same time, the fact that the vehicle is sitting on the bottom of the base of the vehicle from the base of the vehicle suddenly cut from the ground at high speeds, the peugeot 408 gt vehicle on the front side of the vehicle, even on high speeds and corrupt floors, even during the driving performance of the vehicle, especially during the wet road conditions. When we look at all these, the new Peugeot 408 is in its class and a high -volume structure and 1.2 -liter engine 130 horsepower, even if it is not possible to access very high speeds at a time, it promises its users a very sporty driving with the supersport sound coming out of the exhaust, while the internal volume and driving comfort are located in a full -time car class for large families. I am sure that the new Peugeot 408 GT will take the driving pleasure to the Doruks with much higher volume engines.