Starting in 2021, French cars, which continue to have sluggish sales in China, seem to have a hint of recovery, especially after the launch of the Citroën Versailles C5 X, which has become particularly obvious, and sales have risen visible to the naked eye. But for French cars, the most essential products are still their boutique cars, such as peugeot 206, etc., even if more than ten years have passed, it is still a regular in the track.
With the increasing popularity of SUV models, not long ago, Peugeot decided to launch a car and SUV combination of models, the new car named 1008, will be the smallest SUV model of Peugeot so far, the new car hypothetical map has flowed out.
According to foreign media reports, the 1008 will be officially released overseas as early as the first quarter of this year, and the new car positioning entry-level small SUV, in terms of pricing will be far lower than Toyota C-HR, Honda Binzhi, etc., the main competitors will be Toyota Aygo X and Hyundai Casper and other similar models.
In terms of appearance design, from the rendering drawing, Peugeot 1008 still continues to use Peugeot's family design style, and a new Peugeot "lion logo" is replaced on the front of the car, coupled with the design of the dot-shaped air intake grille, making the entire front face look very fierce. Due to the limitation of the size of the body side, the overall appearance is very compact, but the large size of the wheel shape is more eye-catching. According to its positioning, the size of the Peugeot 1008 should be small, so it is foreseeable that the spatial performance of the Peugeot 1008 should also be more general.
In the performance part, according to foreign media, the Peugeot 1008 may continue to be equipped with a 1.2T three-cylinder turbocharged engine, and the transmission will match the 7-speed dual-clutch transmission. In addition, the new car may also launch a pure electric model in the later stage, or named E-1008, and the powertrain may be consistent with the E-2008 model.
The picture shows the Peugeot 1008 design drawing
In suspension systems, either subject to cost or continuing the french tradition, peugeot 1008 will continue to use the suspension system of front McPherson independent suspension + rear torque beam non-independent suspension.
epilogue:
In fact, all along, french cars and Suzuki have a common point, that is, in the manufacture of boutique cars have a lot of say, then the question is, if the future Peugeot 1008 into the domestic market sales, those French fans will pay?