Seven-seat SUVs are desirable, there’s no doubt about that. A glance at the local sales charts reveal that Filipinos can’t get enough of them. While the family-centric segment is still dominated by small MPVs and SUVs, further up the food chain are larger offerings such as pickup-based passenger vehicles like the Toyota Fortuner and monocoque ones like the Mazda CX-8. Right smack in this wide-ranging segment is the new Peugeot 5008.
As unique as it is from the outside, it’s inside where things get really weird. Like the rest of their passenger car range, the Peugeot 5008 uses an inimitable dash layout dubbed the Peugeot i-Cockpit. It can be proudly confusing with the ultra-compact steering wheel and the instrument panel mounted on top of it. The idea, Peugeot says is that you view the high-set instruments above the steering wheel rather than looking through them – as per convention – which potentially obscures them.
Despite looking smaller than other mid-sized SUVs and crossovers, the Peugeot 5008 excels in interior packaging. Not only has Peugeot been able to squeeze in a third-row of seats, but they’ve done so in a way that makes every single row usable. Having said that, the rearmost seats are more for kids than adults. Still, pulling them up or stowing them are easy and straightforward. Plus, they collapse into a carved-out portion of the cargo floor resulting in a flat storage space.
Unlike most other compact SUVs, the Peugeot 5008 uses a non-independent Torsion Beam Axle at the back. For daily driving, the softly sprung suspension soaks up the potholes, only thumping if you encounter something gargantuan, or shimming through badly corrugated surfaces. Once pushed though, you’ll find that it reaches its limits fairly quickly. The chassis is clearly designed more for comfort, so asking it to change direction quickly will result in some hesitation.
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