Can a little three-pot haul the Peugeot 5008 around? We've been finding out
. Like those siblings, it’s one of the more handsome cars in its class, although our test car’s poo brown paint colour doesn’t do it any favours.
The interior gets Peugeot’s new i-Cockpit layout, with a 10.0in infotainment touchscreen and a customisable 12.3in digital dial cluster.Mostly relaxing. The engine isn’t the most dynamic, but it slots into the background softly and purrs away, only occasionally emitting a little bit of three-cylinder thrum if you really rev it. It’s certainly far more refined than the lumpy four-cylinder that’s in the Kia Sorento PHEV.
With a 0-62 time that only just sneaks under 10 seconds, it’s not rapid but there’s enough torque on offer that you never have to feel like it needs thrashing to make decent progress. Motorway journeys are its more natural home, where the long sixth gear means the car cruises quietly. It’s a bit more effort on a back road, thanks to that upper gear. 50mph is just under 2000rpm in sixth, which means you need to change down to fifth to keep the petrol spinning in its happy place. The ‘box isn’t notchy, so it’s hardly a chore, but it’s not quite the relaxing wafter you’d hope for.
Nor is the ride. It’s mostly quiet and composed, but patters a bit too much over sharper bumps. It’s not unsettling, but again, isn’t quite what you’d expect in a big French family wagon.
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