Kwangotsala miyezi isanu ndi umodzi kuti Dakar ayambe 2018. Koma pambuyo pa zigonjetso ziwiri zotsatizana mu 2016 ndi 2017, Peugeot ikuyambanso ngati yomwe imakonda kwambiri kupambana mu kope la chaka chamawa.
Ndipo monga “m’gulu lomwe lapambana, silisuntha”, galimoto yatsopanoyo – yotchedwa The Mtengo wa Peugeot 3008DKR MAXI - ndi chisinthiko cha 3008DKR ndi 2008DKR chomwe chinkalamulira makope am'mbuyomu.
Galimoto yatsopano ndi 20 masentimita m'lifupi kuposa yapitayo (okwana 2.40 m) chifukwa cha kukula kwa kuyimitsidwa kuyenda ndi 10 cm mbali iliyonse. Kumtunda ndi kumunsi kuyimitsidwa makona atatu, mafupa a mpira ndi ma axles adasinthidwanso. Cholinga cha mainjiniya a Peugeot Sport chinali kuwonetsetsa kuti galimotoyo ikhale yokhazikika komanso kuwongolera mphamvu zagalimoto.
Pamene ikupangidwabe, mndandanda wazinthu sizinawululidwe, koma siziyenera kukhala zosiyana kwambiri ndi 3008DKR ya chaka chatha: injini ya 3.0 V6 ya twin-turbo yokhala ndi 340hp ndi 800Nm, yongoyang'ana kumbuyo kokha.
The Peugeot 3008DKR Maxi adzapanga mpikisano wake kuwonekera koyamba kugulu pa Silk Way Rally 2017, sitepe yotsimikizika pa kukhazikitsa njira luso, kuyang'ana njira 10,000 Km pakati Moscow (Russia) ndi X'ian (China), kudzera Kazakhstan steppes .
Sébastien Loeb, woyendetsa ndege wa Peugeot TotalNdikuganiza kuti galimotoyo ndi yokhazikika chifukwa ndi yotakata. Zomverera ndizosiyana pang'ono kumbuyo kwa gudumu. M'zigawo zopapatiza ndi zamakono zimakhala zovuta kwambiri, koma ponena za kukhazikika ndi kuwongolera zimakhala bwinoko.
Msilikali wakale Sébastien Loeb adzayesa kusintha kwa galimoto yatsopano, ndi cholinga cha Dakar 2018. Koma dalaivala French sadzakhala yekha: comatriots ake adzakhala Stéphane Peterhansel, wopambana wa Dakar 2017, komanso Cyril Despres , wopambana wa Silk Way Rally 2016, onse pa gudumu la 3008DKR chaka chatha.
The Spaniard Carlos Sainz, amene adzalowanso gulu Peugeot mu Dakar lotsatira, anali nawo pa chitukuko cha Peugeot 3008DKR Maxi, pa magawo atatu mayeso kuti zinachitika mu France, Morocco komanso Portugal.
