Peugeot Sport inapereka "makina othamanga" atsopano ku Dakar 2017, yomwe inachitikira ku Paraguay, Bolivia ndi Argentina. Dziwani zatsopano pa Peugeot 3008 DKR.
Kulimbikitsidwa ndi mapangidwe a Peugeot 3008 yatsopano - yomwe pamapeto pake idadziyesa ngati SUV - 3008 DKR ikufanana ndi chitsanzo cha kupanga m'dera la nyali zamoto, kutsogolo kwa grille ndi gulu lakumbali lokhala ndi zikhadabo zofiira, koma ndi chikhalidwe champikisano. Mapangidwewo anali kuyang'anira French Sébastien Criquet.
Kumbali yaukadaulo, Peugeot Sport idagwira ntchito makamaka pakuyimitsidwa (madampers ndi geometry) kuti athandizire kuyendetsa bwino, kuziziritsa komanso kulemera kwagalimoto. Dongosolo lokhazikika lidawonjezedwanso lomwe lidzakondwera ndi Stéphane Peterhansel, Sébastien Loeb ndi kampani.
Zina mwazofunika kwambiri zinali injini ya 3.0-lita ya twin-turbo V6 yokhala ndi 340 hp ndi 800 Nm, chofunikira kwambiri pantchito yosinthira malamulo atsopano a FIA. Kutalika kwa mphete yotengera mpweya kwachepetsedwa kuchokera ku 39 mm mpaka 38 mm kwa injini za dizilo zamagalimoto a 2WD, zomwe zimapangitsa kuti mphamvu za akavalo 20 ziwonongeke. Akatswiriwa anayesa kubwezera choyipa ichi, koma koposa zonse kuwongolera kugwiritsa ntchito bwino kwa injini pamayendedwe otsika.
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"3008 DKR yatsopano ikuyimira sitepe yotsatira ya Peugeot podzipereka ku pulogalamu yamasewera pa rally-aid. Galimoto ya mpikisano woyendetsa magalimoto awiri, chinthu china chodziwika bwino cha DKR ndi njira ya msewu, yadziwonetsera yokha m'magawo a msonkhano ndipo tsopano yakopedwa. Team ya Peugeot Total yakhala ndi nyengo yabwino kwambiri mu 2016 ndipo kupita patsogolo kwaukadaulo komwe kunachitika ku Peugeot 3008 DKR yatsopano akulengezedwa kuti ndikokomera kulanda maudindo atsopano”.
Jean-Philippe Imparato, CEO wa Peugeot
Mu timu yomwe yapambana, sasuntha
Zikafika kwa awiriwa ku kope la chaka chamawa, lomwe likulonjeza kuti lidzatsutsana kwambiri, Stéphane Peterhansel/Jean Paul Cottret, Carlos Sainz/Lucas Cruz, Cyril Despres/David Castera ndi Sébastien Loeb/Daniel Elena adzabweranso kumasewera a Dakar, pa zowongolera za Peugeot 3008 DKR. Team Peugeot Total yayamba kale kukonzekera kusindikiza kwa chaka chamawa, ndipo idzayambanso mu Morocco Rally (October 3 mpaka 7) ndi Carlos Sainz/Lucas Cruz mu chitsanzo chatsopano. Cyril Despres/David Castera apanga zomwe zidzakhale zomaliza kutenga nawo gawo pa Peugeot 2008 DKR.