Hasigaye amezi arenga atandatu ngo Dakar itangire 2018 Ariko nyuma yo gutsinda inshuro ebyiri zikurikiranye muri 2016 na 2017, Peugeot irongera itangira gukundwa cyane gutsinda umwaka utaha.
Kandi nka "mumatsinda yatsinze, ntabwo yimuka", imodoka nshya - yiswe the Peugeot 3008DKR MAXI - ni ubwihindurize bwa 3008DKR na 2008DKR yiganjemo ibyasohotse mbere.
Imodoka nshya ifite ubugari bwa santimetero 20 kurenza iyayibanjirije (yose hamwe ni m 2,40) kubera kwaguka kwihagarikwa rya cm 10 kuri buri ruhande. Inyabutatu yo hejuru no hepfo ihagarikwa, guhuza umupira hamwe na axe nabyo byarahinduwe. Intego yabashakashatsi ba Peugeot Sport kwari ukurinda umutekano muke no kuzamura imikorere yikinyabiziga.
Nkuko bikiri mu majyambere, urutonde rwibanze ntiruramenyekana, ariko ntirukwiye gutandukana cyane na 3008DKR y'umwaka ushize: moteri ya 3.0 V6 twin-turbo ifite 340hp na 800Nm, igamije gusa umurongo winyuma.
Peugeot 3008DKR Maxi izatangira guhatanira irushanwa rya Silk Way Rally 2017, intambwe ikomeye mu ishyirwa mu bikorwa rya tekiniki, ihura n'umuhanda wa kilometero 10,000 uhuza Moscou (Uburusiya) na X'ian (Ubushinwa), unyuze mu bibaya bya Qazaqistan.
Sébastien Loeb, Peugeot YoseNtekereza ko imodoka ihagaze neza ubu ko yagutse. Ibyiyumvo biratandukanye gato inyuma yiziga. Mubice bigufi na tekiniki biragoye, ariko mubijyanye no gutuza nicyerekezo mubyukuri nibyiza.
Umukambwe Sébastien Loeb azagerageza impinduka zakozwe mumodoka nshya, hagamijwe kureba Dakar ya 2018. Ariko umushoferi w’Abafaransa ntazaba wenyine: bagenzi be bazaba Stéphane Peterhansel, watsinze Dakar 2017, ndetse na Cyril Despres, uwatsinze Silk Way Rally 2016, byombi kumuzinga wa 3008DKR y'umwaka ushize.
Umunya Espagne Carlos Sainz, uzongera gusubira mu ikipe ya Peugeot muri Dakar itaha, yagize uruhare mu iterambere rya Peugeot 3008DKR Maxi, mu gihe cy’ibizamini bitatu byabereye mu Bufaransa, muri Maroc ndetse no muri Porutugali.
