Kukho ngaphezu kweenyanga ezintandathu ngaphambi kokuqala kweDakar ka-2018. Kodwa emva kokuphumelela kabini okulandelelanayo kwi-2016 kunye ne-2017 edition, i-Peugeot iqala kwakhona njengeyona intandokazi enkulu yokuphumelela kuhlelo lonyaka ozayo.
Kwaye “njengeqela eliphumeleleyo, alishukumi”, imoto entsha – ebizwa ngokuba yi IPeugeot 3008DKR MAXI – yinguquko ye-3008DKR kunye no-2008DKR eyayilawula ukuhlelwa kwangaphambili.
Imoto entsha i-20 centimeters ububanzi kuneyangaphambili (i-totali ye-2.40 m) ngenxa yokwandiswa kohambo lokumiswa nge-10 cm kwicala ngalinye. Oonxantathu abaphezulu nasezantsi bokunqunyanyiswa, iintambo zebhola kunye ne-axles nazo zatshintshwa. Injongo yeenjineli zakwaPeugeot Sport ibikukuqinisekisa uzinzo olukhulu nokuphucula amandla esithuthi.
Njengoko isephantsi kophuhliso, i-spec list ingekatyhilwa, kodwa akufanele ihluke kakhulu kwi-3008DKR yonyaka ophelileyo: i-injini ye-3.0 V6 ye-twin-turbo ene-340hp kunye ne-800Nm, ejoliswe kuphela kwi-axle yangasemva.
I-Peugeot 3008DKR Maxi iya kwenza i-debut yayo yokukhuphisana kwi-Silk Way Rally 2017, inyathelo eliqinisekileyo ekuphunyezweni kweenkqubo zobugcisa, ejongene ne-10,000 km yendlela phakathi kweMoscow (eRashiya) kunye ne-X'ian (eChina), ngokusebenzisa i-steppes yaseKazakhstan.
USébastien Loeb, umqhubi wePeugeot TotalNdicinga ukuba imoto izinzile ngoku ibanzi. Iimvakalelo ziyahluka kancinci emva kwevili. Kwiindawo ezimxinwa kunye nezobugcisa zinzima ngakumbi, kodwa malunga nokuzinza kunye nesalathiso ngokwenene kungcono.
I-Veteran Sébastien Loeb iya kuvavanya utshintsho olwenziwe kwimoto entsha, ngokujonga i-Dakar 2018. Kodwa umqhubi waseFransi akayi kuba yedwa: abantu bakhe baya kuba nguStéphane Peterhansel, ophumeleleyo weDakar 2017, kunye noCyril Despres , ophumelele iSilk Way Rally 2016, zombini kwivili lonyaka ophelileyo we-3008DKR.
UmSpanish uCarlos Sainz, oza kuphinda abuyele kwiqela le-Peugeot kwi-Dakar elandelayo, wabandakanyeka ekuphuhliseni i-Peugeot 3008DKR Maxi, ngexesha leeseshoni zovavanyo ezintathu ezenzeka eFransi, eMorocco nasePortugal.