I-Peugeot Sport ibonise "umatshini wokugijima" omtsha kwi-Dakar ka-2017, ebanjelwe eParaguay, eBolivia naseArgentina. Fumana into entsha kwiPeugeot 3008 DKR.
Ikhuthazwe luyilo lwePeugeot 3008 entsha – ethe ekugqibeleni yazicingela njengeSUV – i3008 DKR ifana nemodeli yemveliso kwindawo yezibane zangaphambili, igrille yangaphambili kunye nebhendi esecaleni eneziphopho ezibomvu, kodwa inesimo sokukhuphisana. Uyilo lwaluphethe iFrench Sébastien Criquet.
Kwicala lobuchwephesha, iPeugeot Sport isebenze kakhulu kwi-suspension (i-dampers kunye ne-geometry) ukuphucula indlela yokuphatha, ukupholisa kunye nobunzima bemoto. Inkqubo ye-acclimatization yongezwa ngokuqinisekileyo eya kuvuyiswa nguStéphane Peterhansel, uSébastien Loeb kunye nenkampani.
Enye yezinto eziphambili ngokwemvelo yayiyi-injini ye-3.0-litre twin-turbo V6 ene-340 hp kunye ne-800 Nm, ugxininiso olubalulekileyo lomsebenzi kunye nokulungelelaniswa kwemimiselo emitsha ye-FIA. Ubukhulu bendandatho yokungenisa umoya buncitshisiwe ukusuka kwi-39 mm ukuya kwi-38 mm kwiinjini zedizili zeenqwelo ze-2WD, zenza ilahleko emalunga nama-20 amandla eenjini. Iinjineli zazama ukuhlawulela le ngxaki, kodwa ngaphezu kwakho konke ukuphucula ukusetyenziswa kwe-injini kwi-revs ephantsi.
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“I-3008 DKR entsha ibonisa inyathelo elilandelayo le-Peugeot ekuzibopheleleni kwayo kwinkqubo yezemidlalo kugqatso lwerali. Isisombululo semoto yokhuphiswano lwamavili amabini, enye into eqhelekileyo ye-DKR kunye nohlobo lwendlela, izibonakalise kumacandelo e-rally kwaye ngoku ikopishiwe. Iqela le-Peugeot Total libe nesizini eqaqambileyo ngo-2016 kwaye inkqubela phambili yobugcisa edluliselwe kwi-Peugeot 3008 DKR entsha ibhengezwe njengelungele ukuthinjwa kwezihloko ezintsha”.
UJean-Philippe Imparato, iCEO yakwaPeugeot
Kwiqela eliphumeleleyo, alishukumi
Xa kuthethwa ngababini kuhlelo lonyaka ozayo, oluthembisa ukuba luza kuphikiswana kakhulu, uStéphane Peterhansel/Jean Paul Cottret, uCarlos Sainz/Lucas Cruz, uCyril Despres/David Castera noSébastien Loeb/Daniel Elena baya kubuya kumdlalo waseDakar, ngo. ulawulo lwe Peugeot 3008 DKR. Iqela le-Peugeot Total sele liqalisile ukulungiselela uhlelo lonyaka ozayo, kwaye liza kudlala okokuqala kuMdyarho waseMorocco (ngowe-3 ukuya kowe-7 kweyeDwarha) nguCarlos Sainz/Lucas Cruz kumfuziselo omtsha. UCyril Despres / uDavid Castera uya kwenza oko kuya kuba yinxaxheba yokugqibela esemthethweni ye-Peugeot 2008 DKR.