Sekusele izinyanga ezingaphezudlwana kweziyisithupha ukuthi kuqale i-Dakar ka-2018. Kodwa ngemva kokunqoba okubili okulandelanayo ohlelweni luka-2016 nowezi-2017, i-Peugeot iqala futhi njengentandokazi enkulu yokunqoba oshicilelo lwangonyaka ozayo.
Futhi njengokuthi “eqenjini eliwinile, alinyakazi”, imoto entsha – ebizwa ngokuthi I-Peugeot 3008DKR MAXI – inguquko ye-3008DKR kanye no-2008DKR ebibusa izinhlelo zangaphambilini.
Imoto entsha ibanzi ngamasentimitha angama-20 kuneyangaphambili (inani elingu-2.40 m) ngenxa yokwanda kokuhamba kokumiswa ngo-10 cm ohlangothini ngalunye. Onxantathu bokulengiswa abangaphezulu nangaphansi, ama-ball joints nama-ekseli nawo ashintshiwe. Inhloso yonjiniyela bakwaPeugeot Sport bekuwukuqinisekisa ukuzinza okukhulu nokwenza ngcono amandla emoto.
Njengoba isathuthukiswa, i-spec list isazodalulwa, kodwa akumele ihluke kakhulu kweyangonyaka odlule i-3008DKR: injini engu-3.0 V6 twin-turbo enamandla angu-340hp kanye ne-800Nm, ebheke ngemuva kuphela.
I-Peugeot 3008DKR Maxi izokwenza i-debut yayo yokuncintisana ku-Silk Way Rally 2017, isinyathelo esiwujuqu ekusetshenzisweni kwezinqubo zobuchwepheshe, ebhekene nomzila we-10,000 km phakathi kweMoscow (Russia) ne-X'ian (China), ngokusebenzisa ama-steppes aseKazakhstan.
USébastien Loeb, umshayeli wendiza wePeugeot TotalNgicabanga ukuthi imoto isizinzile njengoba isibanzi. Imizwa ihluke kancane ngemuva kwesondo. Ezingxenyeni eziwumngcingo nezobuchwepheshe kuyinkimbinkimbi kakhulu, kodwa mayelana nokuzinza nokuqondisa empeleni kungcono.
Umakadebona u-Sébastien Loeb uzohlola izinguquko ezenziwe emotweni entsha, ngenhloso ye-Dakar 2018. Kodwa umshayeli waseFrance ngeke abe yedwa: abantu bakubo kuyoba u-Stéphane Peterhansel, ophumelele i-Dakar 2017, kanye noCyril Despres , ophumelele i-Silk Way Rally 2016, yomibili ehamba ngesondo le-3008DKR yangonyaka odlule.
UmSpain uCarlos Sainz, ozophinde ajoyine ithimba lakwaPeugeot eDakar elandelayo, ubambe iqhaza ekuthuthukisweni kwePeugeot 3008DKR Maxi, phakathi nezikhathi zokuhlola ezintathu ezenzeka eFrance, Morocco kanye nasePortugal.
