Peugeot does not build many cars like the Peugeot 4008: a 5-door SUV with 1.6–2.0 , built from 2012 to 2017 as electrification stopped being an experiment and the crossover took every market. Its designer of record is Cristian Gudima.
How it came about
The Peugeot 4008 is a compact crossover SUV produced by Mitsubishi Motors under the French marque Peugeot. It was based on the same platform as the Mitsubishi ASX and the Citroën C4 Aircross, and was developed in collaboration with the Japanese manufacturer Mitsubishi Motors. It débuted at the 2012 Geneva Motor Show, along with the smaller 208.
Sales commenced in April that year. The car was replaced by the second-generation 3008 in 2017. As of January 2017, the 4008 was sold in France, Luxembourg, China, Algeria, Burkina Faso, Slovakia, Russia, Ukraine, Mongolia, Romania, Bulgaria, Germany, South Africa, Austria, Switzerland, Belgium, Spain, Norway, countries of the Baltic, Lebanon, Morocco, Tunisia, Chile, Argentina, New Zealand and Australia. Its twin, the C4 Aircross, was being sold in more countries globally, including European countries not listed above, but not in either the UK or Ireland in right-hand drive versions.
The hardware
Under the skin sits 1.6–2.0 other versions carried different engines, listed in the specification table below. Kerb weight is 1440 –. The gearbox is a 6-speed manual / 6-speed automatic. The wheelbase is 2670 mm. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
Family and rivals
Where it sits in Peugeot's history is not in doubt: the Peugeot 4007 came before it; the Peugeot 2008 II / Peugeot 3008 II followed it; it was built at Okazaki, Aichi (Mitsubishi Motors Okazaki Plant), Japan. On a showroom list of its day it stood against the Tesla Model X, the Mazda CX-5, the Lamborghini Aventador. Its Peugeot stablemates include the Peugeot Onyx and the Peugeot Pars.