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THE NEW PEUGEOT 3008 has been repositioned as an upmarket five-seat SUV and looks set to rival the Volkswagen Tiguan, SEAT Ateca and Hyundai Tucson with its competitive entry price and healthy amount of standard kit.
You can get into an entry-level Access model powered by a 1.2-litre 130hp turbocharged PureTech petrol engine for €25,995 plus delivery related charges. As a comparison, the entry-level 125hp 1.4-litre petrol Volkswagen Tiguan is €29,085, the 130hp 1.6-litre petrol Hyundai Tucson is €26,245 and the entry-level 115hp 1.0-litre petrol SEAT Ateac is €25,120.
The new 3008 has a striking and bold design, which is a long way from the dumpy styling of its predecessor. It is well proportioned, has a horizontally ribbed bonnet, with a feline looking grille with chrome wing inserts, and at the rear there is a gloss black panel incorporating LED Peugeot signature ‘Claw Effect’ lights with daylight function.
The real improvements over the previous model are obvious once you sit in the cabin designed around the award-winning iCockpit concept, which places key instrumentation in the driver’s eyeline for a safer and more engaging driving experience.
The 3008 iCockpit includes an all-new infotainment system on an 8-inch touch screen. Should you prefer switches, there is also a very eye-catching and elegant looking bank of piano-key toggles that give direct access to the radio, climate control, navigation, phone, apps and vehicle settings.
Further enhancing the cabin are other niceties including a central front armrest with illuminated chiller compartment, electric front and rear windows and a rear centre console ventilation system.
All models come with Bluetooth connectivity as standard as well as an impressive amount of safety features. Also as standard are three ISOFIX child seat fittings on the front passenger seat and outer rear seats.
Boot capacity of the new 3008 is a generous 520 litres, which can expand to 1,580 litres with the rear seats folded.
The Peugeot 3008 comes in five trim levels – Access, Active, Allure, GT Line and GT – and a choice of two petrol engines and four diesel engines. There is a 1.2-litre PureTech 130hp turbo petrol engine, with CO2 emissions of 117g/km available with a six-speed manual or six-speed automatic transmission. The other petrol option is a 1.6-litre THP 165hp mated to a six-speed automatic gearbox with emissions from 129g/km.
The diesels are a 100hp 1.6-litre BlueHDI unit mated to a six-speed manual gearbox with CO2 emission of 103g/km. There is a 120hp 1.6-litre BlueHDi version available with a choice of a six-speed manual (104g/CO2) or six-speed EAT6 automatic gearbox (108g/CO2). There is a 2.0-litre BlueHDi 150hp version, which is matched to a six-speed manual gearbox with 114g/km. There is also a 180hp 2.0-litre BlueHDi unit available with the six-speed automatic gearbox but this is only available on the range-topping GT models.
The 3008 isn’t offered with four-wheel drive but it does have the option of Peugeot’s clever electronic Advanced Grip Control, which comes with all-weather tyres.
The Peugeot 3008 is available to order now, but demand is so high that Irish customers may not get their hands on one until the 172 registration period.
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Mains pipes in Limerick must be in a bad way. I work on the Ballysimon Road in Limerick and the amount of times the mains pipe on this road has burst is nuts.
By the looks of that pipe I bet the Romans had a better water supply.
Well done limerick country council great work getting the water supply back on do quick
Goebong.
Am I reading your comment correct?
Are you congragulating Limerick CITY council for actually doing the job they are being paid to do?
Yes they done a great job water back on within hours great job people could have had no water all day
Goebung
Thanks for confirming that we need to congragulate council workers for actually working.
So what do want to give out to them for doing a good job stop being so negative
Goebung
Dont worry this time next year when their all transfered to Irish Water they will be too busy fixing water meters to have time to fix leaks, then you’ll be giving out.
It probably was a roman made pipe from roman times
Is that a stock photo of some pipe that leaked or a photo of water pipes typical of Limerick?
Robert
That is a stock photo. Howeveer it could also be a photo of typical water pipes anywhere in the country. Some water pipes have been repaired so often the councils would have paid 10 times less to actually replace them altogether.
That’s the council “engineers” for you
The pipe wil need to be fixed and stay fixed, as all the wh0res will need their weekly wash after the weekend
I guess the customers don’t wash at all?
Bit of plumbers mate… She’ll be grand….!
Do they use wooden pipes as in pic?
Pipes my side spear to burst a lot as well as the water is often off for repairs.
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