Do you remember how you felt when you met your first love? You get an increase can be explained on the heart rate while your palms sweatier and you get more nervous.
Voice perfectly so far. You get the same feeling sometimes when driving a car key.
But when you get behind the wheel of a Peugeot 5008, although it seems odd to tell people about it. The fact is, 5008 is not an asphalt swallowing beasts. This is only a means seven-seater MPV.
Not exactly how you're going to rounding. 5008, but, surprisingly, left a deep impression on me - no pets or performance gaps.
First, the substance. Calls will be easily visible and the best all other MPVs. Gone are the face, wide smile and find the Peugeot in place, the more tense and tender package that would sit better with people conservatives. Hopefully this new look will remain.
A touch of chrome on the bottom of the window is somehow well with Kink for the good of the end. There. With the lights front and rear ends extending into the profile and crisp, MPV looks very neat on the street. Chic and different.
The seats play up the family-friendly competency. The seven seats allow for different configurations and are very easy to adjust, I found. The second row can be individually slided or reclined while the third row can be folded flat.
Storage space is also plentiful. I can imagine parents storing their kids' colouring books and pencils in the compartments under the floor. Be flexible and you can get up to 2506 litres of luggage space.
The luxury line of the 5008 ($3,000 more expensive than the standard) also has a sunroof, which I would usually dismiss in most vehicles. It's rather pointless to have one in sunny Singapore, more so when the sunroof isn't tinted and the sunshade doesn't work. But in the Peugeot, it is and thus, charms me over. With a wide windscreen that lets in plenty of light, a cheery interior results.
The 5008 has an added touch: a child rearview mirror attached above the rearview mirror. It's probably relatively negligible in cost for Peugeot to install one as standard but breathe in the entire package -- the roomy interior, storage space, flexible seats -- and the entire package comes together. Solid substance.
Then, performance.
MPVs usually languish as you roll off the starting line. They're in no hurry. Compared with the herd, the 5008 feels briskier, most probably attributed to the twin-scrolled, 156-horsepower engine. At 1,780rpm, you're already up by 240Nm of torque.
Dialing in higher gears is easily done with a six-speed automatic transmission but it fumbles a little at lower gears.
Be surprised a second time as the 5008's drive is perky and lush. The 5008 turns into corners nicely without any unwieldiness. A little rolling and pitching however, can be expected if you ask too much of it.
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