This time around the 3008 has adopted a more conventional, 4x4-like styling direction than the gawky people-carrier-on-stilts family car it replaces. Our spyshots in January 2016 originally previewed the 3008’s new look – check them out here. Small SUV-style crossovers are big business these days, after all – Peugeot says SUV sales have increased two and a half times since the original 3008’s launch in 2009.
Tall car, tiny steering wheel
Inside, there’s Peugeot’s latest third-generation ‘i-Cockpit’ arrangement. As before, a small steering wheel (now flat at the top and bottom, so it’s more of a steering egg) is topped by a raised instrument binnacle and complemented by a mid-dash touchscreen, but quite a few details have changed.
For a start, buttons have returned. In a mild U-turn from the previous i-Cockpit layout which all but banned physical switches, a band of essential buttons sits below the screen, with shortcuts to radio, climate and nav controls, among others. A good thing, in our book.
The 8in touchscreen has new, more responsive software, so it should actually do what it’s told, and the head-up instrument binnacle is now a high-res 12.3in digital screen with smart-looking 3D map graphics, including images of buildings and monuments.
The central touchscreen includes a ‘Mirror Screen’ function, enabling it to reproduce many of an Android or Apple smartphone’s displays, apps and functions on the screen.
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