In the world of commercial equipment, where the account goes on centimeters and grams of practical use of the car, each player is valuable. And especially the yurt city car with a diesel engine. It is such a valuable player and is the hero of our today's test drive, Peugeot Partner Teepee of the new model year. And let the snowfall, covering Moscow exactly at the time of the test drive, made adjustments to the heel editorial test program, I have something to tell about this car.
Met and immediately in battle
Many who have followed the fate of the car before the launch of the Kaluga conveyor, expected the emergence of the last generation of the car in the domestic market, but, alas, the novelty did not hold us - we are content with the fact that it has long been driving on the roads of Europe and delivers different goods. It is not necessary to worry about the less relevant body, because there are enough spare parts in the market, and for commercial vehicles it is very important, because the fleet, first of all, look at the cost of hold on the long distance. And it is clearly not necessary to stand up with such urban workers.
Now Peugeot makes partner in Kaluga at the full cycle, but the "twin brothers" of the European assembly can always be found on the roads, because previously these cars were sold with us exactly. It should be noted that in the version of the domestic localization there are already plywood in the body, domestic production at least that immediately after the purchase will allow you to call for a conditional warehouse, "boot under the ceiling" and go on the road. In conquering the roads of our Motherland, McPherson will help in front and beam with springs from behind, which affects the control of an empty car and helps noticeably with the bodies filled. If you do not take a diesel engine of excessive load, there will be no problems with it. Just because of the fact that 90 "horses" and 215 Nm of the moment will not be able to drain the overloaded car with the front wheels on the lifting, and on a non-alternative manual box it may be useless. At least several times I have encountered such a phenomenon, but ... we will not be about sad. By the way, the basic configuration of our car was the metal protection of the crankcase. Trifle, but nice. By the way, the warranty on the car is 2 years without the restrictions of the run, which in the conditions of commercial transport makes the car conditionally immortal.
Floor coating, so important in this class of cars, can be additionally covered with a 9-mm limited plywood in order not to be slippery. In the same material, you can strover walls and doors to reduce body damage when transporting anything from all sorts.
The volume of the body in the machine is 3.7 cubic meters in the extended version - to determine the "long tip" by the sliding door on the right side. Rear doors here with swings and locks - the latter will allow maximum to open these theme doors, thereby facilitating the loading of conditional europallet. By the way, if you don't have enough lengths - fold the passenger seat, fold down the metal wall and on the road. The only thing is cold in the cabin. The thermal portion from the option list can save. Unfortunately, the driver and the passenger have no "warm options" in the form of heated seats, steering and other things. Very sorry.
About the comfort of the driver
Salon at first sight shows you the difference between civil and commercial vehicles. The archaic illumination of orange color, a screen with small buttons, which are very hard to drive in gloves and, in fact, enough for minimal comfort. Window, mechanical adjustment of mirrors and nothing more. Under the ceiling, like in such cars and is headed, a huge shelf for papers. In the doors - pockets in which you can remove the ashtray, scarf and gloves. Questions caused only two points, namely the fact that it categorically has no place to throw a telephone or a tablet that in the world of modern couriers nonsense, and another question for cup holders. Tell me, please, who prevented the manufacturers to add plastic siborkas on the floor still a good pair of centimeters up? You can use the device only if you do not open drinks in principle. Both attempts to put there an open jar of soda ended in failure. More or less intense braking, and the liquid is sent to free swimming. The dashboard for the dashboard did not cause questions. A good place for documents or various kinds of personal things of the driver.
However, after I very quickly settled the wheel, set up the steering wheel, which has two ranges of adjustments, problems retreated. Diesel pulls enough cheerfully and pulls out a car from a snowy collapse, regular protection allows you to not worry because of the snowdrifts that carefully left by communal services. That would make the stove more precious ... and heated mirrors, please. For surcharge, no surcharge, it does not matter! The mirror throws snow and maneuvering becomes hard. With parking, however, there were no questions, apparently affects the love of universal. It would be possible to ask Parktronic, but I think that on any self-respected autopringe, there will be craftsmen who introduce both parking sensors and a camera, and anything.
About prices
With prices, the situation is as follows: the price of a car starts with a mark of 1.2 million rubles for the basic version with a gasoline engine. The maximum version, with a higher cabin, costs 1.349 million. And then the additional payments begin. Fog, which I did not specifically appreciate during operation during the daytime - 10 thousand. Want air conditioning? Please, 40 thousand. If you need comfort for the driver, it's time to look towards the thermo- and noise-protecting partition between the cab and cargo compartment for 10 thousand rubles. For the decoration of the floor plywood, you can give from 10 to 12 thousand depending on the length of the car. If the walls of the walls and doors are needed to this, together with the floor finish, it will cost 15 or 16 thousand with a loaf for the length.
Suitable
Competitors, by the way, a little car. "Foreigners" in the form of Fiat Doblo and Volkswagen Caddy, yes our local Lada Largus. True Largus is already certainly lost in the useful body volume. However, commercial equipment differs in specifics from ordinary cars, and to measure it with generally accepted civil standards is stupid. Wins, as usual, the most endless and most prepared. Just change the brittle britons to better, put in the holes in the thermos plastic, and go ahead, to divert orders in Moscow, region, and anywhere. I have not seen problems, except for the absence of some options and cup holders.
