It is the first sighted mule of the new compact SUV of the Leon brand. These spy photos show a very early development of the 2023 Peugeot 3008, which is known internally as the “P64” and which, in just over a year, we’ll see debut.
At the beginning of this year 2022, Stellantis confirmed the production of a new model in the French factory in Mulhouse, the third body variant, and totally unprecedented of the new Peugeot 3008 Cross, although it is also known as 4008 since its commercial name is a mystery.
But this test mule with the body of the outgoing 308 SW nor is it this new model. The development of the new 308 Cross is practically finished, and we will see it this spring, so in reality the following spy photos that you can see correspond to the future Peugeot 3008 2023whose internal development code is that of «P64».
The future Peugeot 3008 grows considerably
As you can see, the mule contains a number of special features, some larger wheels, typical among crossovers and an SUV as the compact model, also leaving in view an important extra in the suspension travel. These signs confirm that it is not a conventional car, but it also has the protectors on the wheel arches that hide a greater width in the axes.
And there is one more key detail. If you look more closely at the side, you will see that Peugeot has lengthened the wheelbase of the old compact wagon, with a clearly visible seam between the front and rear doors. Taking into account that the wheelbase of the two generations of the 308 SW hardly varies by two millimeters, that addition adds a few more so that the total length of the new 3008 is close to 4.60 metersalong with a little extra on the overhangs.
And it is that the future Peugeot 3008 2023 will be bigger and wider, so also longer thanks to the latest evolution of the EMP2 platform, version “v4”. A model that will once again surprise with a new design and that will continue to bet on the technology of electrified combustion and plug-in hybrids, with a new generation of batteries and electric motors. The future 3008 will be a novelty in spring of next yeardebuting on the market at the end of 2023.