In fact, French cars have always stood at the top of the world in terms of design, and their cars are often both elegant and whimsical, but in the Chinese market, it is often Korean cars that are recognized as the pinnacle of appearance, and French car companies rarely introduce those personality models that truly represent their design strength to the Chinese market, and only occasionally use 308SW and DS5 to give people a glimpse.
 
In the 4008, the French car company finally showed its beautiful design again, we generally do not evaluate the visual design of a car's exterior and interior, but the 4008 is indeed worth mentioning separately. The 4008 is not only bold and avant-garde in appearance, but also as good as the appearance, its "i-Cockpit" has a well-structured center console, a two-spoke flat-bottom steering wheel, a floating central control screen, an independent instrument panel and a very high-quality electronic gear lever, this car is truly "cross-level" in design, and its cockpit atmosphere is not inferior to Mercedes-Benz and Lexus, which are known for their luxury.
 
In fact, the domestic 4008 is the overseas version of the new 3008, but after minor adjustments in size, and a slight increase in the wheelbase.
 
The two power systems of the 4008 are 1.6T/1.8T 6AT, and the maximum power of the 1.6T engine is 167 horsepower (123kW) and the maximum torque is 245 Nm; The 1.8T engine has a maximum power of 204 hp (150 kW) and a maximum torque of 280 Nm. The 6-speed automatic manual transmission is available in manual mode and Sport mode. The 4008 is not equipped with a four-wheel drive system, but it is equipped with Grip Control, a multi-road adaptation system, which we have seen on the 3008, and the functions are exactly the same.
 
The 4008's gearbox has a problem with overly aggressive upshifts, resulting in a sense of lag despite the abundance of power. Especially in the initial stage, you have to step on the accelerator deeply to get up to speed, and if the owner is used to driving a brisk Japanese car, it may take a process of adaptation. Its advantage in driving is that the steering wheel is very small, and it always gives a feeling of precise steering and responsiveness, and this smallest steering wheel in its class is worthy of reference from other models, which is another outstanding feature of this car in terms of design.
 
The chassis of the 4008 has a certain sense of heaviness, and the filtration of fine vibrations is not bad, and there is basically no sense of looseness. Its noise control is also very good, and it has a noticeable upgrade compared to the 3008. The power performance is decent, the chassis is more comfortable, and there is no sportiness.
 
The highlight of this car is mainly in the design and configuration, the 8-inch central LCD screen is embedded, and the surface has a frosted texture, which solves the problem of sticky fingerprints on the central control screen, and the reflection is also well suppressed. However, its full LCD instrument cluster has a reflective problem, and the French are always a little careless in doing things.
 
The 4008 is equipped with paddle shifters, an electronic parking brake, an 8-inch touchscreen, an electronic stability system, and an engine start-stop system as standard. In addition, the air filtration system is also standard, the luxury version and above there are negative ion generators and anti-allergen filters and in-car fragrance systems, which are simply tailored for white-collar workers in China's big cities, compared with the previous generation of 3008, the domestic 4008 has indeed taken a big step forward in product power.
 
At the end of 2016, the European E-NCAP announced the crash test results of the overseas version of the new Peugeot 3008, and the Dongfeng Peugeot 4008 is the product of the new Peugeot 3008 lengthened and improved, and the two cars are based on the same EMP2 platform. The 3008 received a five-star rating again in the test, and the driver protection received a high score of 96%, which is much higher than the safety score of the previous generation 3008 and the Volkswagen Tiguan, so we believe that the safety of the domestic 4008 has improved and it is a trustworthy car in terms of safety.