The inside structure of the 5008 hasn’t modified – and so this stays fairly a cleverly organized cabin with a couple of reservations to watch.
The rear passenger doorways open usefully broad, and the second-row seats each slide fore and aft and fold down simply. None of the rearmost 5 seats supply nice outright area for taller adults, although, with headroom notably restricted within the case of vehicles with Peugeot’s panoramic glass sunroof. Legroom is healthier – besides, should you’re more likely to carry full-sized passengers within the second row, a Skoda Kodiaq could be roomier, and a Kia Sorento or Hyundai Sante Fe roomier once more.
Up entrance the top-level, extra-adjustable entrance seats that Peugeot matches to upper-level vehicles do get massagers as commonplace; they’re value having. The richness and perceived high quality of the 5008’s cockpit is in any other case spectacular; the chrome trims each appear and feel high-quality, the switchgear all feels strong, and the automobile’s numerous fascia and door mouldings are properly completed.
The layered dashboard components entice your glances additionally. The manner it curls across the cockpit and makes use of a collection of uncommon however – outwardly, at the very least – high-quality supplies can have you reaching for a contact while you first climb in. The broad centre tunnel, in the meantime, and the style by which it separates the front-seat occupants, lends the cockpit a GT-car really feel that’s uncommon, however very welcome on this class.
The 5008’s infotainment system makes use of a ten.0in touchscreen but additionally employs separate toggle switches to convey up media, local weather management, navigation, automobile info and telephone functions. Along with the rotary dials for quantity, this makes it simple to barter on the transfer; though it’s a disgrace to see a lot of the show misplaced to temperature show, when separate bodily HVAC controls could be each simpler to make use of and liberate show actual property for different issues.
Latency of the touchscreen is pretty low, with the software program — which options Apple CarPlay and Android Auto compatibility — exhibiting solely the occasional delay. The voice management operate works effectively for easy instructions, reminiscent of selecting a radio station, but it surely was stumped each time we tried to set a navigation vacation spot.
There’s additionally Peugeot’s 12.3in display throughout the instrument binnacle. It reveals fluid graphics and, together with the small steering wheel and central touchscreen, makes up the i-Cockpit. However, it’s a disgrace the 5008 doesn’t get the neat 3D floating graphics that function on the smaller 208 and 2008 fashions.
Peugeot’s compact steering wheel stands out, for higher or for worse. It’s designed to take a seat beneath the high-mounted 12.3in digital instrument binnacle, which is itself positioned in a manner that shrinks the interval throughout which the motive force has his or her eyes off the highway, like a midway home HUD.
This small, elliptical wheel is comfy to carry however laborious to place simply the place you need it; and in the meantime, a clumsy, distant feeling of steering the automobile from between your knees, regardless of how the column is adjusted, one way or the other outcomes from utilizing it. Perhaps it really works higher on the marque’s extra compact hatchbacks, with their decrease driving positions.
Crucially, the brand new 5008 retains the flexibility that outlined the unique – that’s, all three middle-row seats could be individually folded, and boast adjustable size and inclination. With the third-row seats stowed away, the boot is cavernous, and accessible through a powered tailgate that may be operated by gesture management, swiping your foot beneath the rear bumper (in our expertise, it really works about three-times-out-of-five-attempts).
