¿SUV front- or all-wheel drive crossover? We face the Peugeot 3008 GT 2.0 BlueHDI EA6 against X-Perience Seat Leon 2.0 TDI DSG 4Drive. What is the best alternative?

If you are buying a planteándote SUV and, often, you confused with the term "crossover"Perhaps this comparison between the Peugeot 3008 (a SUV itself) and X-Perience Seat Leon (a "crossover" or family car with certain skills offroad) I can help a little more in your final decision to confront all characteristics and the performance both contenders.

A SUV It is not more than the evolution of an SUV to majority road use, retaining its appearance but with less suspension travel, angles of attack, and ventral output and ground clearance. He crossover, to reach a similar end, follows the reverse step: a tourism adapted to roll on field, shield on its body, a height greater ground and in many cases adoption of all-wheel drive. But which is better by field? To elucidate, we have decided to submit to harsh tests, more designed for TT, to one of the most fashionable SUV Currently, the Peugeot 3008, against one of the best compact crossover family, the Seat Leon ST X-Perience.

Peugeot 3008 and seat leon x-perience: some key techniques

He Peugeot 3008 with All torque sent to the front wheels 3008 4×4 will-not until the arrival in 2019 of the hybrid- version and X-Perience Seat Leon with an effective wheel drive through a Haldex multi-plate clutch 5th generation, able to deflect back force from the start. He 3008 € 312 extras you can mount the motor package, which includes the command Advanced Grip Control with specific traction control functions (Normal, Snow, mud, sand and ESP Off up to 50 km / h), hill descent control and tires M + S.

BENEFITS	3008 Peugeot 180 GT 2.0 BlueHDi EAT6	X-Perience Seat Leon 2.0 TDI 184 DSG 4Drive
Acel. 0-100 km / h	9.62 s	7.36 s
Acel. 0-1000 meters	30.84 s	28,6 s
Loudness 100 km / h	67.5 dBA	66 dBA
Loudness 120 km / h	68.3 dBA	68.6 dBA
Braking from 140 km / h	73.3 m	71.4 m
Weight scale	1,668 kg	1,554 kg

Simply walking a few meters off the tarmac to see something obvious, that the Seat Leon, thanks to all-wheel drive, has much better traction, sale faster cornering…, although both are soon limitations on bite their sports tires Of summer. With the Grip Control, he Peugeot 3008 could get greatly benefited, thanks largely to their M + S tire, but to date the French brand does not have the GT version configured with this optional test its large park. After the first face obstacles, with a steep climb of about 10 meters long, a drop with a gradient slightly lower curve, a strong lateral tilt and a mound that tests low we get the first conclusions. Although, contrary to what we think a priori, TT differences in levels are not significant, only angle from the Lion is significantly worse (7). The more complex obstacles surpasses anything better Peugeot 3008. In the Lion rub more easily low, even though just 1 ventral difference in angle and both have 180 mm of ground clearance. In addition, the electronic management of change favors the French, since the Lion occasionally slow to react to the accelerator, which can leave us hanging when faced with the obstacle if you do not prepare well or select manual mode.

Peugeot 3008 and León X-perience Seat: Behavior

The position higher driving of the Peugeot 3008 allows better visibility of the terrain, although the height of the lower body crossover brings more security to lateral tilt. When running on dirt track he Seat Leon It is more satisfying, as shown more agile and responsive to mass transfers with a rear axle that helps round out the turns but without compromising its great balance and nobility. He Peugeot 3008 also feels agile, without his greater height would cause awkwardness, but his ESP in these circumstances it is overly intrusive, even in Sport mode, where it has more lax labor laws, and a defendant understeer. Even at this rate of circuit facilities INTA, our two protagonists impress with their robustness, absorption capacity, filtering and rigidity, but without the appearance of internal imbalances always unpleasant.

Now to the road, the place where you will run most of their lives. In this way, we change the track of land ‘Handling’, It is representing the layout of a mountain road. He Peugeot 3008 convinces again with great agility, quick steering, good touch but could convey more information and, in these circumstances, a more neutral. his understeer no longer so pronounced, it brings great driveability in all circumstances, but not to open gas as fast as its rival to reach the apex of the curves and is not as accurate. Values ​​in Seat Leon They are reference in its category, with a sense of rigidity as a whole enabling rush to the last millimeter asphalt. Yes, if we bring out the best leads in the level of demand for their driver is something superior, not forgetting that both models queen ease of use and comfort when it comes to travel to another rhythm accompanied by family .

CONSUMPTION	3008 Peugeot 180 GT 2.0 BlueHDi EAT6	X-Perience Seat Leon 2.0 TDI 184 DSG 4Drive
Consumption city	7.5 l / 100 km	6.7 l / 100 km
Consumption Highway	6,1 l / 100 km	5,5 l / 100 km
average consumption	6.7 l / 100 km	6 l / 100 km

Peugeot 3008 and X-Perience Seat Leon: their consumption

No need to look at the figures benefits to make sure the Seat Leon is faster, especially in acceleration. Our brand scales in your favor 114 kg less. But not only import records, regarding liking of use, BlueHDI engine of 3008 It shows a softness, a silky feel not found in the León TDI. A propeller on lighter Lion, an area most appropriate aerodynamic penetration consumes 0.7 l / 100 km less than half.

In its top end versions, the automatic transmission is the only transmission with torque converter for EAT6 the Peugeot 3008 manufactured by Aisin and a double clutch DSG piloted for Leon. The former is more comfortable, especially when maneuvering smoother, while the second is faster; especially if we decided on manual handling, with fixed cams 3008 and moving the wheel solidarity in Leon. Staggering in the Lion It is perfect, but in 3008 its 6th seems excessively long. 40.8 mkg move their surplus to the cruisers quiet, but high rates hurts the consumer. Anything that is not correct new EAT8 and debuting in the 308 to arrive very soon, to 3008 with 8 speed.

The livability is another point that can make a difference and in this case, X-Perience Seat Leon not only sticks out his chest with more legroom for the occupants of the rear seats thanks to 9 cm over its body length but has both front and back much more height. Yes, the Peugeot 3008 provides great sense of relief with a width huge.

SPACE	3008 Peugeot 180 GT 2.0 BlueHDi EAT6	X-Perience Seat Leon 2.0 TDI 184 DSG 4Drive
front width	145 cm	142 cm
rear width	142 cm	134 cm
front height	87/95 cm	94/100 cm
rear height	92 cm	96 cm
Legroom	73 cm	75 cm
Trunk	500 liters	500 liters

He price It is always a big decision factor, although the SUV phenomenon seems not affect much. Many are willing to pay more for this aesthetic look, but how much? The 5,000 euros difference among all fees are excessive lights. But we must not overlook this 3008 GT account number with a broad array of electronic elements driving assistance that adds many comfort that his opponent does not contemplate sometimes not an option. Equating equipment as possible in the figure is reduced to a 600 € which significantly add to assess the all-wheel drive Seat Leon.

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A SUV It is not more than the evolution of an SUV to majority road use, retaining its appearance but with less suspension travel, angles of attack, and ventral output and ground clearance. He crossover, to reach a similar end, follows the reverse step: A tourism adapted to roll on field, shield on its body, a height greater ground and in many cases adoption of all-wheel drive. But which is better by field? To elucidate, we have decided to submit to harsh tests, more designed for TT, to one of the most fashionable SUV Currently, the Peugeot 3008, against one of the best compact crossover family, the Seat Leon ST X-Perience.

Peugeot 3008 and seat leon x-perience: some key techniques

He Peugeot 3008 with All torque sent to the front wheels 3008 4×4 will-not until the arrival in 2019 of the hybrid- version and X-Perience Seat Leon with an effective wheel drive through a Haldex multi-plate clutch 5th generation, able to deflect back force from the start. He 3008 € 312 extras you can mount the motor package, which includes the command Advanced Grip Control with specific traction control functions (Normal, Snow, mud, sand and ESP Off up to 50 km / h), hill descent control and tires M + S.

BENEFITS	3008 Peugeot 180 GT 2.0 BlueHDi EAT6	X-Perience Seat Leon 2.0 TDI 184 DSG 4Drive
Acel. 0-100 km / h	9.62 s	7.36 s
Acel. 0-1000 meters	30.84 s	28,6 s
Loudness 100 km / h	67.5 dBA	66 dBA
Loudness 120 km / h	68.3 dBA	68.6 dBA
Braking from 140 km / h	73.3 m	71.4 m
Weight scale	1,668 kg	1,554 kg

Simply walking a few meters off the tarmac to see something obvious, that the Seat Leon, thanks to all-wheel drive, has much better traction, sale faster cornering…, although both are soon limitations on bite their sports tires Of summer. With the Grip Control, he Peugeot 3008 could get greatly benefited, thanks largely to their M + S tire, but to date the French brand does not have the GT version configured with this optional test its large park. After the first face obstacles, with a steep climb of about 10 meters long, a drop with a gradient slightly lower curve, a strong lateral tilt and a mound that tests low we get the first conclusions. Although, contrary to what we think a priori, TT differences in levels are not significant, only angle from the Lion is significantly worse (7). The more complex obstacles surpasses anything better Peugeot 3008. In the Lion rub more easily low, even though just 1 ventral difference in angle and both have 180 mm of ground clearance. In addition, the electronic management of change favors the French, since the Lion occasionally slow to react to the accelerator, which can leave us hanging when faced with the obstacle if you do not prepare well or select manual mode.

Peugeot 3008 and León X-perience Seat: Behavior

The position higher driving of the Peugeot 3008 allows better visibility of the terrain, although the height of the lower body crossover brings more security to lateral tilt. When running on dirt track he Seat Leon It is more satisfying, as shown more agile and responsive to mass transfers with a rear axle that helps round out the turns but without compromising its great balance and nobility. He Peugeot 3008 also feels agile, without his greater height would cause awkwardness, but his ESP in these circumstances it is overly intrusive, even in Sport mode, where it has more lax labor laws, and a defendant understeer. Even at this rate of circuit facilities INTA, our two protagonists impress with their robustness, absorption capacity, filtering and rigidity, but without the appearance of internal imbalances always unpleasant.

Now to the road, the place where you will run most of their lives. In this way, we change the track of land ‘Handling’, It is representing the layout of a mountain road. He Peugeot 3008 convinces again with great agility, quick steering, good touch but could convey more information and, in these circumstances, a more neutral. his understeer no longer so pronounced, it brings great driveability in all circumstances, but not to open gas as fast as its rival to reach the apex of the curves and is not as accurate. Values ​​in Seat Leon They are reference in its category, with a sense of rigidity as a whole enabling rush to the last millimeter asphalt. Yes, if we bring out the best leads in the level of demand for their driver is something superior, not forgetting that both models queen ease of use and comfort when it comes to travel to another rhythm accompanied by family .

CONSUMPTION	3008 Peugeot 180 GT 2.0 BlueHDi EAT6	X-Perience Seat Leon 2.0 TDI 184 DSG 4Drive
Consumption city	7.5 l / 100 km	6.7 l / 100 km
Consumption Highway	6,1 l / 100 km	5,5 l / 100 km
average consumption	6.7 l / 100 km	6 l / 100 km

Peugeot 3008 and X-Perience Seat Leon: their consumption

No need to look at the figures benefits to make sure the Seat Leon is faster, especially in acceleration. Our brand scales in your favor 114 kg less. But not only import records, regarding liking of use, BlueHDI engine of 3008 It shows a softness, a silky feel not found in the León TDI. A propeller on lighter Lion, an area most appropriate aerodynamic penetration consumes 0.7 l / 100 km less than half.

In its top end versions, the automatic transmission is the only transmission with torque converter for EAT6 the Peugeot 3008 manufactured by Aisin and a double clutch DSG piloted for Leon. The former is more comfortable, especially when maneuvering smoother, while the second is faster; especially if we decided on manual handling, with fixed cams 3008 and moving the wheel solidarity in Leon. Staggering in the Lion It is perfect, but in 3008 its 6th seems excessively long. 40.8 mkg move their surplus to the cruisers quiet, but high rates hurts the consumer. Anything that is not correct new EAT8 and debuting in the 308 to arrive very soon, to 3008 with 8 speed.

The livability is another point that can make a difference and in this case, X-Perience Seat Leon not only sticks out his chest with more legroom for the occupants of the rear seats thanks to 9 cm over its body length but has both front and back much more height. Yes, the Peugeot 3008 provides great sense of relief with a width huge.

SPACE	3008 Peugeot 180 GT 2.0 BlueHDi EAT6	X-Perience Seat Leon 2.0 TDI 184 DSG 4Drive
front width	145 cm	142 cm
rear width	142 cm	134 cm
front height	87/95 cm	94/100 cm
rear height	92 cm	96 cm
Legroom	73 cm	75 cm
Trunk	500 liters	500 liters

He price It is always a big decision factor, although the SUV phenomenon seems not affect much. Many are willing to pay more for this aesthetic look, but how much? The 5,000 euros difference among all fees are excessive lights. But we must not overlook this 3008 GT account number with a broad array of electronic elements driving assistance that adds many comfort that his opponent does not contemplate sometimes not an option. Equating equipment as possible in the figure is reduced to a 600 € which significantly add to assess the all-wheel drive Seat Leon.

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