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fter an absence of around four years from the Australian LCV market, this year Peugeot has returned with a vengeance to battle it out with the established players in the field. The Expert Prime Mover tested was a top-of-the-range 180 which has a 2.0 litre turbo diesel engine good for 180hp (130kW) and a muscular 400Nm of torque coupled with a six-speed automatic transmission as standard. This version is priced from $45,890. With an overall body length of 5,309mm and a lengthy 3,275mm wheelbase, the cargo bay has a 2,862mm floor length and capacious load volume of 6.1m3, a figure that rises to 6.6m3 when the innovative Moduwork system is factored in. Moduwork entails an opening trapdoor in the lower left of the steel bulkhead enabling carriage of lengths of pipe or 58
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timber of up to four metres long. The outboard passenger seat squab pivots upwards and is retained in a vertical position to facilitate the extra space. The mid-spec Expert 150 features a 150hp (110kW) and 370Nm version of the 2.0 litre engine also endowing it with strong low-end performance, though not on quite the same scale as the 180. While riding on the same 3,275mm wheelbase as the 180, the 150 Standard body version has a shorter rear overhang giving it an overall length of 4,959mm and a cargo floor length of 2,512mm, some 350mm less than the Long body with which it’s also optionally available. Its load volume of 5.3m3 rises to 5.8m3 when the Moduwork system is taken into account. All versions have an overall height of just under two metres and can fit a pallet of up to 1,397mm in height. Standard ground clearance is 150mm with the option of
BOASTING SUBSTANTIAL PAYLOAD CAPACITIES AND TORQUEY DIESEL ENGINES, PEUGEOT’S EXPERT VAN RANGE USHERS IN A NEW ERA FOR THE FRENCH MANUFACTURER IN THE LIGHT COMMERCIAL VEHICLE (LCV) REALM. PRIME MOVER LOADED A TOP-OF-THE-LINE VERSION TO ITS MAXIMUM WEIGHT CAPACITY TO SEE HOW IT HANDLES AND HAULS THE LOAD. raised suspension which increases ground clearance to 175mm. The 150 comes standard with a sixspeed manual transmission while the six-speed automatic is a $2,500 option. The manual Standard body 150 costs $39,990, rising to $44,190 for the automatic Long body iteration. The baby of the bunch is the price leading manual-only 115 which starts from $36,490 and features a 1.6 litre turbo diesel engine turning out 115hp (85kW) and 300Nm of torque. Riding on a shorter wheelbase of 2,925mm and with overall length of 4,609mm, this version has the Compact body with cargo floor length and load volume of 2,162mm and 4.6m3 (5.1m3 with Moduwork) respectively. All versions can carry three people restrained by lap/sash seatbelts, although the narrow nature of the middle seat
