Peugeot Boxer Tour Transformer
Peugeot Boxer Tour Transformer Peugeot Boxer Tour Transformer
Most companies transfer the production of special cars to a third-party body shop - it’s easier, and most importantly, cheaper to adapt to the requirements of the local market. On the basis of the well-known Peugeot-Boxer in Russia, the Nizhny Novgorod company Riviera managed to build a car that combines the advantages of five different cars.
Turning a truck into a minibus is a well-known way, but it was only at the Riviera that they thought about how to preserve the cargo capabilities without sacrificing comfort and, if you like, business stuffing.
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The Peugeot Boxer Tour Transformer, the first swallow, is painted in a golden metallic unusual for such cars, including bumpers and rear-view mirrors. External signs immediately tune into the fact that in front of me is a difficult car. Although, at first glance, nothing special. It is unlikely that anyone will be surprised by the special rails in the floor, along which a pair of folding sofas ride. But they are sheathed with real (!) Skin.
Luxurious sofas lined with real leather. For a car of this class is a rarity
Luxurious sofas lined with real leather. For a car of this class is a rarity. Luxurious sofas lined with real leather. For a car of this class is a rarity.
They can be placed both in the coupe version and in the order that is traditional for minibuses. Boards, floor and roof - with additional heat and sound insulation. Naturally, all side windows are tinted: for us this is the norm.
If the seats of the passenger compartment are expanded, you get a large bed for an overnight stay. Having folded up the sofas and moving them to each other, we will make room for a wide variety of cargoes, since the width of the body and the rear swing doors allow you to shove a lot of stuff into the Boxer.
The seats can be removed at all, but it is better to take them out with a partner. However, this method of transformation is familiar to many commercial vehicles.
Even a child can put the sofa in the stowed position, the mechanism works so clearly
Even a child can put the sofa in the stowed position, the mechanism works so clearly. Even a child can put the sofa in the stowed position, the mechanism works so clearly.
The highlight of this car is an intermediate, passenger-and-freight option. Here, close to the sofa for passengers, a blind partition is installed, which can be moved along the rails laid for seats, changing the volume of the cargo compartment to fit the luggage.
Its sealing is solved simply and in an original way: an elastic roller is attached along the perimeter of the bulkhead. But the most important thing is that this magical wall is equipped with an accordion of rubberized material in the manner of that put on articulated buses.
One side is firmly fixed to the car body, the other is fixed on the mobile wall and reliably isolates the cargo compartment from the passenger area. I drove a car in February, when it was not hot outside, and therefore I especially noted this option.
Such an accordion, spied on in large buses, allows reliable isolation of the cargo compartment from the passenger compartment
Such an accordion, spied on in large buses, allows reliable isolation of the cargo compartment from the passenger compartment. Such an accordion, spied on in large buses, allows reliable isolation of the cargo compartment from the passenger compartment.
In motion, the transformer from the Peugeot is no different from its counterparts. If you do not look back, you get the impression that you are managing a standard Boxer. Amazingly large mirrors and a turning radius quite modest for such a bus allow quick adaptation to the dimensions of the car. Unless you periodically forget that the hand brake is to the left of the driver's seat. I noticed the differences only when I rode on this car as a passenger.
