Peugeot 5008 -

DR

The PSA group announced on Monday that the Ministry of the Interior had placed an order for 1,263 vehicles intended to equip the national police and the gendarmerie.

The Peugeot 5008 model was chosen by the police.

These cars are manufactured in Sochaux (Doubs) and Rennes (Ille-et-Vilaine).

"The specifications specified the desire to equip the police with a vehicle at the best level of services and manufactured in France", explained PSA, relayed by

Capital

.

The # Peugeot5008 was chosen by @Interieur_Gouv as the reference vehicle for the @PoliceNationale and the @Gendarmerie.


More than 1,200 vehicles will be manufactured in the factories of the @GroupePSA of #Sochaux and #Rennes then transformed on the #Poissy site.

pic.twitter.com/5MgbFoMREp

- Peugeot France (@PeugeotFR) November 23, 2020

“Made in France” to avoid controversy

These 5008 Active Business PureTech version 130 hp will be transformed at the PSA site in Poissy (Yvelines).

The vehicles will have five seats and the electronic tools necessary for the exercise of law enforcement activities.

The national police will have Artense Gray cars and the 5008 Célèbes Blue and Bourrasque Blue gendarmerie.

The first deliveries have already been made and the rest of the vehicles will be delivered by the end of 2020. This time, the government has therefore chosen “made in France” to avoid any controversy.

Last October, the director general of the gendarmerie expressed his surprise to see that some Mégane RS were going to be replaced by Seat Leon Cupra, of Spanish origin, recalls

Caradisiac

.

Automotive

Car gets zero crash test score

Automotive

Tesla: Model 3 joins the fleet of yellow taxis in New York

  • Automotive

  • Psa

  • Car

  • Police

  • Gendarmerie

  • Peugeot