Brand New Peugeot 3008 Crossover Spotted In Detroit - Who Is Up To What Here?

GM, Ford, FCA and VW all have a major presence in the area. Betting line FCA.

FCA is a perfect target for PSA. FCA has dealers starved for new product and PSA has product that would be new to the USA. Fiat is astoundingly bad a car design so PSA would be an improvement--not exactly world class--but a marked improvement.

Actually - the SUV has no plates on it - so it is unlikely to be here for a manufacturer - and IT IS possible for a person to import a foreign vehicle if they meet the requirements - - and that is a more likely reason.

AS far as FCA - the last think Peugeot would need is a poor reputation for reliability by being branded as a FIAT -

This is 100% ignorance of the law as it relates to this Peugeot: "...IT IS possible for a person to import a foreign vehicle if they meet the requirements..."

That is not true of a contemporary vehicle.

Of course TomM is once again as dumb as bricks. It is widely known that PSA is in on again/off again talks with FCA to market Peugeots THROUGH FCA DEALERS. It's a three-steps-forward-two-steps-back kind of situation.

Some industry analysts have speculated that Peugeot could supplant Chrysler in Chrysler/Jeep stores.

Sorry Matt - BUT again you are wrong - being a BRICK suits you

I never said it was EASY to import a car into this country - BUT clearly the picture shows that SOMEBODY did it - THAT is it driving on the road in the USA means it was done - so it is not in question - BUT WHO DID IT is.

Even a Manufacturer would have to meet the requirements to bring the car to our specifications. ANd there are - in europe - companies that specialize in doing that. For the most part - the specs for current cars - especially cars of the last year or so - are really close. Yes - it is easy to bring a 25 year old Jensen into this country - obviously the USA figures that a 25 year old car will spend most of its life NOT in running condition.

TomM you really need to get back on the Aricept.

Incorrect and illogical reasoning: "...BUT clearly the picture shows that SOMEBODY did it - THAT is it driving on the road in the USA means it was done..."

That isn't even remotely what it shows.

The fact that the Peugeot is on the streets DOES NOT PROVE that someone (private citizen) was able to get through the massive red tape of importing a non-federalized, current-year car.

The illogic of that supposition shows you to be an addlepated, old fool.

More than likely, it is a manufacturer's car here for testing and some nimrod didn't put a plate on it. Given that Peugeot is planning to return in about 18 months, they are no doubt deep into that process. The most logical supposition is that it is here for testing and someone forgot to put mfr plates on it.

But TomM you know absolutely NOTHING about importing vehicles, so why do you bother to pretend like you know something? It would cost more than the vehicle itself to bring it into the country IF you could convince the right people to let you.

As a private individual you can import any car to the USA so long as you do not drive it on the streets. Manufacturers have considerable leeway to bring in cars--theirs and their competitors--for testing, but such cars are allowed temporarily to operate on public streets as prototypes.

A loophole is an RMF (remanufacturer) plate which in California allows you to drive a non-legal car from shop to shop for repairs.

And Matt - Again you did not actually read MY message

1 - The Car is HERE - in the Detroit
2 - It does not have Manufacturers Plates on it


Yes indeed - Manufacturers do have tremendous leeway - but THEY still would have to have proper PLATES on the car to drive it on the road. They do not get exemptions for that - which are largely state laws.

I need not know steps required to actually import a car to the USA - the picture shows that it is already here - it does NOT show it was legally imported for road going. That means someone did it. The absence of the plates can mean that it was on a car carrier from a port - and is just being delivered to where it was going - either a dealership or other manufacturers facility - or possibly a SHOW venue. (International AUTO shows get exemptions for Foreign Vehicle not meant to be sold here).

If the car was from Mexico - it would have Mexican plates on it - I suggest that they would not allow it to cross the border without them (Or some other countries plates). But then - maybe someone STOLE the plates off it too. THey don't sell them in Canada - since 1991

However - there IS an Automotive TECH conference coming up in Detroit - and that would be just as good as an excuse as any.

AND- a foreign vehicle COULD be here - for an automotive tech company other than the car manufacturer to use to develop aftermarket equipment of some type for it as well. ANd there are lOTS of them in the Detroit area. ANd they would not have Manufacturers plates. In fact - far more of them than there are car manufacturers themselves. THe numbers alone are on my side.

And Matt - Again you did not actually read MY message

1 - The Car is HERE - in the Detroit
2 - It does not have Manufacturers Plates on it


Yes indeed - Manufacturers do have tremendous leeway - but THEY still would have to have proper PLATES on the car to drive it on the road. They do not get exemptions for that - which are largely state laws.

I need not know steps required to actually import a car to the USA - the picture shows that it is already here - it does NOT show it was legally imported for road going. That means someone did it. The absence of the plates can mean that it was on a car carrier from a port - and is just being delivered to where it was going - either a dealership or other manufacturers facility - or possibly a SHOW venue. (International AUTO shows get exemptions for Foreign Vehicle not meant to be sold here).

If the car was from Mexico - it would have Mexican plates on it - I suggest that they would not allow it to cross the border without them (Or some other countries plates). But then - maybe someone STOLE the plates off it too. THey don't sell them in Canada - since 1991

However - there IS an Automotive TECH conference coming up in Detroit - and that would be just as good as an excuse as any.

AND- a foreign vehicle COULD be here - for an automotive tech company other than the car manufacturer to use to develop aftermarket equipment of some type for it as well. ANd there are lOTS of them in the Detroit area. ANd they would not have Manufacturers plates. In fact - far more of them than there are car manufacturers themselves. THe numbers alone are on my side.

And @TomM when your argument is utterly obliterated, you double down with more spew and then post it TWICE. You can spew and flail all you want but in doing so you only show yourself to be foolish and stupid.

Stop snapping on the bait like a meth-addicted whore walking the streets of Vegas.

Poor Matt -All it took was the realization that it was NOT a manufacturers vehicle - they do have plates for them in the Detroit area. YOU - meanwhile wanted to point out facts about importing vehicles that had nothing to do with the reality - the car was already here - and on the road.

YOU did not even BOTHER to go to the internet to see WHAT events were coming UP in the Detroit area that would involve having foreign vehicles available - something most of the smart and logical people in this group would have done.

In fact - it appears even the poster of the item did not do that - and Normally Agent009 is much better than that.

What you did is try to point out Unneeded information about importing vehicles - which were not even important to the story. THe car was already here - so someone managed to fill the requirements for it to be here - regardless of what things it would have to do. YOu tried to imply that the requirements would be too onerous - but obviously they weren't - because the car was here.

Looks boring

The French either go hella ugly or hella boring. They are clueless on producing beautiful cars.

They sell these in Mexico. A fan of Doug DeMuro drove one up to San Diego for him to review.

He liked it. Has some cool features you don't usually find in its class.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOUQN6eIxkA&t=25s

Thiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiis *arms flailing* 8s the Peugeot 3008

The people who installed back up lights on their military tanks are now trying to reenter the U.S. market.

French quality is a contradiction

No one is going to bring up the Lexus RX huh? If it was a Kia then that's what would had been said.