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Versatile New Peugeot Partner Uncovered
Peugeot’s new Partner van range will go on sale in the UK alongside the existing model, and will introduce a number of innovative features not seen before in this market segment.
 Originally launched in 1996, the Peugeot Partner has been extremely successful with over 60,000 sold in the UK, since its launch. Due to this success the original vehicles will still remain on sale alongside the new model, and will be renamed the Partner Origin.
The new Peugeot Partner van will be manufactured in Vigo (Spain) on Peugeot’s No 2 platform and will be available in two lengths, and as a platform cab version. It will be launched in the UK in June, with the platform cab version following later in the autumn.
The greater load capacity of the new Partner van will position it as the market leader in its segment.
A new and unique feature, the innovative Multi-Flex dual passenger seat offers unrivalled modularity and enables the vehicle to carry two passengers. The innovative ‘folding’ mechanism also allows it to increase the overall load length of the vehicle. The new Partner van will be available with either two individual front seats or the Multi-Flex dual passenger seat. This new seat arrangement and the ability to carry two passengers is a first in the small van market segment.
 The new Partner van is available with either panelled or glazed hinged rear doors, two sliding side doors and a rear tailgate with an opening rear tailgate glass. The problem of transporting long objects inside a small van has been made much easier in the new Partner van, with the availability of an ingenious interior “roof rack”. This special rack runs the entire length of the roof and is ideal for carrying items such as planks of wood or PVC tubing.
The new Partner van provides optimal protection for all occupants in a high speed front impact due to its three front impact absorption structures (lower, middle and upper). The lower impact structure also enhances pedestrian impact protection and helps to reduce repairs costs in low speed impacts. In the event of a side impact, occupants are protected by a reinforced B/C post, the doors and the seat structure. At the rear, a rear impact beam and the specially designed rear structure deform in a controlled manner, thereby providing optima protection and limiting repair costs.
The load floor is equipped with six robust and practical payload locating rings and a five bar driver’s seat ladder frame protector, on all models. An optional bulkhead is also available with a removable lower section, allowing the load length to be increased in conjunction with the Multi-Flex passenger seat.
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