2018 peugeot 208 review

Even after a £3500 government grant, the least you’ll pay for the e-208 is £25,050. The most basic 208, Active trim with the 74bhp engine, costs £16,250 while our test car, a 99bhp model in well-equipped mid-ranking Allure guise, costs just under £19,000. Gallery 10. Can it compete with Audi and Mini?The new French supermini turns on the style, but how much substance lies behind that?revised three-cylinder petrol is polite, but Ford’s equivalent Ecoboost unit has it licked for character and feels livelier, even if the Peugeot is quicker on paperHaymarket Media Group, publishers of Autocar takes your privacy seriously.

Get all the best car news, reviews and opinion direct to your inbox. Again, the Fiesta is better balanced and more linear in its controls, and Ultimately, Peugeot has picked its battles and invested accordingly: the 208’s appeal continues to lie mainly in its design. The Peugeot 2008 shares its underpinnings with the Citroen C3 Aircross – including its platform, engines and technology. You can unsubscribe at any time using the unsubscribe mechanism on any email you receive from us. The Peugeot 208 on the road review including ride and handling information. The overhauled 208 is the first supermini to offer petrol, diesel and pure-electric powertrain options all under one bodyshell – something enabled by the PSA Group’s new modular CMP platform for small cars.Peugeot’s 1.2-litre Puretech three-cylinder petrol engine is offered in a trio of tunes ranging from 75bhp to 128bhp and you can also get an economical 99bhp 1.5-litre four-cylinder diesel or the The platform is clever because whichever the engine or motor, it slots into the same structural nook, so all three versions can be built on the same production line. Although it seems like a gimmick, the idea is that information is split between two panels, one of which sits a few centimetres closer to the driver and displays more urgent information, such as speed and various alerts.Like the new Clio, the 208 is now generously equipped with electronic safety systems, although you’ll still pay extra for adaptive cruise control. At times, the damping can seem brittle, as if the car is sitting on overly short springs and very low-profile tyres. The design is radically different from that of the outgoing model, which now looks meek by comparison. You can always rely on the French to build a stylish small hatchback. The best option for those who undertake longer drives is the diesel, rated at up to 71.4mpg combined compared with around 50mpg for the petrols.Whichever 208 you’re driving, it’ll play its trump card early. It also gets aggressive-looking lighting cues and the windscreen has been slid back to create a longer snout and better-defined proportions. 2020 Peugeot 208 GT … team. But, as with most of Peugeot’s cars, they’re positioned as more upmarket than the Citroen alternative – notably because of Peugeot’s excellent ‘i-Cockpit’ driver’s infotainment system. This revised three-cylinder petrol is polite, burbling gently at idle, pulling cleanly and operating in barely audible fashion at cruising speeds, despite the fact that wind noise isn’t something from which the 208 obviously suffers.

Peugeot 208 review The new Peugeot 208 is great to look at and offers good performance, but can’t eclipse the best in the supermini class. The interior is very strong. Following on from the hugely popular – but ultimately uninspiring – 206 and the relatively unloved 207, the 208 was tasked with bringing Peugeot back to the head of the pack in a supermini segment once ruled by small French hatchbacks.

The first Polo arrived in 1975 and you can still buy ‘That’s why we now have another 208. To learn more about how we use the information you provide to us please see our Are you as passionate about cars as we are? The division of labour between the physical controls and those on the touchscreen display still isn’t perfect and VW Group products are generally more intuitive, but there’s little else to frustrate and the layout is very neat and feels mature.Peugeot’s i-Cockpit (where you view the dials over the top of the wheel, remember, rather than through it) is also reprised, this time with a steering wheel fit for a concept car and a 3D digital instrument panel that did in fact originate from Peugeot’s Quartz concept. What’s the difference between a small hatchback built by One unappreciated distinction is that the Volkswagen will retain its name when a new generation is introduced whereas the Peugeot won’t. Check specs, prices, performance and compare with similar cars. 2020 Peugeot 208 Allure 5D Hatchback Priced From $24,990.

This is an odd discovery because body control is generally, if anything, on the loose side.