What is it?
This is Peugeot’s 308 cross-over, a competitor to the Nissan Qashqai, and front-drive versions of SUVs such as the VW Tiguan and Ford Kuga, though in reality, Peugeot’s belief that this car will conquest buyers from all kinds of cars will probably be realised.
In effect it’s a longer, taller, roomier five-seat hatchback with a split tailgate, useful loadbay modularity and a four-wheel drive’s high seating position.
It’s also a slightly odd looking car. Its protuberant egg-crate grille resembles a child’s tooth-brace, it rides on a track slightly too narrow for its billowed wheelarches and from the rear it appears downright ordinary, but it certainly shouldn’t be dismissed for these mild aesthetic disappointments.
Engine options include a 109bhp 1.6 HDI diesel – expected to be the best-seller – 118bhp and 148bhp 1.6 petrols, and a 148bhp 2.0 HDI diesel, all with six-speed manuals. A conventional auto will be offered on a 161bhp 2.0 HDI, and a Co2-reducing automated-manual on the 1.6 HDI.
The 3008 is front-drive only, but available with a so-called Grip Control system that, rather like Land Rover’s Terrain Response facility, provides traction control software allowing it to get to grips with the friction properties of snow, wet grass and mud, though only if you order it on mud and snow tyres.
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TegTypeR
Re: Peugeot 3008 1.6 HDi FAP 110
Interior looks very Audi, and is none the worse for that.
Shame the rest of it looks a little..........
It's all about the twisties........
Richard H
Re: Peugeot 3008 1.6 HDi FAP 110
Not a looker?
That is horrendous!
What happend to French style?
Both Renault and Peugeot are designing awful looking cars right now
Who'd go in to a showroom and buy something that looks that bad??
jonfortwo
Re: Peugeot 3008 1.6 HDi FAP 110
[quote Richard H]Who'd go in to a showroom and buy something that looks that bad??[/quote]
Me
Orangewheels
Re: Peugeot 3008 1.6 HDi FAP 110
[quote TegTypeR]Interior looks very Audi, and is none the worse for that.[/quote]
I thought Autocar had cocked up and used an interior picture from an R8 for a second - very Audi and very sports car style driver focused - as Teg says, pity about the exterior...
If the 3008 is just a taller 308, why does it not receive the same "pointless" treatment that the Golf Plus just got in its review?
Orangewheels.co.uk
michael knight
Re: Peugeot 3008 1.6 HDi FAP 110
[quote Orangewheels]If the 3008 is just a taller 308, why does it not receive the same "pointless" treatment that the Golf Plus just got in its review?[/quote]
Think you answered your own question. It's patently not just a taller 308.
pa1nkiller
Re: Peugeot 3008 1.6 HDi FAP 110
Is it wise to put 'FAP' in the title of a car? Should go down as well as the name MR2 did in France.
icecreamwala
Re: Peugeot 3008 1.6 HDi FAP 110
Why are Peugeot so rubbish at styling their cars and Citroen so much better. just look at the state of it!!! why are their grills so damn big they take up the whole front of the car.
Dave52
Re: Peugeot 3008 1.6 HDi FAP 110
Quite a lot looks okay, but it is totally dominated by that THING on the front. Is grille really the right word for it? Reminds me of the thing mummy dear used to use to make chips out of "real" potatoes, before they came out of bags with McCain on the front.
jonfortwo
Re: Peugeot 3008 1.6 HDi FAP 110
[quote icecreamwala]Why are Peugeot so rubbish at styling their cars and Citroen so much better[/quote]
What design classics can you point out to me in the current Citroen range then?
This car is very french looking and it appeals to me greatly, not beautiful I agree
But neither is it blingy (Kuga), or dull (Tiguan)
Lee23404
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[quote jonfortwo]
What design classics can you point out to me in the current Citroen range then?
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C5, C6, C4 Picasso, C3 Picasso... Citroen are about the only mainstream manufacturer making interesting cars that don't look overly agressive (Germans) or boring euroboxes (Ford, Peugeot, Nissan, etc). There are one or two exceptions like the pretty Punto or 159 but even the Mito is Fugly.
It's hard to believe that the current Peugeots came from the same design studio as the C5 and C6.
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