{"id":16402,"date":"2023-10-10T07:01:45","date_gmt":"2023-10-10T06:01:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.autocar.co.uk\/car-review\/peugeot\/408\/long-term-reviews\/peugeot-408-2023-long-term-test"},"modified":"2023-10-10T07:01:45","modified_gmt":"2023-10-10T06:01:45","slug":"peugeot-408-2023-long-term-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gamefootballmobileanimeiphone.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/10\/peugeot-408-2023-long-term-test\/","title":{"rendered":"Peugeot 408 2023 long-term test"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Peugeot<\/a><\/p>\n

Is this all-new hatch a case of alluring innovative style over substance? Let\u2019s find out<\/p>\n

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Why we\u2019re running it: <\/strong>To see if Peugeot can refresh the family car market with an innovative mash-up\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Month 1<\/a>\u00a0–\u00a0Specs<\/a><\/h3>\n

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Life with a Peugeot 408: Month 1<\/h3>\n

Welcoming the 408 to the fleet – 13 September 2023<\/strong><\/p>\n

It\u2019s a saloon… It\u2019s an SUV… It\u2019s a Peugeot 408! When a car maker says things like it\u2019s \u201cintroducing a novel silhouette to the market\u201d and \u201creinventing the hatchback\u201d, it can be tempting to snort at the hyperbolic puffery, but in this case such assertions are hard to argue with.<\/p>\n

The 408 came out before the closely related Citroe\u0308n C5 X, and while there\u2019s a whiff of Polestar 2 about the shape, there\u2019s a lot more ground clearance, because the extra body height isn\u2019t due to a floor-mounted battery.<\/p>\n

Aye, this is a good old-fashioned petrol. Or rather I should say new-fashioned. It strikes me that\u00a0Gilles Vidal and his team were very clever here in essentially designing a big family car of the Ford Mondeo ilk but sitting higher off the ground and adorned with some other SUV-esque design touches to almost trick the great uninterested away from all their Nissan Qashqai-a-likes.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m all for anything that brings the average height of cars on our roads back down, and especially so when the result looks fantastic, as I believe the 408 does from every angle. Its sharpness speaks of Peugeot\u2019s slight drift upmarket \u2013 as does its newly redesigned logo, which several people have said looks quite Ferrari but to this football nerd is rather more FC Sochaux. Oh, hang on…<\/p>\n

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Having learned to drive in my grandad\u2019s old 406 SW and then bought a 206 as my first car, I dearly want Peugeot to win. But it will need to play out of its skin to do so, because it has taken on a tough challenge with the 408.<\/p>\n

It seems everybody wants to \u2018go premium\u2019 these days, but that\u2019s far easier said than done, and many who have tried have fallen short \u2013 except in eye-widening price rises, of course.<\/p>\n

We\u2019ve gone for GT trim \u2013 the priciest of the three \u2013 which takes our car to \u00a334,825. Swap its petrol engine for the slightly punchier plug-in hybrid powertrain and you\u2019re looking at \u00a343,450. Sheesh!<\/p>\n

On first impression, though, Peugeot has justified these lofty numbers inside. Its i-Cockpit dashboard configuration continues to look futuristic, even after a decade on the market, and it has now been enhanced by the introduction of larger digital \u2018buttons\u2019 called i-Toggles.<\/p>\n

The seats are deep-set, supportive and trimmed in decent faux leather. And the other trim materials include Alcantara, soft-enough plastics and bits of aluminium. I like the stitching, too, in the lime green of Peugeot Sport Engineered – as seen on the Le Mans hypercar.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Also on the standard list is six-way electronic adjustment, heating and a massage function for the front seats; heating for the steering wheel; ambient lighting; dual-zone climate control with a purification filter, a 10in, 3D-effect digital dial display and a 10.0in touchscreen with sat-nav and smartphone mirroring. I mean, goodness, my 206 didn’t even have air-con!<\/p>\n

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Away from comfort features, there\u2019s also adaptive cruise control; lane-keeping assistance; blindspot monitoring; three selectable driving modes; a powered tailgate with a foot sensor; keyless entry; and LED matrix headlights with automatic full beam.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m grateful for the added option of a 360deg parking camera in addition to the standard beepers, and for the tremendous premium paint, but I would rather have the Focal premium stereo (because the standard one is pretty puny) instead of the wireless smartphone charger (because all these ever seem to do is cook your phone) and Peugeot\u2019s Drive Assist 2.0 system (because all such things ever do is wind me up).<\/p>\n

That petrol engine, by the way, is the 128bhp version of the PSA Group\u2019s (so nowadays Stellantis\u2019s) turbocharged three-cylinder 1.2-litre unit, called the Puretech. This has been much lauded over the years, and I rather liked it during the pandemic days inside my 2008 crossover, as it was eager, was economical (45mpg) and emitted an appealing growl.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s no diesel 408, and I\u2019m the worst imaginable candidate for a PHEV, having no home\u00a0charger and a 140-mile daily motorway commute. If you\u2019re a\u00a0company car driver, even one with a similar use case to me, you might want to know that it\u2019s a 1.6-litre system with a 42-mile EV range, reducing BIK tax from 32% to 8%.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Any criticisms? Well, I strongly disliked the driving position that the small, rectangular steering wheel of the i-Cockpit forced when I had my 2008, and it’s much the same story in the 408, but I won’t start banging on about that again now. I knew what to expect and it’s a subjective rather than objective issue, clearly, when millions around the world seem to have no problem with it.\u00a0<\/p>\n

This 408 seems to tick (almost) all the right boxes for me, then. Let’s see how many I scrub out in the weeks and months to come.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Second Opinion<\/strong><\/p>\n

I was immediately impressed by the character and punch of the 408\u2019s tiny three-pot: it\u2019s more than enough for a car of this surprisingly generous stature. I hope it suits Kris\u2019s lengthy commute, though, because over 300 miles with me on the motorway, it failed to crack 40mpg.<\/p>\n

Felix Page<\/strong><\/p>\n

Back to the top<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Peugeot 408 1.2 Puretech GT\u00a0specification<\/h3>\n

Specs: Price New<\/strong> \u00a334,825\u00a0Price as tested<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a336,725\u00a0Options\u00a0<\/strong>Elixir Red varnish paint \u00a3850, Drive Assist 2.0 \u00a3500, 360deg Vision \u00a3450, wireless smartphone charger \u00a3100\u00a0<\/p>\n

Test Data: Engine<\/strong> 1.2-litre three-cylinder turbocharged petrol\u00a0Power<\/strong>\u00a0128bhp at\u00a05500rpm\u00a0Torque<\/strong>\u00a0170lb ft at 1750rpm Kerb weight<\/strong> 1392kg\u00a0Top speed<\/strong> 140mph\u00a00-62mph<\/strong> 8.3sec\u00a0Fuel economy<\/strong>\u00a048.1mpg (claimed)\u00a0CO2<\/strong> 133g\/km Faults<\/strong> None Expenses<\/strong> None<\/p>\n

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Is this all-new hatch a case of alluring innovative style over substance? Let\u2019s find out<\/p>\n

Why we\u2019re running it: To see if Peugeot can refresh the family car market with an innovative mash-up\u00a0<\/p>\n

Month 1\u00a0–\u00a0Specs<\/p>\n

Life with a Peugeot 408: Month 1
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