Peugeot 208 Allure e-HDi review

Talking to Peugeot’s design chief, Gilles Vidal, makes you acutely aware of the importance of the 208, and it’s need to "re-generate" both Peugeot and, so it’s makers say, the small, B-segment class of car in general. But does it work, and should it be on your shortlist. We spent a week getting to grips with the new 208 to find out.

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Monochrome screen A
Displays in the screen Displays according to context: - time, - date, - ambient temperature with air conditioning (the value displayed fl ashes if there is a risk of ice), - audio functions, ...

Bonnet
Opening Before doing anything under the bonnet, switch off the Stop & Start system to avoid any risk of injury resulting from an automatic change to START mode. Open the front left door. ...

"Auto sequential" mode
In the automated mode, you can resume control temporarily at any time using the steering mounted control paddles. The use of these paddles permits manual selection of the gears in situations whic ...