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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Rear lamps (308 saloon)
1. Brake lamps / sidelamps (P21/5W). 2. Sidelamps (P21/5W). 3. Foglamp, offside (P21W). Reversing lamp, nearside (P21W). 4. Direction indicators (P21W). If the vehicle is fitted with t ...

Cabin oddities
Peugeot’s clearly taking this modern technology theme seriously, because this is the first car we’ve tested without a CD player. Instead you get two USB ports. They connected phones and devices up ...

Manual child lock
Mechanical system to prevent opening of the rear door using its interior control. The control is located on the edge of each rear door. Locking Turn the red control one eighth of a turn using the ...