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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Stop & Start
Going into engine STOP mode
The "ECO" warning lamp
comes on in the instrument panel and the engine goes into standby:
- with a manual gearbox , at speeds below 12 mph (20 km/h), when you ...
Direction indicators
Lower the lighting control stalk fully when moving to the left.
Raise the lighting control stalk fully when moving to the right.
If you forget to cancel the direction indicators for more than tw ...
6-speed electronic gear control gearbox
Six-speed electronic gear control gearbox which offers a choice between the comfort
of fully automatic operation or the pleasure of manual gear changing.
Three driving modes are offered:
- automa ...