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 seats (308 saloon, 308 SW with bench rear seat)
  Bench seat, the left-hand (2/3) or right-hand (1/3) section of which can be folded to adapt the boot load space. Rear head restraints These have a high position (comfort and safety) and ...

Automatic operation
Select position D for automatic changing of the four gears. The gearbox then operates in auto-adaptive mode, without any intervention on the part of the driver. It continuously selects the most sui ...

5-speed electronic gearbox
Five-speed electronically controlled gearbox which offers a choice between the comfort of automatic operation or the pleasure of manual gear changing. Three driving modes are offered: - automated ...