Had this car for 4 months now and sorted out all of the issues it had, good time for an initial video on this fine piece of French automotive delight. I do plan to do more videos in the future focusing on what to look out for when buying a car like this and all the quests I had to embark on to find and fix mine.
I had one in silver. 2.2 petrol with 163 bhp. Owned it for about 2 years and put 35 thousand miles on it. The car never let me down. Still looks good, not too many around now.
If this car had been produced in 1939 before the Battle of France, they still would have lost the Ardennes. But they would have looked good doing it.
This is one of my favourite cars of all time, and have wanted one since my adolescence. The moment I heard your accent, I subbed. Proudly SA!
They are not that expensive, I fell in love and after searching a couple of months the 4th one I found was good enough to buy. Keep an eye on Autotrader, Gumtree and OLX. These are excellent cars
Paul Roux Hey there Paul! Just getting in touch to let you know I got my hands on one! Gold 2009 3.0 v6, and I absolutely love it. I'm a little disappointed about the Say Nav issue, but I'll just get an aftermarket unit down the line. Hope all is well with you. Regards.
Is it too expensive to mantain?
KING BEER Running costs are not that high, or at least not since I've had the car. Have yet to take it in for a service though, so who knows. The petrol increases have hit us all in the pocket, but hey, what can you do about that?
P.K Dionysus You tell me my friend, I am from Portugal, we are so fucked around here. A shame. My father has a 407 SW 2.0 136 HP and it's fine tho, is there a huge difference? Talking about the Coupe 2.0 and not the 3.0.
"Results may vary" - Paul Roux
2:35 Feel consumption is highly negative, becasue the car generates tons of positive feelings.
Driving a 206 GTI ideal rally car for dirt roads.
Great video! I'm going to buy a black 407 coupe 100k fsh one owner £1.4k 2.7 hdi and egr dpf delete remap the gearbox & ecu for quicker shifts and 250bhp 400ftlb should be nice at that level something like my Alfa romeo 2.4 jtdm 20v 5-pot :) iv had 205gti 306 2.0 16v cabriolet. Looks like a great tourer for around Europe maybe 50mpg cruising after remap. Seats look comfortable
These are great cars but the only reason I lost mine was cheap Chinese aftermarket parts.
@@Rouxenator sorry to hear that bro! Lucky here in England euro parts easy to obtain on the cheap. All the best mate
@1:13 Looks like you need detailing you can see all the scratches from the car washing machine on the boot of the car. Still some work to be done
Correct. Front bumper needs a complete respray and there are two minor dents on the passenger side.
How about the baby seat in the back? It is hard to get there or to put the baby?
Easier than in our hatchback, the front seat move forward all the way allowing generous access.
Who now's the total number of production of this model?
Is this South Africa?
The thousand is redundant when you also say grand.👍
Rand - it's our currency. Ninety Thousand Rand (ZAR)
Oh how embarrassing. Lol . Nice car
what u think about suspension?
Rides like a dream, I'm on 145,000km so still under 100k miles over here.
Does it have high maintenance cost?
I've had it for 2 years now and the cost is not bad, unless something breaks and has to come from France, it takes 8 weeks...
It's a beautiful car
@@Viktor007That is the reason I fell in love with it. Before this I only had Opel.
@@Rouxenator and the good thing about this Peugeot is that it looks good and no one will say "oh what an asshole with BMW"
@@kinga4796 true - however I have since traded this car in on a red Opel Astra J Sedan 1.6 Turbo that goes even faster than this Peugeot.
So you`ve had it for two years now? Beggars belief!
3 in April - Beggars belief indeed! I think a followup video will be in order. Mistakes were made, lessons were not learned.
@@Rouxenator hi Paul - Matt here from Joburg 🇿🇦 Coming out of an Audi A5 3.2 V6 ownership experience (4 years of...) in looking for a “different drive” - I just test drove a P-406 V6 petrol (Svelte, Soft-ish and Sexxy as a southern France redhead 👩🦰 ) and straight after climbed into a P-407 2.7HDi = a proper Hard Man “put the foot in the corner” driver’s car 😈👹 = will get into beeg trouble with new AARTO regs coming soon 2 VERY different cars tho - Hhmmm which one ???? Both similarly priced options 🤔 Am looking at testing the Renault Laguna Coupe V-6, if I can find one 🤷♂️ However - question is how has your 2 years of ownership been ??
@@captbiggles2808 I had the car for 3 years and sold it last March. Made the mistake of fitting a Chinese pirate A/C pump shortly after getting the car and eventually it blew up taking the whole A/C system with it. Worst part was the stock unit was bench tested and there was nothing wrong with it. So I still would have had mine if it was not for that issue. They are lovely cars, just keep in mind parts are pricey and have to come in from France (couple of weeks). The 2.7HDI was shared with Land Rover and has a list of known issues, all fixable. The 3.0L manual petrol is awesome. I now drive a 2015 Astra 1.6T that has slightly more power than my old 2.2 407, but the ride is nowhere near as nice.
dodgedemonspeed