PEUGEOT 2008; Great Family Car; Economical: NEW PEUGEOT 2008 Review & Road Test
The NEW PEUGEOT 2008 has three petrol variants, a diesel and an all electric version. This supports the PEUGEO T strategy of ‘choose your Peugeot, choose your powertrain’! The NEW PEUGEOT 2008 has some bold, striking lines on the outside with the interior throwing just about every other small SUV into the shade, with a really stylish design and superb build quality.
The NEW PEUGEOT 2008 enters a very crowded market for small family cars, packed with some interesting rivals, many of which are also into their second generation and are much improved over the original. Key competition comes from the Nissan Juke and Renault Captur, as well as the Mazda CX-3 and Volkswagen T-Cross. Despite being more compact than a Volkswagen T-Roc, the NEW PEUGEOT 2008 offers impressive interior space and a price that betters the pricier VW alternatives. The good news for Peugeot is that even if the NEW PEUGEOT 2008 doesent hit the projected sales targets, its larger 3008 and 5008 brother and sister are still doing very well, however, the company hopes that buyers will find this revitalised smaller sister car just as appealing.
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Perfect review. Cheerful, light and full of detail. Well done mate.
I have a 2008gt . It really is gorgeous but as i dislike manual vehicles i always go for the auto. It is a brilliant gearbox with 8 speeds and you wont know it is changing gear, it is so smooth. It has paddles but if you use those you might as well get a manual box. Oh AJ there must be something wrong with your touch buttons as i only lay my finger on the top and it changes
Picking up a 2020 Allure tomorrow, and your video is one of the most informative I've found. Really looking forward to getting my hands on it.
It was a fun watch! Thanks for the review.
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First time I have seen one of you reviews. Very impressed.
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Hay AJ really like the Peugeot 208 GT line great review thanks 👍
Mate, the best, realistic review I’ve seen ! I wish you were 🇦🇺. Great work mate 👍 I subscribed just because of you. THANK YOU
Thanks for the comment really appreciated. Not a bad idea always wanted to go and live down under, absolutely love the place
Really enjoyed the video, informative and the one liners are hilarious! I placed the order for the GT Line, manual transmission, with the sunroof and gangsta white paint as optional extras. Can't wait, should be driving it by Christmas.
Thank you very much for the comment and I’m so pleased you decided to buy one as they are a cracking car you won’t be disappointed
Any feedback, 2 years later?
You're charmingly talkative but never bored, good show!
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You’re doing great! Proper review .
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Hi AJ I absolutely love your blogs. Such an honest review of this gorgeous car. I’m very tempted now to go and test drive one. Keep doing what your doing as you certainly know what your talking about. Thanks again 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Thanks so much for the kind comment, really appreciated
Stiff rear seats? and he hasn't even mentioned knobs yet!! ❤
Great review, been looking at this car for a while. Very well detailed.
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Fantastic review 😊. We just ordered one.
Very good review, charmig, informative, and even witty.
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The best SUV reviews I've ever seen. The superb channel !!! Like & subscription
Great review 😍 from Egypt with love 🌹
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Like others have said, brilliant review and likeable person. After watching this review along with many others I placed an order for a fully loaded Orange GT auto. 5 months on and I love it. After a 6 month wait, it was worth it. Lovely drive and reasonably good on fuel. Excellent build quality. Now early cam belt issues have been sorted engine should be good if serviced regularly. Keep up the good work. If your thinking of buying, don't think just buy. Highly recommended.
Really considering this for my next car - I only just got the 2020 208 in august!
Thanks for the review. Improve your thumbnails and sound and your videos will conquer KZhead. best of luck
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AJ YOU HAVE SOLD ME THIS CAR GREAT VIDEO ENJOYED AND INTERESTING YOU TELL IT AS IT IS, GETTING THE SAME CAR IN A FEW DAYS THANKS AJ👍 ❤
just came across you. You are a very good presenter!
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Cracking review
Have the electric GT on order in onyx black. So looking forward to it,a change from my Tucson.
Best review!!! Greetings from Saudi Arabia
Thankyou for the comment great to hear from Saudi Arabia
GOOD ONE THE GROWLER🤣😂 GET MY GROWLER TOMORROW🚗 GOOD VIDEO THANK YOU AJ👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
I love your videos, the sound is again... horrefull but the rest is great. Thanks
Great honest review I'm seriously thinking of buying one myself now after watching this video, probably in the same colour as well and will be an automatic....
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Thank you for this review. I’m in the process of upgrading to a small SUV vehicle 👍🏿
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Nice review sir...
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Good review !!! You need to buy new camera so we can see things better! And I'm saying that because you are good reviewer you deserve better quality to your channel !
Thanks for the comment. New camera would be great when we get the money
Good review but the GT Line you are driving has several optional extras. Panoramic roof, blind spot mirrors and park assist are all extras. Also the controls you were so forcibly pushing are touch sensitive no need to push them hard. If you don't want to take your gloves off on a cold winter's day just push voice control and tell it to increase temperature and it will, easy really. I have the GT Line in Pearlescent White, 130bhp. Don't get anywhere near high 40's mpg, averaging 42 mpg
Fantastic comment Thankyou
Good video and well put together, was looking to get one of the these GT line in the fusion orange. But I am concerned about the position of that steering wheel. But in the meantime, I have driven the Seat Ateca FR Evo sport and you seem to get more for your money. So now stuck what to get ??
My money would be on the Seat as you you get a lot more for your buck and the build quality is slightly better. Hope that helps Many thanks for your comment
@@AJThePlayerKZheadChannel ... already bought it and pick it up this Friday, exciting !
I am 6' tall and have the steering wheel at its highest position and can see the dash perfectly well. My daughter, 5'6"" can also see the dials no problem. I have no idea how small you would have to be to be unable to see them!
For the ones that already got one, everytime it's time for its maintenance, you need to ask for leaves/dirt to be removed from the upper part of the front shock absorbers, as it's already been detected, that the excess of that stuff will plug some sort of drain, that in time will cause that water from rain will filter to the shock absorbers, reducing considerably their life. You'll know it already happened to you, if you start hearing a slight but constant noise whenever you go over 100km/hr.
Thank you for your constructive comments are very valid point
ive absolutely loved the review in itself, minus the audio at the end and the aliasing jaggys and i gotta mention in places like here where a liter of mid grade petrol minimal to run this 1.2L is esentially 1.25€ and diesel per liter is basically half for the chepo and 3/4 for the nice diesel... i would be really tempted for that economy really....
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My order went in last week, delivery is expected late November or early December. I went for the GT Line Diesel manual in orange as I would have had to pay for any other colour. Cheers for your vid, I am about to watch all 21 mins of it with a beer! I am changing from a DS3 E-Tense as i cannot get along with a low range electric car for random journeys around the country.
Thanks for the comment and hope you enjoyed the beer
@@AJThePlayerKZheadChannel I got it! Ordered the GT Line but Peugeot have stopped making it so sent me the 2021 GT instead, and there are differences from the 2020 GT, heres my review kzhead.info/sun/jdueZtZ7iWifZKM/bejne.html&ab_channel=SteveFlaxvertCherry
Are you enjoying it? (the car, not the beer...although yeah, enjoy the beer, too)
I’m driving 1.7 Tucson sat nav fantastic car but have ordered 2008 GTline just waiting on delivery date can’t wait
You won’t be disappointed. Many thanks for the comment
Great vid. Thinking of gt line diesel. Is park assist standard or is it an optional extra
Thanks for the comment. Park assist depends on the trim level you go for
Park assist is optional extra on GT Line
Also wouldn't go for diesel, it's an old unit they use. The 1.2 130 bhp is much better option.
What's your opinion toyota chr 1.8 hybrid or peugeot 2008 1.5 110hp diesel?
What is the road noise like on motorway
Great review, great reviewer the toaster camera has to go though
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How do you change the menu to green colour ?
Just bought one
not bad, that and the 5008
I love this small suv I have this car in the same trim but in grey, it’s a 70 plate reg too
Does the boot open automatically
Great review, great little car, I do long travels (5/8 hours on the highway), how would we predict this engine (1.2 130hp) would last in the long run? Considering between this and a Mazda Cx-3 2.0L 120hp, But the 2008 boot size is much bigger as I have some luggage always with me. Thanks.
This 2008 GT line or a ford Puma st line? A difficult choice.
Good review. Nice looking car. But… I hired a manual GT for my recent UK visit. Even after two weeks of use we couldn’t fathom a)the heating system or AC was it on or off? - voice control NG. b) the dial illumination keep going dark as hell - why?? c) the clutch pedal was dangerously close to the firewall d) Why, oh why put an electric handbrake on a manual? Steep hill starts were tricky in normal mode but when I accidentally selected sport mode that was downright dangerous - wheel spin / sideways sliding. I normally drive an (oldie but goodie) Alfa Romeo 156 GTA manual. This was a nightmare introduction and experience to a modern car. No thx. Good looker though.
Absolutely off road would be a bonus to see reviewed
Ordered the gt premium yesterday not sure if it comes with sunroof as standard does anybody know ?
Sunroof standard
Haha great review
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What's the closing gig? Ta a lot.
Liked the review, style and level of detail but... Inside the car, the audio is awful, distorted, could do with looking at that. Grip control is ONLY available on Allure Premium. Which mightily peed me off as I wanted to order it for the GT Line
Very interesting comment I was never told that by the press Department seems a bit strange you can’t get it in the top level models. Understood regarding the sound in car there was an issue with one of the mics. Many thanks for your comment always appreciated
Not so. Grip control is available for GT Line as £416 extra, it reduces wheel size to 17" if you go for it.
@@stuartselkirk7581 Yes, but only from the 2021update when they also renamed gtline to GT and GT to GT premium, the first 18 months cars it was not available except as I described earlier.
When I bought my GT Line in April 2020 they quoted £500 extra for grip control. Having used it once in 7 years on my previous two 2008 cars I decided it wasn't worth it.
@@techguyone11 is GT premium above GT
Those touchscreens for temperature control are very annoying. Unfortunatelly is a tendency of the market, although Peugeot's controls design were almost always very good functional.
Voice control will do the job of changing temperature for you
This or the MG HS in terms of comfort /NVH levels and driving dynamics?
I’m afraid I wouldn’t go near an MG these days. Back in the day was a great British brand now unfortunately the Chinese have their fingers all over it and has been completely ruined. I feel embarrassed for them
@@AJThePlayerKZheadChannel thanks mate. Made up my mind to get this over the HS here in Pakistan.
Enjoy
I wanted one of these but never thought I could afford one? £200?! Will get one? Is that a pcp or lease?
Not wanting to mention any names but if you scan the Internet a certain company was offering at the time of producing this video some very good deals. Not sure they are still offering but they are the biggest out there so I’m pretty sure you will get a good deal with them. Many thanks for the comment and good luck
Haha wish you would mention their name 😬
I have an old 2008 with grip control, never used it.
Same here, I had two of the previous versions with it and used snow mode once in seven years!
@@stuartselkirk7581 I have also tried it like once, dont know really. If one use the head you seem not to need it. But some might find it usefull.
The glove box is actually pretty small..
We would pay 100K USD and that too for 10 years only. I have the previous version.
You're pretty funny haha
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@@AJThePlayerKZheadChannel And sub and like lol
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@@AJThePlayerKZheadChannel You sure you're not the dude from Fake Taxi lol
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My mum has a 2008
GT LINE Does not come with a sun roof, or blind spot , but a very cool car
They are options though, maybe the demo car came with them.
Thanks for the comments and yes the press demo car came with all the options
There were actually two knobs in that car!
Diesel engine is not a no brainer. 3 cylinder high performance engine will not last compared to the diesel. I say the diesel would do at least double the miles or even 3 times the miles of a petrol engine. engines . That the same as 4-cylinder petrol engine. So 3 cylinders got no chance to beat a diesel engine on wear and tear
Silly man the back shelf is to hide any valuables from would be car thiefs
Les anglais !!a part critiquer, qu'est-ce que vous savez faire ?
Merci 👍
massive glove box?? Why can't the french move the fuse over to the other side!! Shortchanging us who drive on the other side!