Category: Peugeot

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PEUGEOT 308 GT IS A CLASSY ALL-ROUNDER

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The Peugeot 308 is the mid-sized model in the French marque’s Australian range. The latest, all-new, model arrived in Australia in September 2014 with the semi-performance GT variant following in February 2015. Peugeot Australia is at pains to avoid tagging the 308 GT as a hot hatch, no doubt because its high-performance big brother 308 GTi is due here early next year and looks set to shirtfront the market-leading Golf GTI. Instead the 308 GT sits around the middle of the performance band, an all-rounder aimed at those looking for… Read more

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PEUGEOT 208 GTi 30th ANNIVERSARY EDITION

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Back in 1984 Peugeot re-wrote the book on hot hatches when it released the 205 GTi, a lightweight three-door that quickly became the benchmark for its growing number of rivals and led to a revival by the iconic French carmaker. By the time the first 205 GTi arrived in Australia in 1987 its fame had preceded it and keen local drivers quickly grabbed them up. Peugeot GTi variants were subsequently included as the little Pug evolved through the 206, 207 and 208 models but none quite captured the excitement of… Read more

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PEUGEOT 205GTI

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With the introduction of the 205 Peugeot set itself the challenge of producing from scratch a small hatchback which would stand out in a crowd. Not only did they achieve this but they created one with such street cred that it became a cult car almost overnight. Such an achievement was quite remarkable. Introduced in 1983, a total of 2.74 million cars were produced during its production life. Most remarkable of all is that it was Peugeot that achieved this, not Volkswagen or arch rival Renault. Suddenly, it seemed, Peugeot… Read more

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PEUGEOT 308 WAGON IS A TERRIFIC LITTLE LOAD-LUGGER

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Peugeot’s all-new 308 is a belter of a car in basic hatch form and this station wagon has to work a bit harder to impress. VALUE The Peugeot 308 Allure SW, which stands for station wagon, opens the bidding at $35,490. This buys you 17-inch alloy wheels, a six speaker stereo, dual-zone climate control, reversing camera, parking sensors front and rear, keyless entry, cruise control, sat-nav, auto headlights and wipers, puddle lamps, power windows and mirrors and tyre pressure sensors. Options include $3100 Nappa leather trim, 18-inch alloys ($700) and… Read more

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2015 PEUGEOT 308 GT DIESEL

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Peugeot 306 S16 and GTI were terrific cars and attracted cult status after their respective deaths around a decade ago. Since then, the 307 and 308 have been pretty dull cars. Peugeot has been wise to avoid soiling the 306’s reputation with warm or hot versions of either successor. The new 308 is an altogether different proposition – an excellent base to start from and some real money behind a program that has given us the 308 GT. The Peugeot 308 GT can be had with either petrol or diesel… Read more

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2015 PEUGEOT 308 GT DIESEL REVIEW

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Let’s be honest for a moment – the old Peugeot 308 was a dud. It wasn’t a bad car, but it wasn’t a good one either, a real “that’ll do” car. Peugeot sold enough of them when the delusions of grandeur stopped and the pricing got sensible, but it was never cool. The company knew it, too – there wasn’t a performance version, despite rumours to the contrary, and it probably didn’t deserve one. The new 308 has changed all that. Out went the bitty interior, the indifferent dynamics and… Read more

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MID-LIFE UPDATE FOR PEUGEOT 508

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The imminent departure of the Australian-made Ford Falcon and Holden Commodore has opened up an opportunity for imported cars to fill the gap – albeit a shrinking one as family buyers opt for smaller cars and medium SUVs. One of these contenders is the Peugeot 508, first sold here in mid-2011, as a replacement for two previous models, the slightly smaller 407 and the slightly larger 607. For 2015 the 508 has been given a mid-life upgrade that includes styling changes, petrol engine upgrade, as well as some cuts from… Read more

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PEUGEOT UPGRADES 3008 SUV

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It’s not often that company executives openly admit to having made a serious mistake but that’s just what Peugeot Australia’s general manager, John Startari, did at the recent launch of the company’s upgraded 3008 model. When the original 3008 was launched in 2010 Peugeot chose to market it as a hatchback rather than a compact SUV. This meant that it was competing directly against cars such as Toyota Corolla, Mazda3 and Hyundai i30. With a price tag starting at $36,000 the 3008 never stood a chance against competitors with such… Read more

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PEUGEOT 308 GT: SOPHISTICATED PERFORMANCE

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Peugeot has added several new models to the all-new 308 range that first arrived in Australia late in 2014. The most exciting is the GT, with four-cylinder turbo-petrol and turbo-diesel units, and uprated body styling to match the extra urge. Also on offer are four-cylinder engines to complement the three-cylinder powerplants that arrived in the initial shipments. Three-cylinder engines have become mainstream in the last few years, with major marques introducing them almost by the week. So smooth and quiet are the threes that the public are often not aware… Read more

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PEUGEOT 206 1999 – 2007

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2006 Peugeot 206 CC

The recent revival of interest in Peugeot in Australia following the launch of the European Car of the Year, the Peugeot 308, has apparently drawn attention to the rest of the French marque’s range. Cars to benefit from this new focus on Peugeot here include one of the most popular of all, the small-medium 206 that’s the subject of this used-car review. Introduced here in 1999 the Peugeot 206 sold well for the best part of 10 years, before being replaced by the Peugeot 207 in February 2007. The 206… Read more