8800 cars in 2018, good 9800 in 2017 and button 9400 copies in 2016. The Peugeot 208 has the last three years been at the forefront of the market for new cars in Denmark, and no other model has over the period managed to make the frenchman rivalling.
In this light, it can seem a bit daunting to Peugeot now has launched a successor, who don’t have much other than size and name in common with the car it replaces. But nevertheless, it is exactly what the French brand has done.
the Peugeot 208 is renewed completely in to the platform, it is built on, and is four centimetres longer and 30 kilos lighter than the outgoing model. The design of the car has inspired a whole part of its big brother, the new 508, with it, the media Automotive News calls the ‘aggressive styling’.
It covers, among other things, over almost vertical LED strip in the front, a wide grille and a dark stripe across the back.
The biggest news is hiding in the engine compartment, for Peugeot, for the first time offer a fully electric variant. The manufacturer promises that it will be able to run up to 340 miles on one charge under the new and more accurate WLTP-norm.
It is a bit more than the Renault Zoe, which, according to the Automotive News seems to be the car’s most direct competitor. The performing, according to Renault 317 miles on one charge.
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Photo: Peugeot
Peugeot writes in a press release, the battery 208 could be charged to 80 percent capacity in 30 minutes, if the mind is allowed to let in a 100 kW charger.
in Addition to an ‘e’emblem and special rims comes with the electric variant, however, not to separate itself from the other models in the program. Design manager Yann Beurel have opposite Automotive News explained that customers have requested anonymity.
Several manufacturers have in recent years chosen to completely scrap the engines, but at Peugeot have apparently intend to continue. 208-the model will still be available with a single dieselvariant at 100 horsepower, while the three petrol engines between 75 and 130 hp is also planned.
at The same time, the electric powered Peugeot 208, the provisional becomes the most powerful model, as it delivers 136 hp.
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In the cabin keeps the new 208 model firmly in the Peugeot’s special in-Cockpit. The name covers a device with a small steering wheel that sits well under the dashboard, and as soon as the several years have shared the waters.
According to the media Autocar is it possible to get the same safety and infotainment systems, as in the somewhat larger 508 model – just a natkamera. 208-the model will, in turn, allowed to be the first with a 3D view of the instrument panel, which supposedly makes it able to display the most important information first.
Peugeot has not yet released the prices of the new model, to appear forward in the coming motorudstilling in Geneva. The current 208 costs from 135.000 euros.