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Auto Car
29-05-2025
- Automotive
- Auto Car
300bhp, 300-mile range 4WD Peugeot tested
While rivals have maximised the packaging advantages yielded by their underpinnings through long wheelbases and flat cabin floors, creating an impression of space that's becoming particular to EVs, the e-3008 is a little different. It's aiming for more of a high-waisted, materially lavish, cocooning ambience than an open, spacious and airy one. It has quite a high-rising front bulkhead, which is necessary to make space for the car's control and display concept (to which we will come) and which naturally flows into quite a high-set lower window line. Between the front-row occupants is a high-rising, two-tier centre console that envelops the driver, carrying physical drive mode and heater controls on its upper surface and making plenty of storage space available at the lower one. It flows seamlessly into a fixed armrest console between the front seats. In the three-seat back row, there's a small bubble in the floorpan ahead of the centre seat and space to accommodate smaller adults and teenagers fairly comfortably but certainly not enough to stand out for passenger practicality in a class where spacious five-seat cars are easy to find. Boot space, according to our tape measure, is broadly similar below the window line to what you will find in the Scenic E-Tech, although a way behind the Model Y or Ioniq 5 and eaten into above the window line by the raked rear hatch. Up front, the revision that this car represents to Peugeot's well-established i-Cockpit control layout is significant. The e-3008's steering wheel remains small and naturally sits quite low in your lap, but the instruments have been moved up behind it, integrated on a wide, 21in curved display panel that spans the top of the centre console as well as the instrumentation zone. This is free-standing and backlit quite attractively, so that it appears to float in front of the fascia. Perhaps most importantly, it sits sufficiently high on the dash so as to prevent the wheel from obscuring the digital instrumentation (which itself is a little too graphic and over-stylised for some testers' preference in some modes but clearer and simpler in others). So configured, there's certainly less to take objection to about Peugeot's particular ergonomic philosophy on primary control and instrumentation layout than there has been for the past few years. The standard of the e-3008's front seats for comfort is impressive. They have cushion inclination angle adjustment and plenty of wider support and configurability. Moreover, the cabin's wider material ambience and general perceived quality are likewise impressive. Our lower-trim Allure test car had attractive textile dash trim and a sense of apparent tactile quality running through the secondary controls and wider trim materials. This does feel like a step up in Peugeot's commitment to force itself in among the premium German and Swedish brands for premium appeal – and it's convincing. Multimedia system Peugeot's 21in curved panoramic display effectively takes the place of what might well have been separate infotainment, instrumentation and head-up display screens. It's an impressively slick-looking piece of technology that's attractively integrated. It's also capable of putting most of the information you want just where you want it thanks to the 'tiled' arrangement of the central part of the display, although it's occasionally guilty of over-stylising the graphical execution. There's no physical controller for the main infotainment part of the screen, which we miss somewhat. However, the secondary i-Toggle quick-access screen below provides a big boost to usability. The car gets 15W wireless smartphone charging as standard, although at that power level, you're better off plugging in your device if it's also maintaining a mirroring connection. Our test car didn't have Peugeot's premium audio system, by Focal, but its standard system was respectable enough.
Auto Express
10-05-2025
- Automotive
- Auto Express
Car Deal of the Day: Peugeot 5008 is fashionable, French family SUV and only £234 a month
Bold styling Lots of space £234 a month Peugeot went big on the latest 5008 - not just in terms of style (which it has in abundance), but gadgetry and size, too. This is the largest SUV the French firm makes. Thankfully, what isn't big is the price. We found a deal from the AA on the Auto Express Find a Car service that'll get you a Peugeot 5008 for just £234 a month. That's typically the monthly price you'd pay for a supermini or base-level hatchback so for the roomy 5008 it certainly caught our eye. This leasing deal is spread out over 24 months with a £3,079 initial deposit required. The maximum annual mileage limit is 5,000 miles, though for an extra £31 a month you can extend this to 10,000 miles. This deal is based on the Allure trim, though for an extra £27 a month, on a similar two-year lease from the AA, you can get the higher-spec GT instead. Advertisement - Article continues below The 5008 in Allure trim is still very equipped, however. As standard you get a concept-car interior with a 21-inch widescreen display on the dash complete with integrated sat-nav. The system has Apple CarPlay and Android Auto wireless connectivity, voice recognition and the ability to connect two phones at once via Bluetooth. Peugeot's i-Cockpit layout also boasts configurable 'i-Toggles' in the dash to make frequently-used menus and functions that much easier to operate and a small steering wheel for a sportier driving position. Skip advert Advertisement - Article continues below A seven-seater, the 5008 is an ideal car for large families because the middle-row seats are very spacious and the third-row can even accommodate adults thanks to the sliding functionality of the middle-row seats. There's also tri-zone climate control to keep every occupant comfortable. With the third-row seats in use there's still a decent amount of boot space (348 litres), though if you fold them down you'll find a whopping 916 litres back there. The Allure trim also receives 19-inch alloy wheels, metallic paint and LED headlights (with Peugeot's distinctive 'Claw' signature) to go with the overall eye-catching design the new 5008 introduced just last year. Despite being a big, family-oriented SUV, the 5008 is more economical than you might think. There's a 1.2-litre three-cylinder engine with mild-hybrid assistance that provides 136bhp to a six-speed dual-clutch automatic transmission and it returns on a combined cycle a very impressive 52.5mpg. The Car Deal of the Day selections we make are taken from our own Auto Express Find A Car deals service, which includes the best current offers from car dealers and leasing companies around the UK. Terms and conditions apply, while prices and offers are subject to change and limited availability. If this deal expires, you can find more top Peugeot 5008 leasing offers from leading providers on our hub page... Check out the Peugeot 5008 deal or take a look at our previous Car Deal of the Day selection here … Find a car with the experts EV affordability alarm! Running costs are £6k higher than for petrol cars, say car clubs EV affordability alarm! Running costs are £6k higher than for petrol cars, say car clubs Running costs for car share club EVs are £6k higher than ICE equivalents according to new data New BMW 1 Series and electric i1 to target younger drivers with bold design New BMW 1 Series and electric i1 to target younger drivers with bold design The BMW 1 Series is set for a shake-up, with a Neue Klasse front end and a choice of hybrid or battery electric powertrains when it arrives in showroo… Car Deal of the Day: Volvo XC60 Black Edition is a mean-looking, posh SUV for under £450 a month Car Deal of the Day: Volvo XC60 Black Edition is a mean-looking, posh SUV for under £450 a month The XC60 is Volvo's best-selling car, and loved by Brits. It's our Deal of the Day for 6 May
