Would love to be a fly on the wall at Peugeot UK tomorrow..
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I thought the Top Gear bit was very funny but I don't think it's a case of building s
t, it's just a case of building what 99% of the buying public want.
The Grand Picasso I have, and which the 5008 is based on, is a very boring car but in 4 years it's never gone wrong and it's been the perfect family and dog car. No plans to get rid of it, as I can't see anything doing a better job to be honest. Although I am looking at an MX-5 to scratch the "fun" itch.
Although I will admit they really have struggled to make a fun model, which encaptures what the 205 was all about.
t, it's just a case of building what 99% of the buying public want.The Grand Picasso I have, and which the 5008 is based on, is a very boring car but in 4 years it's never gone wrong and it's been the perfect family and dog car. No plans to get rid of it, as I can't see anything doing a better job to be honest. Although I am looking at an MX-5 to scratch the "fun" itch.
Although I will admit they really have struggled to make a fun model, which encaptures what the 205 was all about.
Got to agree with topgear,since the 205 and the 205 t16 all peugeot cars have been a bit bland.But wait a min,back in the day you could go into a show room and buy a 205t16 for road use if you had the money now to day peugeot have built a 208t16 but im not sure if you can do the same,any way have a watch of this it might wet your appitite ..... http://youtu.be/-pkVnDcH-oQ
I think their twitter feed shows just how they've responded 
https://twitter.com/peugeotuk
Anyway, off out in my boring beige 208 GTi now
https://twitter.com/peugeotuk
Anyway, off out in my boring beige 208 GTi now
kayzee said:
This is a fantastic looking thing though...
Looks exotic. And in the words of my friend (Jackie) who being a girl, actually bought one, "It's a stinking peice of unreliable s
t, and the dealer is a fkwit, retard and a tt" - I think she had a few problems with the engine, just out of warranty, that cost her a months take home pay. kayzee said:
This is a fantastic looking thing though...
Thats about as good looking as an Audi TT ... ie. not.I picked up a 407SW a week before the show aired (having previously been pootling around in various BMWs and Audis), I'm obviously choosing the right marque if TG are slating them.
The 2.0HDI is rough as a bag of bolts, the electronics are an embarrassment (complaining about fog lights when all the lights are working), complaining about DPF fluid level (its fine), you can't switch off the A/C if you have an aftermarket stereo, they put on tyre sensors for no reason other than it being something else to fail .... Don't care, its a cracking family car, rides well, handles better than the old A6 or 316Ti, plenty of space and practicality.
iambeowulf said:
What, by posting a load of rally cars/specials and "GT" versions of boring cars?
Yey, go Peugeot. >high five<
That'll show 'em.
The basic versions of those cars they highlighted, 205, 405, 306, 106 were all pretty good compared to todays dire offerings.
Lol, each to their own.Yey, go Peugeot. >high five<
That'll show 'em.
The basic versions of those cars they highlighted, 205, 405, 306, 106 were all pretty good compared to todays dire offerings.
kayzee said:
This is a fantastic looking thing though...
Yes it is 
Back to the topic though, I basically stopped buying Peugeot's after the 1990's when the last decent one I bought was the 306 GTI-6 (I nearly made the mistake of trading in my Subaru for a new 206 GTI 180, that would have been a really bad move), and yes TG took the p1ss out of Peugeot over that period of time (remember the 307 and its amazing advancing speedo's??), they basically did lose the plot and produced very little that could be deemed as good, just average at best most of the time.
Now they have picked up and are building decent models again (the 208 GTI, RCZ's, the new 308 GT(i) hopefully soon) and are having a good house clearing with their model range.
It can only really improve at Peugeot, Citroen have done a good job with what they now produce and with China now becoming their main backer and buyer, you can only see success on the horizon if they do this right.
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