RE: 2022 Peugeot 308 GT Hybrid 225 | PH Review

[Wab1974uk]

£40,000 for this makes the new Civic Type R look good value.

As with most cars these days, cheap interiors, horrible IPads, poor engine performance = High RRP. Bonkers

Edited by Wab1974uk on Thursday 8th December 14:58

[CrippsCorner]

Don't mind this thing at all, especially in green (always the best colour) but I've a real personal grievance with the new Peugeot badge - Absolutely hate it!

[redroadster]

Nice oozing lovely colour ,check price .....pass

[jenkosrugby]

nuttywobbler said:

Why buy this when M135i is same money and can be remapped to 400+ stage 1?

MPG: 213.8-266.2

[Dolf Stoppard]

I honestly don’t get how they can make a car as good looking as the 208 and then release this.

Like a Vauxhall it will date horribly, Peugeot will realise this and the next one will look completely different. This one will then look even more dated.

[mooseracer]

Well I'm outraged at the price and am going to cancel my order with my local Peugeot garage.

[PistonTim]

NextSlidePlease said:

Ye I will stick with my Cupra formentor hybrid for the same money. That's an outrageous price for a Peugeot hatchback.

Nice looking car though all the same, liking the new direction puegeot are heading in.

The rebadged Seat is hardly a high end vehicle on the high street.

[V8 FOU]

How daft. Plug-in only I guess, so no self charging/re-gen etc.
As others have said, it won't get plugged in. It's just for low emissions and high/unrealistic mpg figures.

[dxg]

Why pay £40k for a Vauxhall Astra?

[Iamnotkloot]

Quhet said:

I can get on board with the rear styling and side profile of this but the nose is absolutely hideous!

Yep, that’s exactly what I thought!

[Martyn76]

This is the Pug Hybrid I would be looking at for £40k , still has the silly steering wheel though.

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202206016...

[JD]

C.A.R. said:

Article said:

And the chore of a seven-hour charge on a three-pin socket (or 3h50m with a 7kW wall box)

Surely not? On a new car? Are they taking the p*ss?

No, the article just don't know what they are talking about as usual with an electric related vehicle.

Peugeot's own website says 5hr 30m from the socket, or 1h 50m from a wall box with the £400 charging option.

What on earth is the point of testing a PLUG IN hybrid but then not plugging it in?

[JD]

V8 FOU said:

How daft. Plug-in only I guess, so no self charging/re-gen etc.

How on earth in this day and age can someone be so naive to car tech that has been around for over 10 years?

Of course self charges and uses regen, thats the entire point of the drivetrain.

[muppet42]

I don't think the styling is truly horrific, given what some other manufacturers are putting out these days.

However as with many of these other manufacturers, there's just no real 'enthusiast' option anymore in the land of Pug. They did well with the reinvention of the GTi for the 208 and 308 a few years back and then I presume demand didn't translate and they gave up, which is a shame.

That badge redesign is bloody awful though, honestly don't understand what was wrong with the simple Peugeot lion of before

[Terminator X]

Did they never make the R? If not wtf not?!



TX.

[sledge68]

I like the look of these, saw one in traffic the other day and it stood out in a good way amongst all the grey and white SUVS.

I had to double take due to the new badges , and made me look on their website, i would have one for sure, just to stand out from the sea of SUVs and german stuff.

[sledge68]

Cause not everyone has a sleeve tattoo, beard and wears a baseball cap back to front.

nuttywobbler said:

Why buy this when M135i is same money and can be remapped to 400+ stage 1?

[Water Fairy]

sledge68 said:

Cause not everyone has a sleeve tattoo, beard and wears a baseball cap back to front.

nuttywobbler said:

Why buy this when M135i is same money and can be remapped to 400+ stage 1?

How dare you stereotype like that! I don't wear my cap back to front thank you very much.

[trando]

Coming to you with a huge discount anytime soon.

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JD said:

C.A.R. said:

Article said:

And the chore of a seven-hour charge on a three-pin socket (or 3h50m with a 7kW wall box)

Surely not? On a new car? Are they taking the p*ss?

No, the article just don't know what they are talking about as usual with an electric related vehicle.

Peugeot's own website says 5hr 30m from the socket, or 1h 50m from a wall box with the £400 charging option.

What on earth is the point of testing a PLUG IN hybrid but then not plugging it in?

3.6kW charging is fine for a PHEV if you have a PHEV usage profile.

I have a Cupra Leon PHEV (so direct competitor for this really). It gets charged at working during the day, and at home overnight (or just one of those in spring/summer as I can manage the 20 mile round trip on a full charge). Even a full charge at work would be full by lunch time.

It's rarely worth using public charging as once the price is north of about 50p/kWh it's cheaper to use petrol.

Best thing this time of year is having it pre-heat for departure every morning, getting into a nice warm and defrosted car.