RE: 2022 Peugeot 308 GT Hybrid 225 | PH Review
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I did 300 miles in a hired Pug 2008 yesterday.
Great ride but the dashboard just didn’t work. I could either get comfortable but have the dials totally obscured by the wheel or drive crunched up and have a chance of seeing how fast I was going. Or sit on a cushion.
It seems to me that Peugeot are being bloody minded in persevering with the low dash, small wheel design when it just doesn’t work.
The Stellantis infotainment system is completely unintuitive to me. I couldn’t get my phone to play music through the car, except once, then I tried the sat nav, the phone got disconnected and wouldn’t be recognised again. Hopeless, and I write as a serial Peugeot owner.
Great ride but the dashboard just didn’t work. I could either get comfortable but have the dials totally obscured by the wheel or drive crunched up and have a chance of seeing how fast I was going. Or sit on a cushion.
It seems to me that Peugeot are being bloody minded in persevering with the low dash, small wheel design when it just doesn’t work.
The Stellantis infotainment system is completely unintuitive to me. I couldn’t get my phone to play music through the car, except once, then I tried the sat nav, the phone got disconnected and wouldn’t be recognised again. Hopeless, and I write as a serial Peugeot owner.
CoupeKid said:
It seems to me that Peugeot are being bloody minded in persevering with the low dash, small wheel design when it just doesn’t work.
Maybe there's a Peugeot dealer reading who can let us know how many sales they have lost over the last decade because of this? Customers (like me) who sit in the car for five seconds and then run out of the dealership door?You certainly don't see as many Pugs on the road as you used to.
sosidge said:
CoupeKid said:
It seems to me that Peugeot are being bloody minded in persevering with the low dash, small wheel design when it just doesn’t work.
Maybe there's a Peugeot dealer reading who can let us know how many sales they have lost over the last decade because of this? Customers (like me) who sit in the car for five seconds and then run out of the dealership door?You certainly don't see as many Pugs on the road as you used to.
Boxster5 said:
Prices are getting silly - nearly £40k - it’ll be saddled with the “luxury car tax” once options added & it ain’t no luxury car!
The WEF want an end to private car ownership for the masses.First ban all cheap to make ICE cars. Then make the price of EV's out of the reach of millions of low paid workers. Then to get the low paid workers out of their old ICE cars, raise fuel duty and road tax beyond what they can legitimately afford.
GroundEffect 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?Perhaps even Peugeot acknowledge that nobody is ever going to plug it in. Does that assume a maximum charge speed of just 3.6kW?!
It's a striking looking thing but I can't see many people who will look past the offerings from VAG, BMW or Mercedes at this price-point. You'd have to be mental.
3 pin plugs are always going to be 2.3kW in UK, and our wallboxes are standard 7kW. Limited by our electrical supply.
If you want more range, the batteries get bigger. They take longer to charge.
Dunno what you expect?
What is so complicated about batteries that people don't get? Battery is 12kwh, mains charger is 2kw (for the sake of argument) therefore 6hrs to charge. Battery is 70kwh, wall box is 7kw, therefore 10hrs to charge.....
Battery is 12kwh, efficiency is 3miles/kwh.... Range is 36miles battery alone. In fact I think the 37miles they project sounds pretty accurate.
The previous shape looked quite balanced in an understated way, but that new nose they have grafted on looks appalling and clearly a cheaply executed afterthought.
Worst of all though is the comedy dashboard that is horrible. Having had the misfortune to have recently used one as a rental car, I can confirm it is as hideous to use for real as it looks in the pictures.
No thanks. I would buy a Kia or Hyundai and enjoy the reliability as a bonus!
Worst of all though is the comedy dashboard that is horrible. Having had the misfortune to have recently used one as a rental car, I can confirm it is as hideous to use for real as it looks in the pictures.
No thanks. I would buy a Kia or Hyundai and enjoy the reliability as a bonus!
Edited by yme402 on Friday 9th December 14:56
Edited by yme402 on Friday 9th December 15:04
Hi All
I purchased the new Peugeot 308 hybrid 225 bhp gt in May 2022 ,since November 2022 I found a major fault in that the car will only accept 13 miles of battery charge to run on and not the 37/40 miles quoted, I fully understand that figures can be manipulated but to only be able to drive 13 miles before having ro run on petrol then as the whole purpose of me buying this car was to save fuel then my money has been taken under false pretences, I know of at least one other dealer facing this problem and they took the car back and gave a full refund but apart from a gesture of £400 I have not got any further nearly 2 year down the road .Caveat Emptor (buyer beware)
I purchased the new Peugeot 308 hybrid 225 bhp gt in May 2022 ,since November 2022 I found a major fault in that the car will only accept 13 miles of battery charge to run on and not the 37/40 miles quoted, I fully understand that figures can be manipulated but to only be able to drive 13 miles before having ro run on petrol then as the whole purpose of me buying this car was to save fuel then my money has been taken under false pretences, I know of at least one other dealer facing this problem and they took the car back and gave a full refund but apart from a gesture of £400 I have not got any further nearly 2 year down the road .Caveat Emptor (buyer beware)
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