The Peugeot 2008 is a compact SUV, and in practice a raised Peugeot 208 with a longer body: both sit on Stellantis’s Common Modular Platform, as do the Opel and Vauxhall Corsa and the DS 3. It measures 4,304 mm long on a 2,605 mm wheelbase and carries 434 litres of luggage, a figure that puts it near the top of its size class.
Peugeot facelifted it in 2023, replacing the nose with the brand’s three-claw light signature and a body-coloured grille panel, and fitting the current i-Cockpit with a small high-set steering wheel and a digital instrument display read over the rim rather than through it. UK trims run Allure, Envy, GT and GT Premium.
The UK engine range is short. A 1.2-litre PureTech three-cylinder badged Turbo 100, with a six-speed manual, is the entry point at 99 hp and 205 Nm and takes 10.8 seconds to reach 100 km/h. Above it sit a 1.2 Petrol 130 with an eight-speed automatic and the Hybrid 145, a 48V mild hybrid whose small electric motor is housed inside a six-speed e-DSC6 dual-clutch gearbox. That motor cannot drive the car at road speed, but it fills in torque before the turbo responds and lets the car creep and manoeuvre with the engine off, which is where a mild hybrid saves most of its fuel. The hybrid is the Hybrid 145 only; the UK price list carries no Hybrid 136.
The electric e-2008 uses the same body and is sold alongside, with a 54 kWh battery and a 156 PS motor, but it is specced and priced as its own model. UK on-the-road prices for the petrol and mild-hybrid range run from 25,765 pounds for the Turbo 100 in Allure trim to 32,515 pounds for the Hybrid 145 in GT Premium, and include delivery, number plates, 12 months of road tax and the registration fee. European cars come from Stellantis’s Vigo plant in Galicia, with local assembly elsewhere for Argentina, China, Malaysia, Pakistan and Vietnam.
