REVIEW: The Peugeot 408 is a sleek, stylish SUV-estate, but can it do enough to separate itself from the Citroen C5X on which it's based?
, a car that aims to combine coupé looks with plenty of practicality and a smattering of SUV style. Not only do they share a similar fastback profile , it’s underpinned by the same EMP2 V3 architecture and offers an almost identical line-up of powertrains, including the petrol-electric plug-in hybrid tested here and a forthcoming all-electric version.
Clamber aboard and the 408 provides further proof of Peugeot’s push to be a premium player, with plenty of soft-touch materials and the firm’s now trademark angular dashboard architecture that includes its i-Cockpit layout. As ever, i-Cockpit remains a bone of contention, with many drivers finding that the top of the small steering wheel impedes their view of the instrument cluster, which is a shame, because the 3D-effect display looks pretty cool..
For starters, the tried and tested 222bhp PHEV powertrain continues to be a mixed bag. In electric-only mode , the 408 is a hushed and relaxing partner, the 79bhp electric motor delivering just enough urge to keep up with the flow of traffic. When the 1.6-litre four-cylinder turbo petrol engine chimes in, it does so fairly unobtrusively, while the eight-speed automatic slurs gears smoothly enough for easy-going progress.
All of which made it hard to get into the flow on the tighter and twister sections of our route, where the powertrain was often caught napping. On faster and more flowing roads, however, the 408 was able to demonstrate much of the fluency found in models such as theand the latest 308 – cars that prove Peugeot’s chassis engineers still know their stuff.
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