Peugeot 2008 Review & Prices

The Peugeot 2008 is a stylish, small SUV with a lovely interior, but it’s cramped and it isn’t very comfortable to drive around town

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Reviewed by Carwow after extensive testing of the vehicle.

What's good

  • Stylish exterior design
  • Fun and cheap to run
  • 3D dashboard display

What's not so good

  • Adults cramped in the back
  • Sluggish automatic gearbox
  • Infotainment system can be a pain to navigate
At a glance
Model
Peugeot 2008
Body type
SUVs
Available fuel types
Petrol
Acceleration (0-60 mph)
8.3 - 10.8 s
Number of seats
5
Boot space, seats up
434 litres - 3 suitcases
Exterior dimensions (L x W x H)
4,300 mm x 1,770 mm x 1,550 mm
CO₂ emissions
This refers to how much carbon dioxide a vehicle emits per kilometre – the lower the number, the less polluting the car.
111 - 138 g/km
Fuel economy
This measures how much fuel a car uses, according to official tests. It's measured in miles per gallon (MPG) and a higher number means the car is more fuel efficient.
47.9 - 62.1 mpg
Insurance group
A car's insurance group indicates how cheap or expensive it will be to insure – higher numbers will mean more expensive insurance.
16E, 21E, 23E, 24E

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Is the Peugeot 2008 a good car?

The Peugeot 2008 is one of the most stylish small SUVs on sale, and if you enjoy a raised seating position without a large footprint, it’s worth considering. The interior is fantastic and it’s fuel efficient too, but it shakes you around on rough roads and it’s not all that practical.

It’s got some compelling alternatives too, such as the more practical Volkswagen T-Cross, sportier Ford Puma and the oh-so fuel efficient Toyota Yaris Cross. You might be better off with its smaller, but mechanically related, range-mate in the excellent Peugeot 208 hatchback if you don’t need a high-set driving position, but you want the same excellent interior.

Think of the 2008 as a pair of designer cargo trousers. Yes they look utilitarian and stylish, but they’re not that comfy to wear and the pockets aren’t as big as you may have hoped.

It does look good though, with its bold, intricate grille and pointy headlights flanked by a pair of lion claw-themed LED running lights. Plastic body cladding and wheel arch trims do beef it up, while the taillight trim panel and optional contrast roof add some extra flair.

Peugeot’s cabins of late have been excellent, and the 2008 feels like a much more expensive car inside. The plush, squidgy wraparound dashboard, crisp 10.0-inch infotainment display and clicky piano key buttons are all pleasant to use and touch.

The i-Cockpit dashboard won’t be to everyone’s taste, as the small steering wheel can obstruct the dials in certain seating positions, but otherwise it’s plush to the touch; in line with the solid feeling cabin materials and build quality.

The 2008 looks really smart, especially in GT Allure trim, but it’s a shame that its posh interior isn’t very spacious

It’s a shame that the interior is such a squeeze though. Adults over six-feet tall can sit in the front comfortably enough - though the cabin does feel quite tight for elbow room - but you’ll struggle to fit four tall adults into the 2008 in real comfort, as there’s not much knee room.

The boot has a usable 434 litres of capacity, and it’s a nice rectangular shape, but the boot edge is quite high which makes loading heavy items a pain. You get not one, but two underfloor storage spaces though.

You can choose from two petrols or a hybrid engine in the 2008. The entry-level petrol with a manual gearbox is the most fuel efficient, but you’re better off with the more powerful, automatic, petrol or hybrid engine options.

In town, the 2008 is a mixed bag. The high driving position and light steering are reassuring, making it easy to flick around corners and peer over traffic, but the pillars are quite thick - especially over your shoulder - and it’s a pain to manoeuvre the 2008 into parking spaces. The 360-degree cameras help, but they show you further away from curbs than you really are, which is disconcerting.

Motorways are a bit more relaxing than town driving, as the steering weights up nicely and the suspension settles down at higher speeds. There’s a bit of wind noise from the mirrors, but it’s the optional active cruise control that frustrates, as it’s not very good at keeping you in lane.

Country lanes are best taken at moderate speeds, because uneven roads tend to bounce the 2008 around; you never quite feel confident about how much grip the front tyres have.

But as a stylish, economical SUV to potter about in, the 2008 is worthy of your consideration. You can find new Peugeot 2008 deals on Carwow, or Peugeot 2008 lease deals instead. There are used Peugeot 2008s and other used Peugeots for sale through our network of trusted dealers, and Carwow can even help you sell your current car when it’s time to switch.

How much is the Peugeot 2008?

The Peugeot 2008 has a RRP range of £27,050 to £36,120. However, with Carwow you can save on average £8,442. Prices start at £24,274 if paying cash. Monthly payments start at £255. The price of a used Peugeot 2008 on Carwow starts at £10,700.

Our most popular versions of the Peugeot 2008 are:

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The Peugeot 2008 is almost identically priced to the Volkswagen T-Cross and Ford Puma; somewhere in between the mechanically similar Vauxhall Mokka and Alfa Romeo Junior Ibrida.

Entry-level Allure models come equipped with 17-inch diamond cut alloys, 10.0-inch infotainment screen, rear privacy glass, front and rear parking sensors and a semi-leatherette interior as standard. GT models get a black roof, sports seats and LED headlights on top - as well as a swish 3D driver’s display - while GT Premium cars get 18-inch alloys, a front camera and suede seats as well.

If you don’t need as much boot space, you should check out the smaller 208 hatchback. It’s better to drive, looks even more stylish and features nearly the same interior as the bigger 2008 - while being around £5,000 cheaper.

Performance and drive comfort

The 2008 manages to be comfy while you're driving around, but there are some annoying blind spots and it can feel floaty on bumpier surfaces

In town

The 2008 has nice, light steering, although it does suffer from the traditional vague Peugeot manual gear change. At low speeds, the brakes feel a touch grabby, so you need to train your right foot to be gentle with them or you’ll be head-banging the steering wheel. 

The big, thick windscreen pillars do create some annoying blind spots, and those aren’t helped by a huge rear view mirror that leaves only a narrow gap between it and the top of the infotainment screen to look out through. 

It’s the drive comfort that lets the 2008 down, because while you don’t get bounced around by bigger bumps, small, sharp potholes and broken roads send thuds through the cabin and really shake the car about. The electric motor is particularly noisy too, noticeable when you set off from a standstill.

On the motorway

The 2008 is fairly quiet and relaxing on the motorway, and actually quite enjoyable to go on a long-distance run with. The little 1.2-litre engine also has plenty of punch, so it actually does surprisingly well when it comes to overtaking. There's some wind noise from the mirrors at higher speeds, but otherwise it’s well insulated.

The lane-assist cruise control is a let-down though, bouncing you around between the dashed lines and disengaging when you’re not expecting it. You’re far better off steering by yourself.

On a twisty road

There’s a good bit of body lean when you go around bends in the 2008, exaggerated by the small steering wheel which encourages you to flick the car into corners with a bit of verve.

You never quite have an idea of how much grip the front wheels have either; even though the steering wheel does weight up at speed it feels artificial, and while it never feels sketchy or out of place on a twisty road it will skip and hop slightly if you hit a bump mid-corner.

Really, the 2008 does exactly what you need a car such as this to do. It’s relaxing and comfortable enough for daily duties, but if you really want a tall-ish small SUV that’s properly fun to drive, you should probably be looking at the Ford Puma.

Space and practicality

Managing to beat many of its key rivals in boot space, the 2008 can be quite tight for those sitting in the back seats

The front of the 2008’s cabin is reasonably spacious, and the way the passenger-side dashboard is scalloped in means that there’s a little more knee-room on that side. 

For storage, there’s a nice lidded storage box in front of the gear lever, which can optionally have a wireless phone charging pad, and another open storage space just below that. 

There are two cupholders on the centre console — one deep, for bottles, and a shallow one for smaller coffee cups — and there’s a small storage box under the centre arm-rest, which has a tiny, kinda pointless, lift-out tray in it. Why? Nobody knows… 

The glovebox is also tiny, a common bugbear for UK-market Peugeots, because it has to share space with the fusebox. If you had a left-hand drive model, the glovebox would be twice the size. The door bins are decent, though, and can hold a big bottle of water.  

The door bins in the back are good too, and are actually almost the same size as those in the front. There are seat-back nets for storage, too.

Space in the back seats

There are ISOFIX points in the outer two back seats for child safety (and GT models can have another set of points in the front passenger seat) but there are some niggles here.

First off, the door opening is quite narrow, so it can be a faff to squeeze a big seat in, while the ISOFIX anchors are covered with little zipped panels. That zip feels pretty flimsy and it’s likely to break if you’re using them a lot. Still, there’s enough space to load in a bulky rear-facing seat, which is good. 

Rear seat space is fine in terms of legroom and headroom for adults, but if you’re trying to fit three people across the back, the way the roof-line leans inwards means that those sitting in the outer seats will find their heads brushes the sides of the roof. The rear windows are quite shallow too, which means that kids won’t be able to see out quite so well.

Boot space

The 2008’s boot is decent, with 434 litres of available space on offer. You can fit a big suitcase, little suitcase, and a squashy bag; or you could easily fit in a big, folded-up baby buggy.

That's better than the Skoda Kamiq's and Seat Arona's 400 litres but falls short of the Volkswagen T-Cross, which has 455 litres, and the Ford Puma, which has 456 litres. It's much more space than the Vauxhall Mokka (355 litres), while the funky Citroen C3 Aircross also doesn't quite match up at 410 litres.

There’s no load lip, so heavy items can be slid in and out easily, and the boot floor is adjustable to height if you really need to pack things in — plus, there’s even a nice, tactile metal handle for moving the boot floor. A nice touch. However, don’t bother looking for tie-down points, luggage hooks, or 12-volt sockets because they’re not there. 

The rear seats split-fold in a 60:40 ratio, and they do lie mostly flat (although there is a slight incline). The 2008 has the Ford Puma beaten for seats-down space — 1,467 litres. 

Annoyingly, though, the rear seatbelts get caught and trapped very easily when you fold and unfold the rear seat. That wouldn’t happen in a Skoda Kamiq… However, what is very good is that the luggage cover fits under the adjustable boot floor when you’re not using it, which is so much better than leaving it at home.

Interior style, infotainment and accessories

For those wanting a funky cabin, the 2008 delivers in spades. It's just a shame the updated infotainment system still isn't the easiest to use

If anything, the 2008’s interior is even more interesting than its striking exterior. You get a multi-layered dashboard, which is mostly made from very nice, soft-touch materials (although things do get a bit cheaper and scratchier as you go further down). 

Below the main touchscreen, there’s a nice panel that has shortcut controls for the screen, as well as ‘hot keys’ for things like defrosting the windscreen and switching on the hazard lights. These can be a pain to use as they're touch-sensitive rather than physical dials and buttons, so you have to look away from the road to use them.

Some parts seem a bit cheaply built, but overall the 2008’s cabin looks and feels pretty expensive. 

That new 10.0-inch infotainment screen, introduced as part of the 2023 updates, helps to elevate the interior. It looks great and gets some smart, snazzy graphics that respond quickly to your inputs. The only downside is that it's still not the most intuitive system to navigate around – though Apple CarPlay and Android Auto come as standard, which is good news.

You get two USB sockets (one regular, one USB-C) in the front on all but the most basic models, and two more in the back. The digital instruments — again standard on everything but the base model, which gets analogue dials — are really nice, looking high-tech and allowing you to choose from a swathe of different displays.

The mix of high-set instruments with the tiny, low-set steering wheel looks pretty cool, and it can work for some drivers, but many will find that when they’re sitting comfortably, the top of the steering wheel cuts across the instruments. That’s annoying. 

What’s not annoying is that the doors wrap around under the sills of the car, so when you’re getting in and out, you won’t be putting stripes of road grim up the backs of your trousers.

MPG, emissions and tax

There are two petrol engines to choose from. The entry level engine is a 1.2-litre unit that comes with a six-speed manual gearbox and makes 100hp with official fuel economy of up to 53.2mpg. Step up the range and you get the same engine with a 130hp output. Allure versions have the same manual gearbox, but GT models use an eight-speed automatic. The manual is a bit more economical, seeing up to 52.7mpg in official tests, compared with 48.9 in the auto.

The 2008 is a reasonably economical vehicle. We averaged 47mpg, driving the 130hp version of the 1.2-litre petrol engine with the six-speed manual gearbox. You won’t get much better economy from the cheaper 100hp version, because it does struggle with the car’s weight. 

All have very similar CO2 emissions of between 120 and 140g/km, meaning first-year road tax is on the lower end of the scale. When it comes to company car tax, each is around 30% benefit-in-kind, but the electric E-2008 is your best bet in this regard at just 2%.

Safety and security

The Peugeot 2008 scored four stars when tested by Euro NCAP in 2019, scoring particularly well in adult and child occupant safety. Its pedestrian safety and safety assist systems are what stopped it getting a full five-star rating.

All models get front driver and passenger airbags, as well as front side airbags, and full-length curtain airbags. Also standard is cruise control with a speed limiter, lane-keeping assistance for the steering, and speed sign recognition. Adaptive cruise control, which maintains your distance to the car in front and can keep you in lane, is an optional extra on top-spec versions.

Reliability and problems

Peugeot came seventh out of 31 manufacturers in the 2024 Driver Power owner satisfaction survey, which bodes well if you’re considering adding a 2008 to your driveway.

Peugeot’s warranty isn’t all that generous, though. You get a basic three-year, 60,000-mile warranty as standard, although that can be extended out to 100,000 miles as a cost option. Peugeot offers an inclusive service plan, which costs £18 per month for petrol or diesel models.

Peugeot 2008 FAQs

The Peugeot 2008 recently finished in the top 15 models in a recent major UK survey of owner satisfaction, so owners seem happy with its reliability. The current 2008 has been the subject of some recalls, but largely for issues such as a loose rear shock absorber mounting bolt, anti-corrosion protection concerns on the front subframe and a blocked AdBlue injector on early diesel models.

The Peugeot warranty doesn’t stand up well against cars such as Kia, with just a basic three-year, 60,000-mile warranty as standard. It can be extended to 100,000 miles, but at an additional cost.

The Peugeot 2008 can tow a trailer or caravan up to 1,200kg. The all-electric E-2008 version doesn’t have a trailer rating, so can’t tow.

The Peugeot 2008 is 4,300mm long, 1,770mm wide and 1,550mm high, which makes it comparable in size to the Hyundai Kona or Volkswagen T-Roc.

All versions of the Peugeot 2008 have front-wheel drive. However, Peugeot does offer an electronic Advanced Grip Control feature that is designed to improve traction in sand, mud and snow.

The Peugeot 2008 is perfectly suited for a family of four, but the rear seats aren’t as spacious as those in alternative cars. Part of the reason for that is the fact that the 2008’s boot is one of the largest in its class, so there’s room for buggies, bags and whatever else a family needs to haul. The infotainment system is a bit fiddly, though, which isn’t great when trying to fulfil family requests.

All models in the current Peugeot 2008 model line-up are compliant with the London ULEZ. The same is true for all versions of the original 2013 generation car.

The Peugeot 2008 is offered on the Motability scheme in the UK, with four variants available to those on the scheme.

Peugeot 2008 models fall within insurance groups 8-24, but the costs may vary slightly because of differences in trim levels and engine size.

The GT trim is the best in the Peugeot 2008 range, simply because it has the most equipment. However, it’s also more expensive, so there’s an argument that the mid-range Allure trim offers the best balance of features and sticker price, making it the best-value 2008.

The main difference between the 2008 and the 3008 is size. The 3008 is 147mm longer, 70mm wider and 7mm taller than the 2008. It also has 59mm more ground clearance. The 3008 also has a boot capacity of 520 litres, 86 litres more than the 2008.

Well, the 2008 is cheaper, but the 3008 is roomier. The latest 3008 is a stylish SUV-coupé and looks really eye-catching, but while the 2008 isn’t as striking it’s still a good-looking car. On balance, the 2008 just shades it for value, but both are good cars.

You are more likely to run into trouble with a diesel Peugeot 2008 than a petrol. Look out for problems with the DPF (diesel particulate filter) or electrical gremlins. We’ve also heard of trouble with faulty sensors.

Yes. The hybrid is only available with an automatic gearbox. The 1.2-litre, 130hp petrol can be bought with either a manual or an auto, whereas the 100hp petrol is manual-only.

The boot has a capacity of 434 litres with the rear seats in place, measured up to the parcel shelf. Fold the back seats down and take out the parcel shelf and that increases to 1,467 litres. That’s a decent capacity for a car of this size.

Peugeot supplies a three-year warranty with the 2008. Mileage is unlimited in the first two years but capped at 60,000 miles in year three. Extended Peugeot warranties can be bought at extra cost.

Go for a Peugeot 2008 with a manual gearbox and it will have six gears. The same applies to the auto in the hybrid. The automatic ‘box for the 130hp 1.2 petrol is an eight-speed.

No. The Peugeot 2008 has five seats, not seven. Any die-hard Peugeot fan wanting a seven-seater should consider the larger 5008.

The 2008 is as French as paella. No, really. Despite being a Peugeot, it’s built in Vigo, Spain, hundreds of miles south-west of Peugeot’s Paris HQ.

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