What is it" Mid-life refresh for Peugeot?s compact SUV.
Key features: Subtle styling changes, upgraded interior.
Our View: Peugeot launched its 2008 in 2013, producing a compact SUV sister to the 208 supermini to take on the likes of Ford?s B-Max and the Vauxhall Meriva. Since then 40,000 have been sold since to UK buyers, part of half a million produced for the European market, so there seems to be no need to be too radical in penning this mid-life refresh.
Therefore the recipe for the facelifted version, arriving in UK showrooms in July 2016, is a familiar one, focusing on subtle changes to the styling and updating the cabin to keep pace with the relentless march of interior technology, along with adding a new trim level, while leaving the mechanical package well alone. According to its creators the visual changes to the 2008 give it a more ?robust? look, while keeping it in tune with the brand?s latest design language. They concentrate on the front end ? the grille is more vertical, with the Peugeot lion logo placed promimently on it, and combined with revised bumper and light designs.
In effect the more muscular look is confined to those models from Allure ? third of the four trim levels, and achieved by new wheel arch extensions to give the car a wider stance, and scuff plates. A new exterior colour option also debuts, dubbed Ultimate Red.
The major changes are within ? with Peugeot?s i-cockpit evolving into the crossover, complete with its signature small steerin...