Road Test
Peugeot 308
Test date 17 October 2007
Price as tested £15,395
For Class-leading cabin and boot space, improved interior finish, refinement
Against Fussy styling, unengaging handling and crude ride, imprecise gearchange
How much ?
- Price as tested £15,395
- Price as tested £15,345
How fast
- 0-30mph 3.8 sec
- 0-60mph 11 sec
- 0-100mph 34.2 sec
- 0-150mph no data
- 0-200mph
no data
- 30-70mph
no data
- 0-400m
no data
- 0-1000m
no data
- 30-50mph in 3rd/4th
6 / 9.4
- 40-60mph in 4th/5th
9.1 / 13.1 sec
- 50-70mph in 5th
no data
- 60-0mph
no data
- Top speed
no data
- Noise at 70mph
72 dbA
How thirsty?
- Test average
32.1 mpg
- Test best/worst
40.8 / 12
Government figures
- Combined/urban
42.2 / 30.4 mpg
- CO2 emissions
159 g/km
How big?
- Length
4276 mm
- Width
1821 mm
- Height
1519 mm
- Wheelbase
2608 mm
- Weight
1362 kg
- Fuel tank
60.0 litres
Engine
- Layout no data, 1598 cc
- Max power 120 bhp at 6000 rpm
- Max torque 118 ft at 4250 rpm
- Specific output no data
- Power to weight no data
- Installation F
- Bore/stoke 77 x 85.8 mm
- Compression ratio no data
- Valve gear no data
- Ignition and fuel no data, Unleaded
Gearbox
- Type 5-speed Manual
- 1st 3.85 / 4
- 2nd 1.86 / 8.4
- 3rd 1.29 / 12.1
- 4th 0.95 / 16.4
- 5th 0.744 / 21
- 6th no data
- Final drive 4.764
Suspension
- Front Independent with MacPherson type struts and anti-roll bar
- Rear Deformable U shaped cross member located by two arms and a hollow anti roll bar
Steering
- Type Hydraulic electro-pump variable assisted rack-and-pinion
- Lock to lock 2.80
Brakes
- Front 283x26mm Ventilated Discs
- Rear 249x9mm Solid Discs
Wheel & tyres
- Size front 17'' Alloy in
- Size rear 17'' Alloy in
- Made of Alloy
- Tyres front 225/45 R17
- Tyres rear 225/45 R17
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