Peugeot e-208 long term test
Will the all-electric Peugeot E-208 prove to be a smart choice for a combination of city-centre commuting and motorway journeys up and down the country? We're living with one to find out...
The car Peugeot e-208 GT 51kWh Run by James Tute, Content Editor
Why it's here To see if Peugeot’s small electric car is agile enough for city driving while remaining practical for longer trips to the Shires
Needs to Be well-suited to rush-hour traffic and comfy on motorway drives, with enough range for hassle-free long journeys
Mileage 4886 List price £32,900 Target Price £32,900 Price as tested £34,760 Official range 248 miles Test range 187 miles
31 January 2025 – Charge of the bright brigade
If you go to Águeda in Portugal, make sure you take shades: judging by the Agueda Yellow paint job on my Peugeot e-208, it’s a destination that’ll dazzle you.
Personally, I think it’s a great colour choice to make this little electric car stand out – and solves one problem with running a smaller model: losing it in a car park. I’ve always found the e-208 easy to spot, even when it’s crouched in the shadow of an SUV on a gloomy day in a supermarket car park.
The pedestrian who blew my car a kiss at a zebra crossing a few weeks ago seemed to agree – but as our list of the most popular car colours shows, plenty of people don’t.
There’s a good reason for choosing boring old grey, black or white, as so many new-car buyers do: resale values. Most cars are easier to sell on if they’re dressed for a formal occasion rather than a rave. And I wouldn’t seek to convince anyone to go for bright rather than bland, but I do think there’s another practical reason for picking a more playful colour, especially for a small car like the e-208.
With so many distractions and dangers on the roads, anything that makes it easier for us to see each other as we switch lanes, adjust to changing speed limits, and so on is a very good thing.
I’d describe myself as careful rather than supremely skilful behind the wheel, so it’s good to know that my car isn’t just another shade of grey against a grey sky on a grey and rainy day (and, recently, in murky grey fog).
The e-208 has a good – four-star – Euro NCAP safety rating, rather the top five stars, but what it didn't score so well on was for protecting vulnerable road users – so, again, being more visible seems unquestionably good.
Better still, Agueda Yellow is the standard colour for the e-208 (and Peugeot 208). If you want one of the other six options (including, naturally, black, white and two shades of grey), you’ll pay either £450, £750 or £950 extra.
So, like shopping at a budget supermarket, my dazzling e-208 is both cheap(er) and cheerful.
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