The 2008 has been a significant money cow for Peugeot over the previous few years. It’s frequently been amongst Europe’s prime three best-selling B-segment subcompact SUVs, topped the phase in 2021 and was the fifth hottest car total on the continent that 12 months.

However final 12 months’s efficiency wasn’t so sizzling, the crossover slipping outdoors the listing of prime 10 promoting autos, that means this facelifted 2008 must hit the bottom working.

The excellent news is that it is going to be working sooner than the outdated 2008 ever may due to some helpful mechanical upgrades. The electrical model of the 2008, the e-2008, which accounted for over 17 p.c of European 2008 gross sales in 2022, making it a significant participant within the lineup, will get a bigger 54 kWh battery pack that we first noticed within the e-308 hatch and wagon and is making its means into the little e-208 hatch this 12 months. That improve from the outdated 50 kWh battery improves the e-2008’s vary from an unimpressive 214 miles (344 km) to a extra helpful 252 miles (406 km).

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Extra EV Energy, New Delicate-Hybrid Possibility

However the up to date EV’s advantages don’t finish there. The bigger battery is mated to a brand new 154 hp (156 PS) electrical motor that positive aspects 20 hp (20 PS), which ought to assist enhance on the outgoing model’s 8.5-second zero to 62 mph (97 km) time. If there’s a draw back it’s that the e-2008 nonetheless can’t cost at greater than 100 kW, that means a 0-80 p.c fill takes half-hour. For these eager to cost at dwelling Peugeot continues to supply an non-compulsory 11 kW on-board charger for individuals who discover the 7.5-hour cost time the usual 7.4 kW model wants just too lengthy.

The opposite essential mechanical information is the arrival of a 48-volt 1.2-liter mild-hybrid engine that Peugeot claims can function greater than 50 p.c of the time as an EV, reducing gas consumption by 15 p.c. Peugeot introduced two variations of this engine initially of the 2023, each that includes a 28 hp (28 PS) electrical motor contained in the six-speed dual-clutch transmission, however pairing that motor with 99 hp (100 PS) and 134 hp (136 PS) variations of the 1.2 combustion motor. The 2008 solely will get the warmer of these, and it received’t arrive till 2024, a number of months after the remainder of the vary.

Nonetheless don’t like the concept of a type of new-fangled hybrids, or fancy a handbook shift? Then you definitely’ll be higher served by the bottom 99 hp non-hybrid 1.2-liter PureTech 100, which comes solely with a six-speed DIY transmission, or the marginally punchier PureTech 130 (128 hp /130 PS) that’s mated to both the six-ratio handbook or an eight pace auto.

Greater Grille, New Lights

The 2008’s visible overhaul is pretty discrete, however it does achieve a brand new wider grille that provides the crossover extra perspective and options Peugeot’s new company emblem. Additionally new are the three cat-claw DRLs mounted within the decrease bumper rather than the only fang on both sides of the outdated automotive’s nostril. GT vehicles could be recognized by headlamps with three LED modules, however all vehicles achieve new back lights with horizontal LED slats embedded within the cluster.

The inside adjustments are more durable to identify however there are refreshed materials and the 10-inch i-Cockpit instrument cluster will get a graphical makeover, whereas GT fashions nonetheless set themselves aside with a 3D show. And over within the heart of the sprint all model now include a 10-inch touchscreen for the up to date infotainment system. Sticking with the tech theme, Peugeot has additionally added extra performance to the MyPeugeot app. It now permits 2008 drivers to retailer digital copies of all upkeep invoices and ship navigation particulars to the automotive from their smartphones forward of a journey.