2017 Peugeot 108 GT Line Review – What’s this new GT Line then?

Maybe you’re aware of this and maybe you aren’t, but the Peugeot 108 is actually
one of three triplet cars that share much of the same platform and components: the 108,
the Citroen C1 and the Toyota Aygo. But despite the fact there’s so much shared
DNA, each does a good job of setting itself apart from the others, particularly this baby
Pug. Unique to this car is the option of this new GT-Line trim, which aims to make the 108
a bit sportier. Emphasis on the ‘look’ though. Too often
though these sorts of city cars look nice on the surface, but jump inside, take one
for a drive and things start to fall apart. How does the 108 measure up…?
The cabin here is quite smart and quite funky, certainly a huge step up over the previous
107, though it is distinctly plasticky in parts. Things kinda creak and squeak and rattle
a bit a bit, particularly when you’re driving along, but it’s stylish, comfortable to
sit in and there’s plenty of little storage places too.
You can have a Peugeot 108 for £8,835 for the entry-level model though this GT-Line
is a bit more. £13,325 for the three-door and £400 on top of that for the five. There’s
plenty of kit for your money though, with stuff like this seven-inch touchscreen, DAB
radio and a handy reversing camera. Exclusive to the GT-Line model are the snazzy
15-inch alloys plus a sportier body kit with a rear spoiler and tinted rear windows. There’s
leather sports seats with red highlights, plus sat-nav and safety kit like Active City
Brake and Lane Departure Warning. Beware the sat-nav on this car which is, I
have to say it, almost comically bad to look at. It’s like somebody drew it in Paint,
and it kinda works like the same way too; just watch the position marker jump about
the screen. Personalisation is a big selling point of
this car too and you can go mad with the personalisation options on all 108s, with things like contrasting
roof and bonnet colours, all sorts of interesting decals and a load of different colour choices
for this dashboard trim. Me? I’d probably save my money, I think the GT-Line looks snazzy
as is and I think it’d be an easy car to ruin, plus expensive.
Can have it as a three-door or a five-door, we’ve got the five which makes it a litttttle
more practical, but of course this is still a tiny car. In other words, you probably won’t
be transporting too many people here in the back and there’s not a lot of headroom – but
I’ll show you where these five doors come in handy.
Say you’ve got a baby or a toddler; having to worm your way around the B-pillar in a
three-door hatch to fit the car seat or strap the kid in, it takes some serious Cirque Du
Soleil contortionism and core strength. With five doors, it’s much easier to access the
back to secure or remove child seats, or to wrassle in a grumpy two-year old first thing
in the morning. Still, Peugeot realises people don’t use
the rear seats of these too much and so for this new model it’s focused more on improving
boot space. The boot has 196 litres or 180 if you get a model with the spare wheel, which
comes standard on GT Line. Not a whole lot of room then, but more than the Fiat 500 – though
the Hyundai i10 and Kia Picanto both offer more space.
The car we’re driving here today is the most powerful 108 available, which is powered
by an 82bhp 1.25-litre three-cylinder engine. It’s not hugely fast but it’s very lightweight
– about 0.8 tonnes – which means it feels peppy enough; 0-62mph in 10.9 seconds.
Its light weight and tiny wheelbase also means that it feels really quite agile too, perfect
for nipping about tight city streets and even the occasional country lane if you want. The
turning circle is around 31 feet, that’s 9.6 metres, and so it’s really nimble.
Maybe not as much as something like a Smart Car and the Fiat 500 has a slightly smaller
turning circle, but it still makes nipping in and out of tight spaces, junctions and
streets a breeze. It is quite an unrefined car though, with
the engine one of those old-school three pots that’s loud and thrashy, and it’s kinda
coarse to drive at times as well. The light controls are easy to use, but it can be hard
car to drive smoothly and tends to shudder in lower gears.
Still, Peugeot says it’s quite efficient with this 1.25 able to return 65.7mpg on paper
with 99g/km of CO2 and provided you do short journeys or stay in mostly urbane areas, it
should make for a very efficient little runaround. Good looking, well equipped and often quite
a fun little city car, the 108 isn’t huge on space - but then what city car is? – and
a little rough round the edges in places, but its blend of value for money and style,
particularly on this GT-Line trim model, will surely win it a lot of fans.

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