Robin
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Registered: 7th Jan 04
Location: Northants Drives: Clio 182 Cup
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Went for a test drive in one this morning (was a bit bored  , and a new Pug dealer has opened near me)
Its a very nice car, nice progressive power, seems fairly well screwed together, and looks good IMO, except for the front grille, which looks massive in pics, but isn't as bad in the flesh.
Not amazingly quick, only 150bhp (but the engine is shared with the new mini, which is 175bhp with different software), but it goes well, and there is no real turbo lag to speak of.
It likes corners though, like most french cars 
The GTi is due next year, with 200bhp, and should be a bit quicker.
Quite expensive though, i think the list price is £14.5k or thereabouts  , but the spec is pretty good for that, glass roof as standard, TC, EBD, Stability control, and all the usual stuff.
What do people think? I'd have one.
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City
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Registered: 30th Dec 03
Location: Wakefield Drives: Red GSi
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not keen
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mwg
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Registered: 19th Feb 04
Location: South Lakes
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I'm not really a fan TBH
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mav
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Registered: 19th Jun 01
Location: Scotland
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Styling is bland / front lights way to big....
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Marc
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Registered: 11th Aug 02
Location: York
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Engine size? 1.6?
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Robin
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Registered: 7th Jan 04
Location: Northants Drives: Clio 182 Cup
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1.6 Turbo Marc.
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Marc
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Registered: 11th Aug 02
Location: York
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Super dooper.
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Scoty B
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Registered: 14th Feb 06
Location: East Kilbride, Glasgow 1873
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The rear end is so so wrong.
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SXi_Tim
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Registered: 11th Mar 03
Location: South Yorkshire Drives: RS3, LET B
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Looks like every other brand new car on the road, and its Peugeot 
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Marc
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Registered: 11th Aug 02
Location: York
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Looks practically the same 
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Ojc
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Registered: 14th Nov 00
Location: Reading: Drives : Clio 197
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I actually like them.
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Robin
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Registered: 7th Jan 04
Location: Northants Drives: Clio 182 Cup
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I was thinking that, the back end looks the same as the 206.
It looks really good in the flesh.
Tim, Peugeots aren't unreliable, my brother had a 106 when he was 18, and it NEVER broke in 3 years.
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Tom
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Registered: 3rd Apr 02
Location: Wirral, Merseyside
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Mates just bought a 1.4 cos' his missus is learning to drive and they're sharing 
He's got rid of his subaru and got a bike , then he got a very hefty payrise and thought nice one - evo until his birdmessed things up by learning to drive and being a porper.
I don't like them much tbh.
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Jenko_Sport
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Registered: 25th May 06
Location: Stoke-on-Trent
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Ooo just think of a wide arched rally spec version
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SXi_Tim
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Registered: 11th Mar 03
Location: South Yorkshire Drives: RS3, LET B
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quote:
Originally posted by Robin
I was thinking that, the back end looks the same as the 206.
It looks really good in the flesh.
Tim, Peugeots aren't unreliable, my brother had a 106 when he was 18, and it NEVER broke in 3 years.
Didn't say they were unreliable just the fact i don't like any of Peugeots new styling, all the new models look too similar from the front
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BlueCorsa
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Registered: 14th Jan 04
Location: Midlands Drives: MB SLK250 CDI
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Read in The Times today that the 207GTi is going to be just 175BHP - sounding the same as the New Mini.
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MarkM
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Registered: 11th Apr 01
Location: Liverpool
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Not a fan...doesnt look ground breaking at all...
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jamesvalver
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Registered: 21st Feb 03
Location: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
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in my opinion is FUGLY
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Robin
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Registered: 7th Jan 04
Location: Northants Drives: Clio 182 Cup
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Its definitely one to split opinions. I think its a great looking car from the rear, its just the front grille, which looks massive in pics.
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STEvieXE
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Registered: 21st Jan 03
Location: Ballymena N.I.
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i like it in the way that id never buy one but i like them...
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Joe
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Registered: 20th Jun 04
Location: Hesketh Bank, Lancashire
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Looks tremendously boring, and looks very similar too all other rivals.
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