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The Peugeot 408 comes across as an unorthodox, interesting and practical family car. The jury\u2019s still out on the 1.2-litre engine in such a substantial model, but it\u2019s usefully cheaper than plug-in alternatives.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Mileage: <\/strong>1,250<\/li>\n
- Economy: <\/strong>43.5mpg<\/li>\n
The Peugeot 408 is a relative newcomer to the Auto Express fleet, but it already feels like we\u2019re old friends. It arrived fresh from Peugeot spotlessly clean, waxed and buffed, then days later I (not quite as thoroughly groomed) took it off for a family holiday to South Wales.\u00a0<\/p>\n
We returned and were soon back into the swing of normal daily life, but as many parents returning from a week away will recognise, the Peugeot 408 had gained some weight: around 3kg of sand strewn around the interior. Take nothing but photos and leave nothing but footprints, they say, but our family had seemingly managed to acquire a sizable chunk of the beach from Three Cliffs Bay on the Gower Peninsula.<\/p>\n
Cleaning out any car after a week-long trip to the beach is never much fun, but it\u2019s even less so when every textile seems to have been laced with fine grains of sand and your only weapons are a dustpan, brush and asthmatic Black & Decker Dustbuster from the early nineties. I am just thankful that our top-spec GT version has the optional Mistral Black Nappa leather upholstery that doesn\u2019t cling on to sand grains with the same tenacity as the lesser Alcantara or fabric trim options, or the carpets.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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