206 D Turbo HDI

Advantages: Loads of mid range grunt, looks fab
Disadvantages: None

...I bought my car in March 2003 after waiting 6 weeks for it to be delievered, boy was the wait worth it. I ordered my car with leather interior, air con and sun roof, it looks smart, and it is the thinking man's GTI. So far I've completed 2000 miles in mine. I find the seats very comfortable and secure - they do hold you in when you are taking corners at speed. The main reason why I bought a 206 D Turbo was becasue of the fuel economy - I drive 90 miles everyday and I needed an econmical car after my 307 started a drink problem like Oliver Reed. I average about 45MPG when driving to and from work, strangley enough, fuel economey in city driving improves this figure to around 50MPG. The only giveaway that the car is a diesel is when it is idiling - not in terms of sheer noise, but the way the gear lever slightly vibrates, but once...

Kennyd90 30.04.2003 (11.02.2004) · Read review
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Review of Peugeot 206 2.0 HDi

Peugeot 206 Sport 1.4 55Reg

Advantages: Stylish looks, stylish interior, nice alloys
Disadvantages: Instrument panel a bit too plastic

...Sport in looks. If you want a fast car (and by that I mean affordable and not cars such as the Ferraris!) then do not go for the Sport - well not the 1.4 version anyway, definitely go for a bigger engine. However, overall, I am really unhappy about the car. I have had numerous faults already and I've only had it for eight months. First lets talk about my buying experience. I needed a car desparately as I travel to the next town for work and car rental and train tickets were getting expensive. The sales guy at a official Peugeot dealer was very friendly and very helpful. However they didn't have any Sport models for me to test drive so I had to test drive an older but similar specification 206. First moral of the story - YOU MUST BE PATIENT AND TEST DRIVE THE EXACT CAR YOU'RE GOING TO BUY. I pick up my new car a week later (one week...

leo2483 12.08.2006 · Read review
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Review of Peugeot 206 1.4

Peugeot 206cc

Advantages: nippy and a convertalbe
Disadvantages: expensive parts and labour

...i'm not going to give the Specs you can get them of a website, this is what i think of the car. I brought a peugoet 206cc last year for my girlfriend,so far its not been to bad to us The 1.6 has some kick behind. i got 120mph out it with the roof up. the peugeot has a hard ride to it, the roof works well folding back in about 45 second, streering is quite responsive. The rear seat are a waste of time unless your a child under 7, have had 5 adults in the car on the way home from casino but it is one of the most painful things to do in life. The boot space is good with the roof up and there is some with the roof down. Get a warranty its a must, parts for it are expensive, the roof hydrulic pump went on ours and would have cost us £3K to replace...

bazza111375 15.09.2008 · Read review
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Review of Peugeot 206 CC 1.6

PEUGEOT 206 1.4 - The Dark Secrets...

Advantages: Good-looking, good flexibility of back seats, user friendly dashboard.
Disadvantages: Safety is negotiable - brakes skid, 1st gear is weak

...PEUGEOT 206 1.4 FEVER 3dr PETROL (REG '04) I was so surprised to see that on my first visit to the Peugeot section of Ciao, the reputation of the Peugeot 206 is so high. Maybe I'm the one unlucky owner of one, or maybe Peugeot have assigned their employees aliases with which to trail the web and sing the car's praises. I'm not going to slate the car, just describe my observations of the vehicle from my experience, so that hopefully, you would reconsider if you like. I bought mine in June '04 from a Warwick Wright Dealership in London, with only 12.1 miles on the clock. New enough, so I was happy, as every car has test miles. Later on I would make my assumptions that maybe the Stig from Top Gear did my road test for me. The whole 'Fever' thing was promotional, just meant they beefed it up a little with fog lights, custom interior...

dub10 14.09.2005 · Read review
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Review of Peugeot 206 1.4

Peugeot 206 Look (AC) 3DR

Advantages: Nice looking Car - very nippy!
Disadvantages: Awful, awful, awful - would never buy again!

...I wanted a 206 after having two Peugeot 205s which were reliable and fantastic little runners - I thought the 206 would be the perfect upgrade. I choose the Look - a special edition which gave extra features - Air Conditioning, metallic paint, CD player, dual airbags plus more. I also had ABS added on as an extra - which was a must for safety. It is a lovely looking car and when working is a fantastic and nippy drive - I loved it - until things went wrong! Day one - the indicator unit broke - apparently a common fault. First month - leak in passengers footwell - more like a flood - again a common fault. Leak in passengers foot well and under back seats - windscreen resealed. Intermittent electrical faults - hard to prove - but the believed me eventually - faulty interior lights and headlights not turning on/off. Coil...

lizziecd 06.01.2006 · Read review
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Review of Peugeot 206 1.4

Peugeot 206CC

Advantages: Affordable convertible with a metal, auto roof
Disadvantages: Unreliable

...I have had the exact experience in Perth, Western Australia. I purchased a 206cc 2L in Dec 05 and it has been towed back to the dealer 3 times, the most recent being yesterday (11 Sep 2008). The 3 faults on the display are "Catalytic converter fault, ESP/ASR Not Functioning/Anti Pollution Fault and the engine and ESP indicator symbols are lit on the dash. The warranty ends in 3 months and the dealer has given me assurances every time that it has been fixed, only to fail again 6 months or so later. This time they replaced the battery and expect me to beleive that it's going to be ok. Ha! Do a search on the internet, there are countless threads relating to this exact same problem. What will it take to prompt Peugeot into acknowledging there is a real problem? I paid $45,000 AUD for a new, reliable car and all I've had is problems. It...

20heart 12.09.2008 · Read review
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Review of Peugeot 206 2.0

Peugeot 307 Rapier 2.0HDi (90bhp)

Advantages: great looks, fuel economy and performance
Disadvantages: had lots of problems especially with the electrics

.... I can't remember how many times the unit was replaced. The Peugeot dealer admitted there was a problem and said Peugeot were in dispute with the component manufacturers. Eventually our company fleet manager kicked up and the garage took the car back for a couple of months and gave me a 406 which was wonderful! This was in the first 6 months. Other things that went wrong included: a new alternator a really big and expensive job on the brakes (I can't remember what the problem was but until it was fixed I was afraid to drive it!) the door locks had to be replaced - for a time the back doors would not open the light on the instrument panel went the glove compartment lock broke and it wouldn't keep shut - the garage told me it happened all the time! also I found the tyres needed replacing at undeer 20,000 - this of course may be...

laveyri 11.01.2007 · Read review
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Review of Peugeot 307 2.0 HDi

Peugeot 307 HDI (90) GLX 2002

Advantages: Good Looking, Plenty of space in the front
Disadvantages: Poor quality interior, Poor engine performance

...Over the last few weeks we've been considering changing our main car from a 406 to a 307. The reason being we need the easier to use boot space of a hatchback. As such, we went to test drive a Peugeot 307 HDI (90) GLX over the last weekend. Having owned a 406 for a couple of years we expected to find the same good quality interior and engine performace as we were used to. However, the interior of the 307, despite being a reasonably high spec model was clearly inferior to that of the 406 and was badly worn even though this car had covered a similar mileage to our own. The engine was equally disapointing and although being exactly the same as that in the 406 lacked any real acceleration and was very noisy for a modern diesel. Seating space in the front was good and well laid out although the back was cramped for adults. Boot...

jamsta0 03.06.2008 · Read review
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Review of Peugeot 307 2.0 HDi

Funky Little Peugeot

Advantages: Economical, comfortable, long service intervals
Disadvantages: None to report yet

...After many happy years with the Renault Megane coupe (see previous op!) it was time to trade in and get something a bit newer. After looking at many, many cars, we finally chose the Peugeot 206 1.4 LX (although Ciao call it a 1.3?) okay, it's a 1360cc engined car. Let's not split hairs eh? We opted for a 2000 W reg automatic 3 door in metallic blue, and picked one up from our local Peugeot dealership for a bargain £6,495, with 26,000 miles on the odometer (wow, what a great word!). True, you can pick them up a little cheaper, but finding an automatic can be difficult at the best of times, unless you're buying a Jaguar of course, and finding one in as good a condition as ours is even trickier. We did play off the local car supermarket with the Peugeot main dealer to get a better trade-in price on the Megane, and would strongly...

blueduck 03.06.2003 · Read review
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Review of Peugeot 206 1.4

1.4 lx HDI

Advantages: great stying
Disadvantages: cars limitations

...approximately forty cars a week. So the risk is tiny, and the likelihood of a problem on a Peugeot is apparently less than some other car manufacturers. After all, Peugeot are considered to make the most reliable diesel engines currently on sale in the UK (yes, even more reliable than VW). All in all, the 206 LX HDi is well worth a look....

STEVENALEX 16.07.2002 · Read review
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