Peugeot 3008

Published · Researched 2026-09-21

Peugeot's 3008 used to be the left-field pick that rewarded the brave. The new one is still interesting — but the reasons to be brave have changed, and the price of bravery has gone up.

Let me separate two cars that share a name, because the used market is full of both. The 2021–2023 second-generation 3008 (P84) is the old one: handsome, with plug-in hybrid versions and 1.2 PureTech petrols. It carries real baggage — hybrid software transition faults, battery recalls (corrosion, fire-risk BMS updates, a charging-cable recall), and the 1.6 PureTech's oil consumption that can turn into a €2,500 engine job. If you're looking at one used, demand proof every recall was done, or walk. That car is a different story from the one below.

The third-generation 3008, launched 2024 on Stellantis's STLA Medium platform, is effectively a new car wearing a familiar badge. Coupe-SUV styling that actually works, a genuinely plush interior with that 21-inch curved panoramic screen, a 520-litre boot, and a powertrain menu nobody else offers at this price: a 136 hp mild hybrid from €38,490, a 195 hp plug-in hybrid, and the E-3008 electric in 210 hp (527 km WLTP) and 230 Long Range (98 kWh, up to 700 km WLTP) flavours. Stellantis claims 67,000 European orders since launch. The hardware, on paper, is the strongest 3008 ever built.

So why the caution? Because it's a first-generation platform with first-generation problems. The 2024 cars' complaint pattern is depressingly familiar for a new Stellantis launch: infotainment that freezes and goes unresponsive, driver-assistance systems that false-alarm, hybrid versions whose battery drains faster than expected and whose electric-to-petrol handoffs hesitate. One 2024 owner forum thread reads like a firmware patch list — CarPlay auto-resetting, reversing camera flickering, hill-start rolling backwards — all fixed, to be fair, in a single dealer visit with updated software. That's the good news: most of it is software, and software gets fixed. The bad news: you bought a €40,000+ car to be a beta tester, and the warranty backing that bet is a thin three years.

There's one genuinely encouraging engineering note. The new 1.2 hybrid ditches the old PureTech's failure-prone wet timing belt for a chain — the single most expensive lesson of the previous generation, learned. And Peugeot placed 7th of 31 brands in the 2025 Driver Power survey, which is not the Peugeot of 2015.

Now the money, because it's the weak spot. The E-3008 Allure lists around €43,995–€46,660 depending on market; the Long Range 230 Allure is €46,990, the GT €51,490. That puts it above a Tesla Model Y — a car with a better charging network, better software and stronger residuals — and above the Kia EV6/Niro EV. The 3008's answer is that it's nicer inside and rarer outside, which is true and also the entire pitch. If the cabin doesn't win you over in the first five minutes, the spreadsheet won't save it.

Who should skip it? Anyone who needs their car's electronics to just work from day one — buy the 2025-or-later car with updates applied, or buy something Japanese. And anyone cross-shopping the Model Y on numbers alone: the Peugeot loses that fight.

The sweet spot is a 2025 car: launch-year software sorted by updates, the full powertrain menu including the genuinely impressive Long Range, and first-owner depreciation softening the ambitious list price. Avoid 2024 launch cars unless the service history shows every software update, and avoid 2021–2022 plug-in hybrids without recall paperwork.

Honest summary from the owner record: the best 3008 Peugeot has ever made, wearing the thinnest warranty in its class, at prices that ask you to love it rather than calculate it. If you do love it — and the interior is that good — buy the 2025.