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"Cé hé sin" (michael-m-mouse)
08/04/2016 at 18:01 • Filed to: Peugeot, 408

Have a 408.

Interestingly, this is not a car I could buy at my local Peugeot dealer, being a developing market special, so China, South America and a few other places. Despite that it looks like a model that would do reasonably well here but it’s not happening.

It’s basically a longer and four door 308.

DISCUSSION (6)

MultiplaOrgasms > Cé hé sin
08/04/2016 at 18:11

Soo mediocre. Could be interesting with the 308 GTi go fast bits though.

duurtlang > Cé hé sin
08/04/2016 at 18:15

Looks weird as a sedan. Wouldn’t do well here, even though the 308 is a very common car here (#1 best selling vehicle in 2015)

Cé hé sin > duurtlang
08/04/2016 at 18:40

Really? Why would the 308 be so popular in the Netherlands?

Mr Google tells me it’s no 59 here and outsold by (for example) the Merc E Class, C Class and CLA, VW Jetta, Audi A6 and Suzuki Vitara.

duurtlang > Cé hé sin
08/04/2016 at 18:50

Last year? Tax loophole. This year (first half) it’s #20, with the loophole closed. #20 seems lowish to me though, probably caused due to oversaturation the last few years. The 308 is a compact from one of the best selling manufacturers over the last few decades, so it doing well is logical. It’s also vastly better than the disappointing mk1 308. In 2006 the 307 was #2 (down from #1 the year before), in 1996 the 306 was #10 (down from #7).

Jetta isn’t even available here (because compact sedan, and an ancient one at that). For 2015: Merc E #92, Merc C #20, Merc CLA #87, A6 #57, Vitara #76. Excluding the C-Class I’m surprised these outsell the 308 anywhere in Europe.

Cé hé sin > duurtlang
08/05/2016 at 04:36

We’ve never bought Peugeots or Citroens. They’ve always been obscure Continental brands. Until the 1970s most cars sold here were British makes plus (for some reason) Fiat. Then the Japanese arrived and replaced Fiat, Chrysler and BL, Ford continued but with a smaller market share. Much lated Hyundai arrived and are market leaders for the first seven months of this year.

During the 2000s and 2010s VW gradually crept up and were market leaders for 2015. They’ve fallen back considerably this year and the Golf was down to no 5 in July, just after the Octavia.

RT > Cé hé sin
08/05/2016 at 17:59

http://oppositelock.kinja.com/quickride-2014…

Reminds me of this Oppo post on the 1st gen 408.

I doubt it would do well in this market anyway, compact saloon cars sell much worse than hatchbacks in Europe.