Thais have been waiting for the new Peugeot 2008 ever since it made an appearance at the Bangkok International Motor Show (BIMS) last year. Fourteen months later, the B-segment crossover has finally been launched in the Land of Smiles ahead of the Thai Motor Expo tomorrow.
The Thai-market model is imported from Stellantis’ Malaysian plant in Gurun, Kedah (formerly under Naza) and is priced at 1,189,000 baht (RM148,900) for the sole Allure variant. This means it slightly undercuts the range-topping Honda HR-V e:HEV RS.
Power comes from the same 1.2 litre PureTech turbocharged three-cylinder engine as before, albeit uprated to produce an extra 18 PS and 15 Nm of torque at 130 PS at 5,500 rpm and 230 Nm at 1,750 rpm. It is mated to a six-speed automatic gearbox, with drive sent to the front wheels.
The kit list is identical to that of the test mule spotted in Malaysia last month. Standard equipment includes full-LED headlights with “triple claw” daytime running lights and taillights, 17-inch Salamanca two-tone alloy wheels, keyless entry, push-button start, cruise control, single-zone automatic climate control, leather upholstery, a ten-inch digital instrument display, a seven-inch infotainment touchscreen with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, six speakers and a reverse camera.
The 2008 will also mark the introduction of Peugeot’s driver assistance features in the ASEAN region (the Malaysian-market 2015 308 notwithstanding) as it will come with autonomous emergency braking. Other safety features include lane keeping assist, traffic sign recognition, blind spot monitoring, six airbags and stability control.
With Thailand now getting the new 2008, it’s very likely that we will receive the car very soon, mirroring the release schedule of the facelifted 3008 and 5008. The new driver assists are particularly welcome additions, even if they are very basic by today’s standards. Are you looking forward to the launch of the 2008 in Malaysia?
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Naza may not be a perfect car distributor, but throughout my 10 years of owning Peugeots, they have honored the Air-cond recall for all my cars plus gave extended warranty on top of 5 years warranty. To date, the best service rendered. The minute it changed hand to Bermaz, they did not honor the extended warranty. Will never touch anything sold by Bermaz with a 10-foot pole.
3 cylinder like x50. Rivals for x50, hrv, Subaru xv
“The 2008 will also mark the introduction of Peugeot’s driver assistance features in the ASEAN region”
“as it will come with forward collision warning”
“although unfortunately autonomous emergency braking is still missing.”
Wtf…..
Haha wtf how can we, the ones who are assembling, get ours later than other markets in which we export to?
Probably did market analysis and found that our market may not have as much potential customers as our neighbours.
Sick mindset of Msians must stop.
When built there, they said “Msia lost, FDI go there”
When built here, they said “Msia lost, dah jual to xxx”
When launch there, they said “Msia 3rd world, late updates”
When launch here, they said “Msia 3rd world, xberani jual luar”
Tomyamland dah jual to Mesia. Congrats!
208 mana bang? right time to launch the e-208 too
So around RM130-140K here?
One ‘interesting’ observation is.. if we based on the percentage of price difference between 3008 in Thailand and Malaysia (Malaysia’s price is only 77% of Thai’s price), since the 2008 is priced around rm150K in Thailand.
If we follow the same ‘formula’, it should be priced around rm116K in Malaysia.
Emm.. ain’t that’s something but I am expecting higher price tag since its Bermaz.
But even at rm116K, it’s still a price hike but not far off from the previous 2008 price.
The previous 2008 facelift going for RM110k when launched in 2017 and even at that price, sales are not great.
Expect the same or worsening sales since now there are a lot of cheaper and better (?) options.
Come on Peugeot if you decide to charge so much at least give us the best engine available rather than the dumping us the older parts. Below as found in Wikipedia.
EB2ADTX — 1.2 L (1,199 cc) turbo Euro 6 115 kW (155 hp) @ 5500 rpm, 240 Nm @ 1750 rpm (Used in Peugeot 2008 GT, Citroën C4 (2020)
As you pointed out, based on Peugeot UK configurator, the 155hp engine is only available for GT Premium trim or if we look in Peugeot France configurator, the GT trim only. Basically the highest trim.
We are not getting that. Even during Nasim time we always get Active or Allure trim only. Maybe Bermaz might bring
GT trim later, if 2008 is well accepted here and in export market.
The one we are getting here is based on the Allure Premium trim (2nd lowest trim in Peugeot UK). This trim is only offered with either the 100 PS or the 130PS engine. So 130PS is the better choice, given we like higher power engine, fuel consumption figure is secondary.
Still it is rather disappointing power figure if compared to X50 (150/177PS), but 130PS + 240Nm (higher than X50 Executive & Premium 226Nm) is still quite a lot of power for high-riding B-segment ‘SUV’.
The main difference is in the UK it is paired with newer EAT8 gearbox (8-speed) while we will have to contend with the ever-present EAT6 gearbox (6-speed).