what do ye think

GERMAN ROCKS

http://images.google.ie/imgres?imgurl=http://www.nextconceptcars.com/wp-content/peugeot-408-2.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.nextconceptcars.com/worldwide-news/peugeot-408/&usg=__nz1KsvzLCYXo6Sz_5zBm-tYE9Po=&h=328&w=560&sz=39&hl=en&start=1&um=1&tbnid=6vNfVaVnXKZNZM:&tbnh=78&tbnw=133&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dnew%2Bpeugeot%2B408%26hl%3Den%26rlz%3D1T4ADBF_enIE270IE273%26sa%3DN%26um%3D1

personally I find it will be very hard to beat the styling of the current beauty

DanGerMus

Anyone else think it's funny somone called GERMAN ROCKS is posting about a pug.

Either it looks nice. Like almost all current french cars.

biggybum

i think its as poor looking as the current one, look at it for 5 mins and you'll see how its gonna date rapidly and in depreciation too !!
And its not out for another 3 yrs its gonna be historic in looks alone

david

Its defo not as nice as the old one. They shouldn't put the badge on the bonnet. The current one is nice. Especially the estate.

omb0wyn5ehpij9

I think it looks very bland and boring

pburns

GERMAN ROCKS wrote: »

personally I find it will be very hard to beat the styling of the current beauty

'Current beauty'????

OP what are you smoking, seriously:eek:...

The Pugs of the '80s and early '90s were nicely styled (205, 405, 306) with great handling and were way ahead of their time in terms of developing acceptable diesels. The 407 can look well in higher specs but it's a mid-range family car from a volume manufacturer. I'm not one to come on here ****ein' on in tunnel vision about M3s and Porkers yada yada but describing a 407 in such glowing terms is just a bit much!:)

In this category only the Alfa 156/159 could lay claim to being something special in terms of looks (and PLEASE...no-one mention the new Citroen C5 or I will SCREAM like a big girl:rolleyes:)

GERMAN ROCKS

well look everyone to there own. personally the alfa does nothing for me.

peasant

What i particularly dislike about the 407 is how the front wheel is so far back, it's almost in the cabin ...and that sharks mouth of a grille is about three miles to the front of it ...very ugly overhang, imo.That 408 doesn't improve on that.


seewhaddimeanlike?

bazz26

Yeah not gone on the 407's styling at all, it's all front, the overhang of the front quarter panel is too much, a bit like a person with a big nose.

As someone else said the front axel is too far back. Doesn't drive as nice as the 406 either.

EPM

i dont mind the 407 that much, in the same way i dont mind any other car in that class. The majority are motoring white goods. But that 408 to me looks just like a bland bloated 407, in the same way a 308 is of a 307. They might look ok spec'd up to the hilt but the cooking models will just look plain wrong

VolvoMan

This may require a new thread but has anyone noticed how Peugeot are pinching design cues (or sometimes even blatantly copying) from other car manufacturers.

I'll use the new 3008 as an example:

Interior:
http://lh4.ggpht.com/_7VS_BBvhHzw/SXD4kjvtFAI/AAAAAAAAA1M/89XzF9zzwpk/s800/pug-3008-interior.jpg
Interior of an Audi R8: http://image.motortrend.com/f/9212045/112_0701_01z+2008_audi_r8+interior.jpg

Rear three quarter styling: http://www.zcars.com.au/images/peugeot-3008-crossover12.jpg
Rear three quarter styling of a Volvo XC60: http://images.myride.com/images/vehicle/2009/Volvo/XC60/staff/2009_Volvo_XC60_7_(768x576).jpg

And the overall styling I feel is nicked from the Nissan Qashqai: http://photos.autoexpress.co.uk/images/front_picture_library_UK/dir_437/car_photo_218504_7.jpg

If I was Audi I think I would definately file a lawsuit about that interior by the way.....

L-M

david wrote: »

Its defo not as nice as the old one. They shouldn't put the badge on the bonnet. The current one is nice. Especially the estate.

HAh! That may be nice, but it's like everything we see in magazines and the likes, when it hits Irish soil, with it's poverty spec, it's hideous.

Here we go, lol

GERMAN ROCKS

whats wrong with it besides the wheels

L-M

GERMAN ROCKS wrote: »

whats wrong with it besides the wheels

Horribly boring spec... Even more boring and horrbly small buttoned interior...

CianRyan

peasant wrote: »

What i particularly dislike about the 407 is how the front wheel is so far back, it's almost in the cabin ...and that sharks mouth of a grille is about three miles to the front of it ...very ugly overhang, imo.That 408 doesn't improve on that.


seewhaddimeanlike?

Ah come on, that looks lovely. Can't imagine it handles very well though. Big heavey engine hanging over the front.

L-M

CianRyan wrote: »

Ah come on, that looks lovely. Can't imagine it handles very well though. Big heavey engine hanging over the front.

Actually, +1. The Coupe is a v.nice looking. Didn't even see that pic.

GERMAN ROCKS

Limerick man wrote: »

Actually, +1. The Coupe is a v.nice looking. Didn't even see that pic.

+3

Row

I think the 408 looks nice.........:)



Here is a different version thats floating around.

EPM

Row wrote: »

I think the 408 looks nice.........:)

First 2 pictures are not bad to be honest.

I'm presuming the 3rd is courtesy of an Auto Express "scoop"

GERMAN ROCKS

ya the first two are much nicer alright