PEUGEOT 207 1.6 16V GTi THP 175 3dr (2007)

207 GTi 3Dr Review - Falling apart but god I love it

POWAH!!! Haha.. I was after a performance car because basically I'm a bit of a poser and I don't wanna admit I'm growing up. I picked the Peugeot 207 kinda by accident, I was shopping around for different Golfs and then came across the Peugeot 207 GTi and a few things stood out about it.

I haven't been disappointed in terms of the performance but the reliability is really really poor. I forgive it though.. the torque is fantastic and it's got really different 'moods', like if you just wanna cruise round town quietly it's cool with that, and it sort of looks like a regular car (I haven't had any daft paint jobs done on it), but then open it out and RAAAARRR the revs come fast and good, and it's a driver's car.

The handling is fantastic as well, keeps to the road really well, it's always paying attention. What I would say is that I had the fifth gear on my Peugeot 207 tweaked when I got it and that's made a big difference to the top end power.

A reason I picked the Peugeot 207 GTi over a Golf was the space inside, and that's still making me appreciate it. The boot is a really decent size, although we've only got the one baby and it is filling up with the amazing amount of stuff you need to carry around with a littlun. Still at least you can put the seats down separately to extend the boot, and we make use of that.

Ok, so... the problems. A few things have gone, all covered by the warranty, and in fairness the dealer has been good about it (which is rare, and I wouldn't say that means all Peugeot dealers are so good). I probably should take this as a sign and trade it in at some point, but I'm not sure whether I'd lose more doing that than paying out for future repairs. Impossible to tell. Anyway the brakes system thing has played up pretty badly, the cam chain tensioner too, and the suspension struts have been a bit odd sounding. It's all been done in warranty like I said, but seriously I don't drive it like too much of a nutter so it shouldn't be behaving this badly.

One other thing: seriously get a 5 door car if you've got a kid in the back. I had no idea how much hassle it would be arranging an infant in the back of this thing, and it'll get no easier as she grows.