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Peugeot E-208: reliability & safety rating

The Peugeot E-208 should be a painless car to own as it’s both pretty safe and reliable

Overall rating

4.0 out of 5

Reliability & safety rating rating

4.0 out of 5

Price
£29,950 - £34,955
Fuel Type:
Electric
Euro NCAPAdult protectionChild protectionSafety assistance
4 stars (2019)91%86%71%

The Peugeot E-208’s four-star official Euro NCAP crash-test rating looks a little bit low compared with full five-star rivals such as the MG4 and BYD Dolphin. This certainly doesn’t mean it’s unsafe, though, as Euro NCAP tests are incredibly stringent. It should be pretty reliable, too – something that’s theoretically the case for all EVs.

Peugeot E-208 reliability & problems

As a rule, electric cars are typically very reliable given that they have far fewer moving parts than a petrol or diesel vehicle. Peugeot fared very well in our 2024 Driver Power customer satisfaction survey, scoring a respectable sixth place finish out of 32 brands in our best manufacturer rankings. 

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What’s more, the Peugeot 208 and E-208 were jointly rated as the sixth-best car to own out of 50 cars. 

Safety

The E-208 might not have excelled itself in Euro NCAP’s crash safety test, but it does come as standard with a host of standard driver aids, including autonomous emergency braking, lane-keeping assistance and traffic-sign recognition that beams the relevant speed limit onto your dials. 

However, you do have to go for GT trim to get upgraded autonomous emergency braking that uses radar rather than a camera-based sensor, and can respond to a cyclist or pedestrian as well as a vehicle. What’s more, you have to get the optional Drive Assist Pack if you want adaptive cruise control – and it’s only offered on GT spec cars, too.

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Hello, I’m Shane and I’m the senior content editor both here at DrivingElectric and at our sister title Auto Express. Although I can trace my professional roots back to the radio and podcasting world, my passion (or borderline obsession) with cars saw me switch over to motoring journalism in 2021. From the very start I have been fortunate enough to try out the latest and greatest electric cars on the market, and I’m proud to help people like you make the right EV buying decisions.

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