The Peugeot 207 has been in production since 2006, and replaced the older 206 Peugeot model. The engines are different versions with different power, so choose appropriately for the car and experience you want. One of the most suitable engine for this car is a 1.4-liter engine with 90 horsepower, but if you need something stronger, try one of the diesels.
The basic 1.4-litre eight-valve petrol powerplant is gutless, making the natural choice (and inevitable best-seller) the 1.4-litre, 94bhp, 102lb ft 16-valve motor. Above that, Peugeot’s 118bhp 1.6-litre petrol, co-developed with BMW, looks appealing until you realize that it inflates the 207’s price to almost warm hatchback levels.
While there are also estate and coupe-cabriolet versions of the 207, and spring 2007 brought an interesting addition to the range and shape of the ‘GTi’ model. The 207 GTi largely shared its styling with the regular three-door ‘Sport’ 207 hatchback, and under the skin, changes were pretty minimal as well. The body was no different from that of other 207s, while the front and rear tracks were slightly narrower by dint of wider wheels. But the springs and damper rates were different, as were other suspension components. And the car’s engine, developed jointly with BMW, was a 1.6-litre turbo with a relatively high specific output, that would spread far and wide across PSA’s new cars. In the GTi, it developed 173bhp and 180lb ft of torque.
The small hatch class had something of a reawakening in the 207’s launch year. The Fiat Grande Punto, Toyota Yaris, and Renault Clio were all renewed, and each one deserved to be taken seriously, offering much more competitive propositions to the marketplace than their predecessors ever did. That left the 207 with a much more attritional existence, and a tougher fight for success, than its designers would have expected two years before launch, when its design must have been signed-off.
The 207 sits on an evolved version of the platform that started its life in the Citroen C3, and because of that relationship it comes with the usual range of petrol and diesel motors. While its looks are modern, there isn’t an unconventional bone in its body. Even the 206 went faintly against the grain with its use of trailing arm rear suspension, but now its successor is back in line with the torsion beam configuration used by almost everyone else.
The surfaces of the interior are good-looking, soft to the touch, smooth and without sharp edges. Side curtain airbags are just an option in some of the models. Stability control is part of the standard specification only GT, but can always be ordered separately for other models of the Peugeot 207. Still, if you've liked this model of Peugeot, you're headed in the right direction.
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