The 2008 goes on sale in Europe from May 16 and arrives in the UK by mid-July, priced from £12,995 to around £19,000.
All 2008s for Europe will be built in Mulhouse, Peugeot's industrial heartland in eastern France, which has the capacity to build 100,000 a year. It will also be built in China and Brazil from 2015, each at around 50,000 a year; 67 per cent of the components used on 2008 are carried over from 208.
Globally Peugeot will be building 650,000 208 and 2008 models a year, described by Marc Bocqué, marketing communications manager, as "a significant number."

All 2008s for Europe will be built in Mulhouse, Peugeot's industrial heartland in eastern France, which has the capacity to build 100,000 a year. It will also be built in China and Brazil from 2015, each at around 50,000 a year; 67 per cent of the components used on 2008 are carried over from 208.
Globally Peugeot will be building 650,000 208 and 2008 models a year, described by Marc Bocqué, marketing communications manager, as "a significant number."