Peugeot’s 206 sold in huge numbers for a decade, but its 2006 successor never quite matched its predecessor’s reputation: Autocar called the 207 “safely played” and lacking in charm, and it was rated one of the least reliable cars in its class by one insurer.[1] It sold well regardless, launching in three markets simultaneously and reaching sixth place in overall UK sales for 2007. The 207 CC folding-hardtop convertible fared better with reviewers, and the range’s Super 2000 rally variant continued Peugeot’s competition programme after the 206 World Rally Car.
Four trims are recorded: the everyday 1.6 VTi petrol, the turbocharged GTi in its two power outputs either side of the 2009 facelift, and the 1.6 HDi diesel. The GTi’s outputs are explicitly labelled bhp (mechanical horsepower) in the source; the diesel’s is not labelled at all, so it is recorded as an estimate read against the PS convention the HDi range was usually quoted in. No exact displacement in cubic centimetres is published for any engine here, only the nominal “1.6 litre” label, so none is invented; it is folded into each engine’s description instead of stored as a figure.
