Unveiled at Geneva in 2019, the second 208 moved to the shared Common Modular Platform used across the PSA/Stellantis range and shed weight over its predecessor, while adding Peugeot’s i-Cockpit digital instrument layout.[1] Unlike some rivals launched as EV-only models, the battery-electric e-208 shares its body and much of its underpinnings with the conventional petrol and diesel cars, and is built on the same line in Slovakia. Peugeot’s GTi flagship lapsed with this generation (its project manager has said a petrol version could not meet CO2 targets with the old 1.6-litre engine) before returning in 2025 as an e-208 GTi built on the electric drivetrain.
Three trims are recorded: the range-topping 1.2 PureTech 130 petrol, the 1.5 BlueHDi diesel, and the current e-208 with its 51 kWh battery, introduced in 2023. The e-208’s battery and motor have both been revised twice since 2019 as efficiency improved; only the current specification is recorded as a trim, with the earlier ones noted in passing. No manufacturer kerb weight is published for this generation’s conventional engines, only an approximate “30 kg lighter than its predecessor” and a separate “350 kg heavier” figure for the e-208 relative to the petrol car. Both are comparative rather than absolute, so neither is recorded as a stored weight here.