2025 Peugeot E-5008 Allure Ingaro Blue EV
Discussion
Thought I'd start this thread as I have recently taken delivery of an E-5008 Allure on a 12 month lease deal that was too cheap to pass up on.
Here is my car history - this is car number 26! https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
First things first. Out with the old:
It was a great car (2020 520d) and I was a little sad to see it go. You may be thinking why...equity - buying a house and it was a great way to increase my deposit. The lease deal had just 1 month up front payment.
I'm dipping my toes into EV ownership and leasing for the first time. I have no children and no charger until I move, a 7 seat Electric SUV fit the bill nicely.... (purely chose as it seemed so nice for the money!)
This is how mine is specced - Allure has matte black plastics rather than Gloss in the GT, and 19" wheels rather than 20".
The reviews were very positive - I have got the Allure base spec, although it seems very well equipped at this level anyway. Ingaro Blue metallic.
I'm now over 1,000 miles in and I am very pleased with the completely blind lease. I had seen two on the road before I got mine so had to rely on youtube videos, but I'd already committed anyway! I haven't given it a wash yet, so photos are limited, but here are a couple:
Charge test at my parents aka Fuel Station for the next few months:
And after the first local drive:
At which point I decided to create a user profile for the infotainment. I had not yet familiarised myself with the hardly intuitive interface, so it picked a great time to change to French language and Kilometres per hour. It even thought I was in France until I drove it a bit. I tried to use the voice commands to access the language menu, "Je suis desole"... Did make me chuckle.
It has no front parking sensors or heated seats which I'd have liked, but the reverse camera records footage as you reverse and creates a 360 view which is cool:
First public top up at a superhub in Winchester, peaked at 114kw delivery (car cites 160kw max) so you can add miles very quickly indeed. Added about 60 miles in 11 minutes in Cobham services, which was the time it took to walk to the toilet, order a McDonalds and walk back to the car!
Also had an evening trip to Caffeine and Machine to meet PHer Funk for a burger. I had an S5 before my BMW, quite the size difference:
I've been absolutely blitzing it as it s so cheap to run and lease for this year (£259x12 for 10,000 miles if you're wondering!!!) that I am going to do as many road trips as I can in it. Seems to average 3.5-4.0 mi/kwh, the battery has 73kwh of usable charge, around 250 miles in the current climate.
Airport run to Gatwick from Bournemouth averaged 3.5 mi/kwh, would have made it back without charging but I needed it a bit in the evening so topped it up. Swallowed 3XL suitcases and a cabin bag with ease in 5 seat configuration:
I'll take some better photos in the coming days once it s washed, but it s incredibly spacious. The middle row seats recline and slide forward and back.
Things I don't like, it's all touch screen save for some useful toggles to turn climate on and off etc. it's quite fiddly to use on the move, my BMW had a touch screen but also had a scroll wheel which I used 99% of the time.
The speakers are pretty good, but bass at lower volumes shows some buzzing in the driver s door card so I'm going to pop that off and pad it out a bit at some point. Other than that though, It's a great everyday car. Despite its size, it's a fraction narrower and shorter than my 5 series, way taller though and much more interior space.
Performance wise it's not quick 0-60, but it seems to really taper the power until around 10-15mph. After that though it feels on par with the 5 series given the instant power and lack of gearbox. 211bhp but weighs 2.2tonnes!
I'll definitely extend the lease if I can at the end, otherwise will see what comes next!
Here is my car history - this is car number 26! https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
First things first. Out with the old:
It was a great car (2020 520d) and I was a little sad to see it go. You may be thinking why...equity - buying a house and it was a great way to increase my deposit. The lease deal had just 1 month up front payment.
I'm dipping my toes into EV ownership and leasing for the first time. I have no children and no charger until I move, a 7 seat Electric SUV fit the bill nicely.... (purely chose as it seemed so nice for the money!)
This is how mine is specced - Allure has matte black plastics rather than Gloss in the GT, and 19" wheels rather than 20".
The reviews were very positive - I have got the Allure base spec, although it seems very well equipped at this level anyway. Ingaro Blue metallic.
I'm now over 1,000 miles in and I am very pleased with the completely blind lease. I had seen two on the road before I got mine so had to rely on youtube videos, but I'd already committed anyway! I haven't given it a wash yet, so photos are limited, but here are a couple:
Charge test at my parents aka Fuel Station for the next few months:
And after the first local drive:
At which point I decided to create a user profile for the infotainment. I had not yet familiarised myself with the hardly intuitive interface, so it picked a great time to change to French language and Kilometres per hour. It even thought I was in France until I drove it a bit. I tried to use the voice commands to access the language menu, "Je suis desole"... Did make me chuckle.
It has no front parking sensors or heated seats which I'd have liked, but the reverse camera records footage as you reverse and creates a 360 view which is cool:
First public top up at a superhub in Winchester, peaked at 114kw delivery (car cites 160kw max) so you can add miles very quickly indeed. Added about 60 miles in 11 minutes in Cobham services, which was the time it took to walk to the toilet, order a McDonalds and walk back to the car!
Also had an evening trip to Caffeine and Machine to meet PHer Funk for a burger. I had an S5 before my BMW, quite the size difference:
I've been absolutely blitzing it as it s so cheap to run and lease for this year (£259x12 for 10,000 miles if you're wondering!!!) that I am going to do as many road trips as I can in it. Seems to average 3.5-4.0 mi/kwh, the battery has 73kwh of usable charge, around 250 miles in the current climate.
Airport run to Gatwick from Bournemouth averaged 3.5 mi/kwh, would have made it back without charging but I needed it a bit in the evening so topped it up. Swallowed 3XL suitcases and a cabin bag with ease in 5 seat configuration:
I'll take some better photos in the coming days once it s washed, but it s incredibly spacious. The middle row seats recline and slide forward and back.
Things I don't like, it's all touch screen save for some useful toggles to turn climate on and off etc. it's quite fiddly to use on the move, my BMW had a touch screen but also had a scroll wheel which I used 99% of the time.
The speakers are pretty good, but bass at lower volumes shows some buzzing in the driver s door card so I'm going to pop that off and pad it out a bit at some point. Other than that though, It's a great everyday car. Despite its size, it's a fraction narrower and shorter than my 5 series, way taller though and much more interior space.
Performance wise it's not quick 0-60, but it seems to really taper the power until around 10-15mph. After that though it feels on par with the 5 series given the instant power and lack of gearbox. 211bhp but weighs 2.2tonnes!
I'll definitely extend the lease if I can at the end, otherwise will see what comes next!
Edited by joropug on Sunday 28th September 21:00
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