Peugeot 607 Reviews

Stellantis, which owns brand such as Peugeot, Jeep, Alfa Romeo and more, has seemingly abandoned its multi-energy strategy for sub-compact new model entrants in Europe, confirming it will focus exclusively on the ‘E-car’ category, an EV-only classification introduced by the European Union earlier this year. The M1E category (better known as E-car) represents small, fully electric vehicles and is inspired by Japan's Kei car system, with the aim of slowing the proliferation of large SUVs in European cities.  There are 14 core brands under the Stellantis umbrella - Abarth, Alfa Romeo, Chrysler, Citroën, Dodge, DS Automobiles, Fiat, Jeep, Lancia, Maserati, Opel, Peugeot, Ram, and Vauxhall. The move effectively sidelines Stellantis light car pure-combustion and hybrid options across the EU. Speaking at the Automotive News Europe Congress in Brussels, Belgium, Stellantis Chief Operating Officer for Enlarged Europe & European Brands Emanuele Cappellano confirmed the group’s future light cars will only be available as battery-electric vehicles. This direction flies in the face of Stellantis’ broader push towards freedom of customer choice and multiple powertrain options across models and categories. It means cars like the Fiat 500, currently available as a battery-electric vehicle or mild hybrid, are headed towards a pure-electric future. Likely alluding to increased competition from emerging Chinese brands, Cappellano added, “With the current price competition level, Stellantis cannot sustain the level of investment we need to advance our technology and product offering.” He said that instead of offering multiple powertrains in every segment, Stellantis will focus on making its small EVs affordable, with the goal of positioning them below the €15,000 (~$25,000) threshold. In reporting Cappellano’s comments Automotive News points out that the price cap target “undercuts nearly all EVs sold in Europe”, pointing out the Renault Twingo Electric’s starting price of just below €20,000 (~$33,000) and the Leapmotor T03’s at about €18,000 (~$29,500). Two M1E compliant minicars, underpinned by a dedicated E-Car platform, have been announced by Stellantis - an as yet undefined Fiat model and a reload of the Citroen 2CV. By comparison, the Stellantis ‘STLA One’ platform, covering small, compact and mid-size cars, accommodates multiple powertrains. To qualify as an M1E model a car’s powertrain must be pure-electric, its overall length must not exceed 4.2 metres and it has to comply with strict safety criteria. The classification provides CO2 ‘Super-Credits’ for manufacturers while opening up the option of government subsidies to underpin purchase incentives as well as multiple owner benefits like discounted or free city parking, reduced insurance and easier access to low-emission zones.

An iconic revamped hot hatch from Peugeot is about to take a big step towards an official launch.  The fully-electric Peugeot E-208 GTI will launch later this year as Peugeot seeks to transition one of its most iconic nameplates into the electrified era. A rival to the incoming Volkswagen ID. Polo GTI and Renault 5 E-Tech, it joins a raft of competitors looking to make the same transition. In Australia it would be a direct rival for the Abarth 500e, but there is no official news on whether it will land Down Under.  It will need to satisfy the business case to launch in Australia. The hot hatch, which was once offered here in a previous iteration, will face hurdles to remain profitable but offered at a competitive price, given it will need to be shipped over from Europe. This is something preventing several smaller and budget-targeted models from coming to Australia, although occasional exemptions are made for hot hatches, as was the case for the recently-discontinued Hyundai i20 N. Similar issues have prevented the standard E-208 from going on sale in Australia, even though Peugeot went to the trouble of getting it approved and announcing it for an Australian launch, which was then cancelled. Peugeot Australia has been contacted for comment to see if the E-208 GTI will launch in Australia. The brand will show off three production versions of its new EV hatch later this week to celebrate the 100th anniversary of its first 24-hour Le Mans race entry. This will be the first time we will see the final production E-208, following an extended period of development. The car has spawned from the petrol-powered 208, which has been a popular hatchback model across Europe.  It will be powered by a single electric motor, producing 209kW and 345Nm, so it can sprint from 0-100km/h in less than six seconds. It features a 54kWh battery, offering a driving range of 350km, according to WLTP standards. This latest reveal could provide more details on the specifications for the car as it nears full-scale production. Peugeot has had a tough time in Australia recently, selling less than 400 units across its range up to May 2026.

One of the biggest car makers in the world has reportedly forked out billions in warranty claims over the past year.  Stellantis, parent company of brands like Fiat, Alfa Romeo, Peugeot and Jeep has paid out the equivalent of more than $10 billion in global warranty expenses for the 2025/26 financial year.  This tough reliability run has seen Stellantis begin a complete reset of its processes to get on track.  The big news out of this reset is that the brand will launch its first model riding on its new STLA One platform next year.  The brand said the platform will underpin up to 30 new vehicles in the small and mid-size SUV categories.  This will equate to more than two million sales annually by the time 2035 comes around.  Stellantis also said it is targeting improvements to quality even before this new platform gets underway.  “If we do the right things earlier in the program, that means that when we get closer to launch we’ll have fewer problems,” Stellantis propulsion systems testing and analysis lead Mark Christie told Auto News.   “The product life target for powertrain components is 10 years and 150,000 miles (about 240,00km).” The brand is plotting the launch of 23 new and updated models in the next four years across its portfolio.  It has been a turbulent time for Stellantis in recent years with the departure of Chief Executive Officer Carlos Tavares and subsequent appointment of Antonio Filosa. The brand reported a $37 billion net loss earlier this year. Reports indicate focus will shift to Fiat, Jeep, Peugeot and Ram, but other brands in the group will benefit from the technology acquired. Peugeot recently unveiled its all-new E-208 GTI fully-electric hot hatch in what will be an early test for Stellantis' change of direction.  

Jeep and Peugeot parent company Stellantis has announced a plan to launch 110 new or refreshed vehicles by 2030, including 60 brand new models, as part of sweeping changes to the business, which include an optimised manufacturing footprint and tweaks to the company’s partnerships and platform strategy. This wide-reaching set of changes is part of a grander plan Stellantis dubs FaSTLAne 2030 in order to “maximise capital efficiency, avoid duplicate spending, and support profitability”. Stellantis will optimise its global factories, accelerate research and development to reduce model cycles to 24 months rather than the current 40 months, and sharpen its pencil on cost competitiveness and quality. In terms of where its portfolio of 14 brands will sit in this plan, the company said it will focus on four global brands: Jeep, Ram, Peugeot and Fiat. It said Chrysler, Dodge, Citroen, Opel and Alfa Romeo are “regional brands”, while its luxury European arms, DS and Lancia, will be managed by Citroen and Fiat respectively and “developed as specialty brands”. Maserati will be “strengthened” with a plan including two new large vehicles to be announced at a later date. The realignment will also see Stellantis’ platform strategy sharpened, with the group planning 50 per cent of its global volume to be on just three platforms as it continues to consolidate its global portfolio, which was previously split between the US market and Europe where the company is strongest. It specifically earmarked its STLA One platform as being the primary growth driver. This new modular platform is expected to underpin a huge percentage of the company’s global model footprint in much the same way as Volkswagen Group’s MQB and MEB platforms currently do, and will seemingly replace the current CMP and EMP2 (aka STLA Small and Medium) platforms it inherited from PSA. It will be the first platform to roll in all of the brand’s latest tech, like the STLA Brain computing system, STLA SmartCockpit UI system and new steer-by-wire technology. The company says the STLA One platform will launch in 2027, has the ability to cover small to upper-mid-sized vehicles, and will allow the brand to reduce complexity across much of its line-up. It is capable of supporting multiple levels of electrification from hybrid to full EV, and will have an 800-volt electrical architecture. By 2035, STLA One will underpin 30 new models and is expected to account for two million sales. It will also come with a realignment of its manufacturing presence. Stellantis will reduce its capacity in Europe by 800,000 units, re-purposing factories, while increasing production in the US, the Middle East, and Africa, with a goal of at least 80 per cent utilisation. Meanwhile, it will lean on its partnership with Leapmotor for more expansion in the Asia Pacific region, which it described as an “asset-light” region. Partnerships of previously unprecedented scale will help Stellantis toward its goal, with existing deals opening doors for Leapmotor and Dongfeng to manufacture cars in Stellantis facilities in Europe. The partnership with Dongfeng, which also works with Nissan, will form the basis for two new Peugeot and two new Jeep models. Meanwhile, the recently-inked memorandum of understanding with both Indian giant Tata and its Jaguar Land Rover unit will open more doors for Stellantis in India, and JLR in the US where it hopes to side-step tariff requirements. Locally, Stellantis’ historic brands and even its new Leapmotor portfolio are struggling to make an impact on Australia’s more-competitive-than-ever new car landscape. Jeep, once the crown jewel of the group’s offering Down Under, has taken a battering year-to-date, down 65 per cent to just a handful of sales (249 units) made up predominantly of its signature Wrangler off-roader. It is a similar case for Peugeot, which is down 32.3 per cent so far this year, moving 320 units, nearly half for its Partner van (142 units). The best performing brand under the Stellantis umbrella has, unsurprisingly, emerged as Leapmotor, which has had reasonable success in 2026 off the back of its competitively-priced B10 small SUV. Leapmotor has moved 420 units this year, up 116.5 per cent.

Stellantis, owner of Jeep, and Jaguar Land Rover have signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding to “explore opportunities to collaborate on product development in the United States”. Antonio Filosa, CEO of Stellantis said: “By working with partners to explore synergies in areas such as product and technology development, we can create meaningful benefits for both sides while remaining focused on delivering the products and experiences our customers love.”  Meanwhile PB Balaji, CEO of JLR said: “As we continue to evolve JLR for the future, collaboration will play an important role in unlocking new opportunities. Working with Stellantis allows us to explore complementary capabilities in product and technology development that support our long‑term growth plans for the US market.” The tie-up comes as both companies face a tough tariff environment in the US, with Stellantis being embattled there in previous years with its previous CEO, Carlos Tavares, focusing largely on the European operation. JLR, meanwhile, could gain a foothold in the lucrative US market, where it does not currently have a manufacturing footprint. The partnership marks a major change in strategy for embattled Stellantis, which posted a A$37 billion dollar loss in 2025. Its house of 14 brands includes diverse marques from Jeep to Peugeot and Maserati.  Under Tavares the US operation suffered, particularly Jeep. The brand pivoted to a more premium position, which didn’t resonate with buyers. Locally, it even resulted in the Grand Cherokee being pulled from sale as Jeep chose to focus on its more competitive offerings. JLR recently ended production of Jaguar models as it gears up for a major re-boot of its luxury passenger car brand, with the company still managing to post good results for 2025 off the back of record sales of the popular Defender and surging global sales of its new Range Rover Sport. The brand even claims that it has taken over 32,000 expressions of interest globally for its upcoming Jaguar Type 01 GT car. A bruising cyberattack, which shut down the brand’s factories in late 2025, has had an impact on the JLR’s bottom line. New tariffs in the US have caused the UK based company to post a 99 per cent profit slump in the first months of 2026. Both companies, which have been rivals in the past, have also turned to their Chinese joint-ventures for more global resilience. Stellantis has made clear its plan to lean on more partnerships, particularly with its Leapmotor joint-venture, and more recently, a new tie-up with Dongfeng to build more Peugeot models in China. Jaguar Land Rover has re-booted the Freelander marque as part of its joint-venture with Chery. The first model, the Freelander 8, pairs the design motifs from the previous Freelander small SUVs with an 800-volt architecture from Chery, plotted to be offered in both range extender hybrid and fully electric forms. Unlike previous Freelanders though, the new Chery-based model is an over-five-meter long three-row SUV. The tie-up has global aspirations and will exist independently of both Land Rover and Chery, and has been confirmed for an Australian launch.

Iconic off-road brand Jeep may have been thrown a lifeline to be rescued from its current struggles in the form of Chinese carmaker Dongfeng with which it will build future models. Jeep’s parent company Stellantis has signed a new agreement which will see the joint venture currently known as Dongfeng Peugeot Citroen Automobile (DPCA) produce two Peugeot models and two Jeeps. The A$1.7 billion agreement will not only allow Stellantis to be more competitive locally in China with the models made at Dongfeng Wuhan plant but will also see these models exported globally. Speaking at the Financial Times Future of the Car Summit last week Stellantis CEO Antonio Filosa said the partnership with Dongfeng was part of the company’s new strategy for the future.  "Stellantis has been growing this last year, creating a clear view of being attractive for long-term partnerships to many players," he said. "We are attractive because we are strong in many regions, we are attractive because of our scale, and mostly because we have unbelievably strong brands, so our level of appeal is big. "We understand that by working with a set of partners to build a roadmap of technological improvement, supply chain improvement and maybe capacity utilisation. These are really good topics to work together and create benefits." Stellantis already has an existing separate agreement with Dongfeng and has produced the Peugeot 4008 and 5008 in China. The new joint venture will see Dongfeng’s Concept 6 and Concept 8 both shown at the recent Beijing motor show underpin two new Peugeot models. As for the two Jeep models both are expected to be 'new energy' (plug-in) vehicles but the platforms underpinning them is currently unknown. Filosa is expected to reveal more on this at an investor conference this week in the United States. Dongfeng currently has a large array of off-road models in its portfolio from the Rich 7 dual cab ute to the hardcore MHero SUV. The company also displayed what it calls the "first new energy all terrain extreme off-road concept vehicle - the MHero M-Hunter" at the Beijing motor show. It’s a model which may fit Jeep’s go-anywhere ethos well if it was to be chosen as the basis for a new model. Production of the new Jeep and Peugeot models will begin at the Wuhan factory in 2027. It could be the shot in the arm Jeep and Peugeot needs both globally and in Australia. Year to date sales of Jeep vehicles in Australia have reached just 249, a 65 per cent drop over the same period in 2025. Peugeot’s performance locally has been somewhat better but still underwhelming with 320 units registered year to date representing a 32.3 per cent decline compared to 2025. Stellantis will be looking to the new joint venture to give what are well known brands the technological innovation needed to compete in an auto landscape which is appearing to swing to Chinese dominance.  

One of the largest carmaker conglomerates in the world will focus its investments on its most popular and profitable brands, according to reports. News outlet Reuters spoke with five unnamed sources, who said Stellantis will be focusing on the Fiat, Jeep, Peugeot and Ram brands moving forward. This will reportedly be announced in May as part of a new long-term strategic plan by current Stellantis CEO Antonio Filosa. Stellantis currently has a total of 14 brands, including Alfa Romeo, Citroen and Maserati, among others. While it reportedly will be focusing its fundings on the aforementioned core brands, it doesn’t plan to shut down any of the other brands or palm them off to other companies. The lower-volume brands will reportedly instead receive funding to build models using the technology and platforms from either Fiat, Jeep, Peugeot or Ram. Rebadging certain models is another solution that’s reportedly under consideration. These brands will also become focused at specific markets where they are already performing well or have potential, according to the unnamed sources. Stellantis was founded in 2021 upon the merger of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) and PSA Groupe. This was headed by former Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares who gave every brand funding for five years and said he would assess which brand would continue after the fact. Tavares resigned as CEO from Stellantis at the end of 2024 following falling share prices, large changes in operations and the decline of sales in key markets, including North America. He was succeeded by Antonio Filosa who was appointed as CEO in May 2025. Since then he has attempted to correct course and boost sales, especially in North America. However, last year Stellantis noted a net loss of €22.3 billion (~A$36.4 billion) in 2025 which is says was because of a decisive reset to align with customers and support profitable growth - a strategic shift to put customer preferences and freedom-of-choice back at the heart of the Company’s plans”. It has also revised its plans to roll out more internal-combustion (ICE) products, including resurrecting diesel powertrains, amid declining electric vehicle (EV) demand in certain markets.

Initially a 1.6-litre four-cylinder plug-in hybrid, Peugeot's 408 is now a 1.2-litre, three-cylinder mild 'plug-less' hybrid with $10K slashed off its price tag and fuel economy to frighten the mainstream medium SUV players it now competes with. We spent a week behind the wheel to see if the new package gives this niche player more market bite.

Diesel isn't dead after all: Why the owner of Peugeot and Jeep is making up for lackluster EV sales with diesels.

In what seems to be an obvious end-game as part of its team-up with Leapmotor, Stellantis could be set to lean on its Chinese partner for hybrid technology to bolster its other brands in Europe. Ultimately, according to a new report from Autocar, this will mean the range extender hybrid tech from Leapmotor’s C10 and B10 will be deployed in at least Peugeots and Fiats. Autocar quotes Leapmotor’s international CEO Tianshu Xin as saying the company is “exploring the possibilities” to use range extender hybrid tech in other Stellantis brands, as part of the group finding “synergies by using each other's technology.” The international boss also earmarked future platform sharing as the direction in which the partnership was moving. Stelllantis, which was born from a merger between the America-focused Fiat Chrysler and Euro-focused PSA Group, has had a disparate array of products built for an array of different markets on a range of platforms which didn’t start out with a lot of commonality between them. The brands under the group include Alfa Romeo, Chrysler, Citroen, Dodge, DS, Fiat, Jeep, Maserati, Opel, Peugeot, Ram and Vauxhall. While this initially made it challenging for the group, it has gradually begun to rationalize its platforms into a handful to be used across its global range. For passenger cars this includes the 'STLA' small, medium, and large architecture, 4x4s and utes ride on the SLTA Frame platform. Leapmotor, which is 19.99 per cent owned by Stellantis, uses a separate 'LEAP' architecture for its vehicles, developed separately from Stellantis in China. Leapmotor is now also building cars in Europe Mr Xin’s comments on future platform sharing seems to indicate there could be future cars from European brands on the LEAP platform, or future Leapmotor cars underpinned by an STLA platform. Either way, Leapmotor’s range-extender hybrid technology solves a problem for Stellantis in rolling out a consistent range of hybrids in emissions-sensitive markets, or potentially even for the American market where EVs are floundering thanks to the removal of incentives. For Australia, it could lead to a range of appealing range-extender hybrids wearing a wider array of badges, whether they are Fiats, Peugeots or even Jeeps. Jeep in particular is embattled in Australia, down a whopping 33.3 per cent until the end of 2025, moving just 1585 units for the year. Its range of products has been cut down significantly, with the brand discontinuing the new-generation (and significantly more expensive) Grand Cherokee after a slow sales run. This strips its range down to just the Wrangler off-roader and its related Gladiator ute, as well as the Euro-sourced Avenger electric compact SUV and outgoing previous-generation Compass mid-sizer. Peugeot is also embattled in Australia, having taken a 28.8 per cent sales hit over the course of 2025. It moved just 1350 units for the year, as it faces stiff competition from rivals new and old. Even Leapmotor’s fledgling effort in the Australian market has struggled to find traction. The brand offered the mid-size C10 in both EV and range-extender hybrid forms, and yet managed to sell 644 new vehicles over the course of the year. In comparison, its most direct rival, Geely and its EX-5 and Starray EM-i hybrid spin-off, moved over 5000 units in the same period. Next for Leapmotor’s Australian efforts is its B10 small SUV, initially in electric and later hybrid form. Internationally, the brand has also debuted the C16 large SUV and A10 crossover in China, as well as the B05 Golf-sized hatchback in Europe.