Peugeot 5008 review: ‘Ambitious, sophisticated and good looking… how French’ | Martin Love
The big new seven-seat SUV from Peugeot looks the part, but underneath the flair it's still every bit a practical people carrier
Peugeot 5008
Price 24,495
0-62mph 10.9 seconds
Top Speed 128mph
MPG up to 68.9mpg
CO2 from 106g/km
The new driving test now includes an extra area of aggravation for learner drivers - a satnav section. It'll be all: "Wait, what? Second left? Does that mean this one?" Understanding satnav-ese definitely takes practice and even now instructions from my trusty TomTom can throw me. One way of making your device sound more friendly, or more authoritative, or more whatever you fancy, is to download a "celebrity" voice. For a while now I've had Ozzy Osbourne's rich Brummie yelling: "Naww, not that one, y'right lummock" whenever I missed a turn. The tech retailer Ebuyer reveals that Sir David Attenborough's is the voice most people choose to have guiding them, quickly followed by Ant and Dec, and Prince Harry.
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