Peugeot 308 GTi 270 hp FULL REVIEW test driven hot hatch new neu 2016 - Autogefühl 

So glad they have brought this car out in the UK. When I was a teen I had the 205Gti, which was super fun. Got a 208gti in 2013, and again it is a brilliant fun drive, however, I do feel like a bit of a boy racer in it now I'm a 38 year old bloke. I think this looks a perfect step up for a more mature driver who has a nostalgic love of Peugeot sports cars.

You're spoiling us with great reviews! 👍I think Peugeot is on the right track again finally, both exterior and interior looks really good! My first car was a 205, will never forget it, really good car 😃 Thanks again Thomas!

As a french guy living in Germany, I must admit that I'm not used to hear from a german so much good things about Peugeot :D The difference between the car culture of the french and german manufacturers is never-ending discussion with my colleagues :D But I do agree with the conclusion of this great and very detailed review: Peugeot really ups their game with this new 308 GTi. I'm really impatient to try/buy it, but probably in second hand :) Great job with the video!!

This is probably the best GTI hatch money can buy at the moment. Perfectly balanced for every day driving yet with true racing flair (forged pistons, lightweight connecting rods, mechanical limited slip diff, special composite front brake discs, etc.) vs the simple CPU reprogramming seen on a Seat Leon Cupra or Golf GTI 230 i.e. To me interior looks fantastic yet the biggest flaw would be those impressive lightweight 19" rims which display a fake directional design (easy to replace by prettier aftermarket hardware though).

Great Car A Golf GTI with similar equipment (Performance edition,Navigation, 19 Inch, 4Doors, Keyless) cost the same. But in the Peugeot you Got awesome seats, a lighter Car, more Power, and ofcourse the great interior design and the small steering wheeeeeeel :) And you will beat every normal Golf Gti on the street :D so Great bonus fun factor

As always great review Thomas. Thanks for taking time out to review the car so thoroughly.

Filmed in Portugal, very nice choice and great review! :)

Brilliant review ... As always Thomas is certainly one of the very best reviewers in the industry. This Peugeot 308 GTi is brilliant.

Congratulations on your 308 GTi review. A trully detailed review of a truly great car for the road! Peugeot is finally back on track. The design of the car is simple and elegant with tiny details most people will not even notice (check the 'floating' LED lenses in the headlights) whereas in silver colour the reverse light cluster is virtually hidden, i.e. you can only see a red c-shaped light cluster. It might not be the most practical car, but it is easy to live with and very comfortable for long journeys and in GTi /Blue HDi forms very economical in relative terms. I have owned a 308 BLueHDi and am now a 308 GTi owner. This is an amazing car for the money. Thomas and Autogefuhl team, thank you.

Thomas and colleagues, thanks again for your sterling efforts and reviews. Even though this was an older one (you look sooo young lol), was still very informative as always. I could watch Autogefuhl all day!

Instrument pannel in this car is deliverately placed as far as possible from the driver. As with Peugeot 208 and 2008) -The further the instruments, it takes less effort for the driver's eyes to focus on the information and re-focus on the road. Also, while looking at the instrument pannel, you can still read the road ahead as you are less out of focus than in conventional cars with closer and lower instruments. It has all been done deliverately for the reasons of safety and for the pleasure of driving. Well done Peugeot for being the first to adapt such innovative and pioneering driving position.

Watching in Australia. I like your style. Great review.

It has to be the most understated looking hot hatch ever. The brakes are beautiful as they are actually Alcon brakes used in motor racing.

I never thought I would one day see you test driving a car at the V. Sameiro circuit in my hometown Braga! I guess it really is a small world we're living in after all...

I just drove today a car like this from a friend and i must say it is awesome and really fast ,interior is incredible and the gear box is really fast and smooth..great car

After seeing him shift the car on the racetrack, I understand why he would prefer an auto option

Great review as always. It looks like you love this car, both from a perceived quality and driving perspective (better to drive than the RR you tested few days ago!). Thanks for all driving focused comments, along with all the details about quality we all love. It looks like a good entry in hot hatch segment.

i love your channel and your english too. i put on new things to my language everytime thank you :)

This design is pushing 9 years but still looks fresh. Peugeot compromised too much to have a large boot to the detriment of rear leg room. If they had the rear seat back a few cms the boot still could have been one of the biggest in the class with more leg room.

Ich wusste zwar schon vorher das ich mir sehr gern ein 308 GTI kaufen möchte, aber nach deinem Review vom Auto, MUSS ich das Auto haben :)

es gibt nicht ein mangel an dem auto es ist einfach perfekt

Sexy while elegant. The wheels are amazing. I do not understand why more GT's aren't hatchback in America. So much fun, while having plenty of cargo space. On the interior, that has to be the most unique gauge cluster and steering wheel I've ever seen. So, you have to look over to see the gauges?? Love the red colored gauges. And, is the tachometer moving in the opposite direction of the speedometer?

Another awesome review Thomas :)

i was so into buying a rcz but, thanks to you now i relly consider it, thank for showing us that the quality of the car is not so good like that interior door handels that make noise and that arm rest that shakes, among other things, i really love your reviews. keep up the great work

great review! Greetings from Malaysia :)

Another awesome review Thomas.

Great autotest again.. This is the best Peugeot they make.. how do you find the odometer kloks, did you have a good sight on it and do you prefer de Seat leon Cupra, Ford focus ST or the Peugeot?

Excellent review, congratulations.I love this car, great GTi design

The 308 i s a spectacular car since 2014 as the new version.This minimal upgrade make a good car even better.

You chose really bad roads to test it, in Cinfão the mountain roads are too narrow an full of traffic. Greetings from Portugal, keep up the great job

Magnificent review as usual, Thomas! I'm in the market for a hot hatch and right now I've managed to end up with final offers for the Ford Focus ST, Seat Leon Cupra and Peugeot 308GTi. Basically same price and similarly spec-ed. What would you choose from these three and why? BTW I'd like to see more comparison videos here on Autogefühl, as you're always doing excellent work.

Really surprised by this car. Both great exterior and interior

Your were talking about pushing the boundaries on the race track, but I didn't see you doing so. You were going pretty slow around the corners, you could have pushed it a little more, make the tires scream and force some oversteering to see how the car acts in those situations. Nevertheless a very good overview of the car's features

Great review! By far the best car reviews on RU-vid! Wenn you will test the new Opel Astra and Renault Megane? Greets from Belgium.

as always great video great cars great landscape views and great job....keep up Thomas ich wünsche dir viel Spaß

Great quality review... thanks

I love yr review.. good work mate..

It's always interesting watching a review of relatively affordable cars. But still, I guess this version won't the one that gets most part of the sells. You could make a series of videos choosing the best cars for -20K €, 20k to 30k €, 30k to 40k €, etc.

Very Nice Video Thomas , Happy New Year .. I Like the Colour , It seems like its well balanced in the corners I love the steering wheel too, Yes that Rev counter will take some getting used to .

NiAgain, another amazing video. Thank you so much :)! I love the new peugeot 308, is beutifull!

Nice review, Thomas. Good looking ride. I'll take the Golf GTI however in spite of the HP deficit. Did you ever get used to seeing the tachometer spin the other way?? Portugal looks very nice even in the wet. You get all the fun!! I know you work hard, however. Saluti.

Yes it is.Portugal is a very very beautiful country. Next time you should do citty testing inside of Porto and you will have Epic Shots! We are hard working people, excellent hosts, the food is wonderful, so please pass that knowledge to your governors, because they are making it very difficult for us ;) ... Having said that. Very good review, very clear and informative. Wish you had pushed a little bit more on track so that we could see the behavior of the car on the limits. Still there is enough info to understand the differences (besides the hp), to the GT model. Thumbs up.

I don't think this is the last model they will make. I think they'll come out with a more hardcore version, probably around 300hp and more sporty suspension, something like a 308R.

"hello I'm a ski hatch" I literally laughed out loud. :)

I have the blue one , best car I have ever owned, I call it beast.

love the review. definitely looking at getting one in white 👌❤ . is the sound system (audio speakers) standard?

Hey Thomas, where do you take the background music from? Will there be a review of the new BMW X1?

Very good review 👍 I have a new 308 and I love it anyway and the gti is amazing, I really want one

Northern Portugal? nice Thomas. My country, you are very welcome :)

excelent vídeo like always

7.5l with this kind of driving style it's actually very good. :O

Great Video 🇬🇧

Hey Thomas, you need to be in Portugal more often with your reviews! You're welcome! Braga, so close from me... As always, very nice review. For me, best car journalist around. I don't like too much the touchscreen in the peugeot. It's a little "punch feel" and despite it is intuitive, the look don't follow de "interior charm".

Very Nice Review !!! .... :)

I'm a bit confused. Is the door truly keyless entry or must you say "hello" first?

I wish the exterior was a little more exaggerated. It just feels like they put big exh pipes in the back & thats it. Then again the french never were my cup of tea. :) I believe it could look a lot more bad ass! Peugeot Sport will probably never have the same 'awe' feeling as an Audi RS, Merc AMG or BMW M series in my opinion. I always loved their red interior lights though, those are awesome when driving at night! Makes it feel a lot more sporty!!

Its interesting that he should like the small steering wheel as some other reviewers have criticised it as being too small. 270bhp is impressive from a 1.6 but I think the looks are very conservative and they could have made it look more different to the standard 308. I will be interested to see what they do for the planned 308 R.

Excellent video

Thanks for the great video! Sympathic car with character! And almost perfect! I like the 308 very much, also in the standard versions. Recently I had a Peugeot 208 Allure as a replacement car when my 208 was at the inspection. I didn't like the aluminium gear stick, because it feels cold anytime you touch it. Very similar to that one in the 308 GTI. The position of the instruments is perfect in my opinion. You almost have a head up display. The revmeter however Peugeot should change with the next facelift. I agree with you on that point. I use the revmeter for saving fuel. It's an important instrument and shouldn' t just for design reasons go in the "wrong" direction. Because of the big digital speedometer in my 208 I don't use the analog one any more. The same is true with the analog instrument for the fuel. The digital range in the bord computer is more important. And the instrument for the water temperature helps you to warm up the motor carefully. In the new Peugeot 3008 for example you can configurate the digital instruments. I find that very good. Sooner or later that probably will also come in smaller cars. All in all a very good and fair video. Thank you! A personal question at the end. How much influence do you as the head of Autogefühl have on car manufacturers. Do they ask you, do they listen to you and maybe change certain aspects of their present and future cars because of your influence?

i really like 308gt even went for a test drive and loved it, only thing that i couldn't get used to is small steering wheel so this new 308gti could only be better, maybe with more time with the car it is possible to get used to the small steering wheel

Hello Thomas, can you guide me that this car is good for a family or not.thanke you

Was hälst Du vom Motor? Ich persönlich bin da doch sehr skeptisch, aus 'ner 1,6l Maschine 270 PS rauszhuholen. Das kann doch auf Dauer nicht gut gehen oder liege ich da falsch? Ansonsten ein sehr schönes Auto!

I like this design but in my opinion it is close to vw golf doesn't it?

Did I hear the gear box making unhealthy noises repetedly when you shifted quickly? If so, that should be a very negative point for a hot hatch. Good review btw. You could have gone faster on the circuit though...

Hi Thomas, can you tell me how is Peugeot Company doing, i mean is it ok to buy Peugeot cars as i really don't know how do they fair with other competitors , but i love the 308 GTI , why there are no pedal shifter's for GTI model as VW has for its Golf.

Ich bin ein totaler Fan von Autogefühl! Ich hätte wirklich gerne ein Autogramm :) hehe

There is a thing peoples have to know, in France the very first point that the customers are looking at is the price of the car (it's why the micro's and compact's cars are very developped) and the second one is the fuel consumption (it explain why we have a lot of 1.4, 1.5 and 1.6 liter engine). So what can we do to make our cars distinct to the other one? The style, the design, the goodies. We have very good engineers in our country but they can only work in a small "cahier des charges". It's the reason why we can only fight with Opel, Ford, Fiat, Toyota, etc. And I think we are better than them, except Ford maybe.

Why have you missed Citroen C5 review? :O Or i just cant find it on your channel? :)

You really see the difference in quality with 50p !

Bonjour cher Autogfhül ;) Merci for this great review ! In France, this Peugeot 308 Gti is available only with 270thp (finally Not bad) but in Germany, is It the same ? ^^

can you tell me the locations you test drove? because those roads seem familiar!!

l love your review

The future is coming with 308 R Hybrid ! Rendez-vous April 2016 !

all-around better than a golf gti performance pack? great review tks ;)

seriously different

can you please try/test and review the 308 r hybrid ??

north of portugal for sure....paços de ferreira, paredes, guimaraes???

..wöhnderful gearshifts at the track..! :-))

@ Autogefuhl: This or Giulietta QV?

Have you done a review on the Peugeot 208???????????

What's autobahn? You are using it in your funny english . Overall Great work 😊 I'm in love this sport model..

In my country test drives are kinda pointless. For one, you can't find a hot hach as a test car, and even with regular cars, they ask you nicely to shift up at 2000. I wish I could drive cars like this, but spending this kind of money on a small car is too much for me without a test drive.

Lovely looking car but the infotainment looks so slow and buggy. Why in this day and age do cars have touchscreens that seem like they are from 2008?

Nice french car :) Not a big fan of artificial motor sound...

5:43 German humour

Ich fände es interessant wenn ihr"alte" Autos mal testen würdet also auch die Golfs und Passats von 2000- 2010 oder so. würde meinen Passat zur Verfügung stellen. meine ich ernst!

Stunning sightseeing view @ Serra de Montemuro - Cinfães (Portugal) #cinfaes; #montemuro; #douro;

Trop belle dans cette config rouge

I meant Cinfães, not Cinfão. Sorry i mistyped

R u paying for the tires ,put yer foot dawn

its too nice

Seems like alot of fun this car but still... It's not German engineered :D

Thnx F vid

very bad noise...266 hp in the front??...no sense!

The only car, worthy of the GTI badge, is Golf ...

definitly not a racing driver :) good review though...

braga?

slower 0-100km/h than 2006 audi s3 265hp!

when this car comin to brazil? its a joke....

Also fahren und schalten kann er ja ned so gut. Aber sonst gutes Video.