Though quite impressed by the seating position and cabin  in the 3008/5008 Peugeots, I distrust their electronic handbrake.

Well, much more than a handbrake I would say. After my last Superb (company car), I had to buy something quickly and I went for Peugeot 508. It was a new car (demo) with almost complete list of options...and proved to be an utter, complete disaster. After 3...4 days having it I knew I have to get rid of it. Took another 6 months to do so and now I'm back to Skoda.

The ergonomics, strange sounds everywhere (constant high-pitch electronic hiss, squeaks, resonances, you name it), idiotic design issues (e.g. cup holder that would fill-up your navi with coffee unit upon hard braking), counter-intuitive controls (e.g. navi with only abcd keyboard), LED lights ****ty/weak with distracting violet "halo", front parking sensors (clean in case you ask) going sometimes full "beep" when for 100m ahead no obstacle was present (nice thing when you maneuver on crossroads), etc, etc... List is long but steering is on top of it - any & every irregularity on the street surface required driver action/reaction; at low speed the steering wheel, if you let it go, was simply rotating up to some 45deg or so on every other speed bump. Checked it with 3 service shops in 2 countries plus undercarriage check - same answer everywhere - this is the way Peugeot drives.

Thanks, but no thanks!

Thanks wlange, duly noted.

Regards

Marcus

Thank you, I finally ordered a  2L TDI with a DSG

I d never go back to a manual after having a seat Leon fr dsg and now the octavia vrs with dsg. My only notice on the octavia that at about 40mph it pulls back as if your de accelerating but apart from that no issues at all!

What are dsg costs if/when they go wrong after warranty?