Price £18,000 (est) On sale September
What’s new? Windows on Peugeot’s latest van, in that way French car makers usually do so well
PEUGEOT’S SMALL VAN, the Partner, is available as the Rifter MPV, too, with five seats or, next year, with a 35cm longer body and seven seats. We’ve tested the five-seater, whose seats have masses of head and leg room, are upright and live within a functional, adequately finished cabin. There are 1.2 petrols and 1.5 diesels; the 110bhp three-cylinder petrol thrums along nicely. The ride is plush but the roll rate steep, while the steering is overly sensitive on-centre and too light everywhere.
Still, this is an honest, sensible family workhorse, mechanically the same as the Citroën Berlingo, with 775-4000 litres of load space, sliding rear doors…
