The special-edition Peugeot 208 new Park Assist system

Peugeot 208

The special-edition Peugeot 208 new Park Assist system

The special edition Peugeot 208 Intuitive has been advertised. Based on the recent 208 Allure model, the Intuitive turn into the first Peugeot to get Park Assist, which allows the car to parallel parking itself automatically.

The Intuitive also gets the same tools fitted as standard to Allure models, which includes air con, six airbags, cruise control and electric mirrors.

At present, the Park Assist system does not work with bay parking, disparate some systems put forward by rivals like Ford Focus.

In totalling to Park Assist, the Peugeot 208 Intuitive also comes with 17-inch alloys, satellite navigation and front fog lights as standard. Buyers also get a glass roof included, which Peugeot calls the ‘Cielo Roof’ and also features ambient LED interior lighting.

The Peugeot Park Assist system searches for an suitable space and, when one is sensed, operates the steering automatically, leaving the driver to manage the accelerator, brakes, gears and clutch, based on what the 208’s visual and audio aids advise.

The 208 Intuitive is accessible with a 1.2 VTi petrol engine or the 1.4 HDi or 1.6 e-HDi diesel engines, which together emit less than 100g/km of CO2. The Intuitive model is available in both three and five-door variants, and goes on sale this month priced from £14,245 – which is £750 more than the standard 208 Allure model on which it’s based.

Peugeot has also taken the chance to publicize that it has so far received excess of 20,000 orders for the brand new 208. The 208 range will get bigger in 2013, with the arrival of the high-spec 208 XY and performance 208 GTi due in May, before the 2008 crossover joins the line-up in September. For more information about the new 208 Peugeot Reading, contact City Peugeot Dealer.