The Peugeot 108 is a
city car
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A-segment sales represent approx. 7-8% of the market in ...
launched by French manufacturer
Peugeot
Peugeot (, , ) is a French brand of automobiles owned by Stellantis.
The family business that preceded the current Peugeot companies was founded in 1810, with a steel foundry that soon started making hand tools and kitchen equipment, and the ...
in March 2014 at the
Geneva Motor Show
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. The 108 is related to the
Citroën C1
The Citroën C1 is a city car marketed by Citroën from June 2005 to January 2022, originally developed as part of the B-Zero project by PSA Peugeot Citroën in a joint venture with Toyota, with two generations produced.
The C1 was developed alo ...
and
Toyota Aygo
The Toyota Aygo is a city car (A-segment) marketed by Toyota mainly in the European market between 2005 and 2021 across two generations. The Aygo was first displayed at the 2005 Geneva International Motor Show. It was built alongside the relate ...
, and shares their
floorpan
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In the case of monocoque designs, the floorpan i ...
, engines, transmission and electrics. Sales commenced in June 2014 in
Mainland Europe
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and in July 2014 in the
United Kingdom
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.
The model, along with the Citroën C1, was phased out on January 1, 2021, when Toyota took full ownership of the plant in the Czech Republic, and announced the model would not be renewed. Production ended without any direct successor. The cars were all built in the
TPCA factory in the
Czech Republic
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for nearly seven years.
Overview
The 108 is powered by a choice of two three-cylinder petrol engines: a 1.0 litre VTi producing 68 bhp, emitting up to 97g/km of , or 88g/km in e VTi models, and a larger 1.2 litre VTi producing 82 bhp, and emitting 99g/km of .
Peugeot introduced an updated interior in the spring of 2018 with new seat upholstery. There were no exterior changes.
Discontinuation
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The next generation 108, together with the Citroën C1, was planned to be released in March 2021 based on the
TNGA-B platform, but the plan was cancelled.
In 2018, it was reported that the model, along with the Citroën C1, would be phased out by 2021, when Toyota took full ownership of the plant in the Czech Republic, and the model would not be renewed.
Sales
References
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Cars introduced in 2014
City cars
2010s cars