From strength to strength

Not only versatile and practical, the Peugeot 207 SW is also stunning to look at and fun to drive

Peugeot 207 SW Sport
ENGINE 1.6 litre HDi 90
TOP SPEED 113 mph
0-62 (secs) 13.3
MPG (combined) 61.4
CO2g/km 119

Heads are turning as I drive past in a lime-green 207 SW. It’s not just the colour that is striking, the stylish design creates a compact balanced shape.

A dynamic front styling with fog lights is the first you see when it’s coming towards you. Lift your head slightly and you’ll rest your eyes on aluminium finish roof rails and the panoramic ‘Cielo’ glass roof, through which plenty of daylight is channelled into the vehicle.
    
Moving round the back of the car, you’ll find elongated rear lights that look out of this world. The completely red rear light assemblies have smooth lenses and diode-effect with metallised segmenting of the five lighting functions. These lights give the appearances of cut rubies and seem to support the large dark tinted rear tailgate glass with its rear window wiper, and which opens.

Driving pleasure
I cannot remember last time I was this comfortable in a car. Driver’s seat, adjustable in all possible directions, gives support where you need it. All controls are within easy reach, the white sports dials with chrome surrounds are clear and the steering wheel encourages easy manoeuvring.
    
Driving is fun, with a happy engine purring away as I speed down the motorway. In an urban environment it is even more enjoyable; the car responds to the slightest of movements from me, giving me the feeling that this really is a car well worth considering next time it’s time to buy a new car.
    
Other reasons for choosing the 207 are its low CO2 emissions of 119 g/km, and excellent fuel efficiency as it on a combined cycle can do up to 61.4mpg.

Room for more
The rear seats are split 2/3:1/3 and very easy to fold. Once seats are folded, a continuous flat surface is created thanks to the specific 3 degree compensation of the boot floor and a flexible trim.
    
A rear parcel shelf conceals this completely from the outside, a clever way to deter brake-ins. When in place, it also acts as a noise suppression barrier helping to improve the acoustic comfort in the vehicle.
    
Load volume is not bad; with rear seats in position it’s 325 litres, however, this increases substantially with rear seats folded to 1,258 litres.

The panoramic roof
Going back to the glass panoramic roof, which, let’s face it, I have to because it’s just so cool, this is a standard feature on the 207 SW.
    
Regardless where you or your passengers are seated, the lack of a visual barrier between the sky, or indeed stars, gives you a feeling of extra room. The 1.106 sq m of glass dispenses a very pleasant brightness, which can be partly or completely adjusted by means of the electric sun blind. The switch to control this is located on the central console, near the handbrake so it is accessible to both front and rear seat occupants.
    
A bonus you might not have thought the glass roof to bring is that thanks to the overall design, and depending on the position of the sun blind, helps in reducing the interior noise levels. Now if that’s not clever, I don’t know what is.