Seriously Considering a Peugeot 5008. Why or Why Not?

[GTi]

Personally, I consider the 5008 rather expensive. After all, it is just a compact MPV. But then I suppose you do get what you pay for.

My concerns with this car are dealer support, maintenance cost and parts supply. The same with many European brands, the dealer network is sparse (at least for now) and spare parts are hard to source outside of the casa, are most likely very expensive, and may take very long to arrive if it has to be sourced from Europe. It may be a good car, but may prove to be a big headache in the long run, which is exactly the case with Philippine Opel car owners right now.

[speed_kills]

Nothing against the brand but my analysis for Peugeot's brand positioning is difficult as it is neither premium, value for money, or known for high reliability.

Also, Peugeot (just like Opel) has been a failed car brand here just a few years ago. Therefore, resale might even be more difficult compared to say Volvo which is in a similar situation for quite some time.

Even among my European friends, they consider brands like Fiat/Peugeot as cheap brands and they rate Japanese cars higher while German cars the highest.

So I also recommend to cross shop with the new Kia Carens since it's in a similar class and the latest model looks very nice.