Peugeot 3008 Camper
The 3008 is a comfortable car that’s good to drive, its boot is on the shorter end of the spectrum, but still good 175cm. With front seats pushed forward or sleeping with the bottom tailgate open (and top closed), you can gain even more room. The boot height is 75cm, so don’t put a very thick mattress in if you want some headroom. Make sure you use the removable boot floor (double floor) for storage.
Models until 2016 were classified as MPV, models since then are SUVs.
NimbleCamper rating: 2.8/5
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Key information
| Body type | |
|---|---|
| Boot length (cm) | 175 |
| Boot height (cm) | 75 |
| Boot width [wheel arches] (cm) | 99 |
| Make | |
| Boot door type | |
| Comfort rating | 2 |
| Consumption l/100km | 8.1 |
| Consumption MPG (UK) | 38 |
| Available in | |
| Engine type | |
| NimbleCamper rating (out of max 5) | |
| Average used price, GBP (2015) | 9112 |
| Made in | FR |
These are interior measurements of a 2013 Peugeot 3008 (MPV):
- boot height – 75cm note that the roof has a slight curve, 82cm middle seats folded down
- boot length – 175cm, with the tailgate down 226cm (the bottom part of the tailgate is 51cm, you could sleep with your feet on the tailgate and bring the boot down, which gives a nice gap for ventilation of about 20cm
- boot width at wheel arches – 99cm
- boot width middle seats row – 142cm (117cm seats, 12.5cm gap on each side between the seats and the doors)
- tailgate max height when open – 20cm
- removable boot base – a 15cm compartment that you can fill with loads of camping gear
- NCAP safety rating: 5/5
- ADAC autotest (lower = better): 2.4
Standard rating (not focused on car camping):
Whatcar.com rating: 3/5 • Autoexpress.co.uk rating: 5/5 • Carbuyer.co.uk rating: 3.7/5 (MPV 2009-2016), 4.3/5 (SUV 2016+)
Average rating: 4.1/5
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1 review for Peugeot 3008 Camper
- Average used price, GBP (2015) – I use Carsite.co.uk‘s price aggregates from 2015 (or the nearest possible year if not available), or, if not found, from autoscout24.com. For new cars, I specify the closest possible match (i.e. if released this year, it’s the new price, if released two years ago, it’s the 2-years old price etc). It’s here to give you a benchmark comparison (- a like for like, an apple with an apple) of the value of each car and for filtering purposes. It’s not meant to be used as an accurate estimate of used car value – it is updated once a year, so make sure you know what the car should cost at the time of purchase if you decide to buy one.
- Boot dimensions – taken from various sources across the web, starting with official, supplemented with other reliable websites (like ridc.org.uk), supplemented by user-generated content – images of measurements from forums or social networks. It’s also used for filtering, comparison and to give you a good idea of the car’s suitability for camping.
- Comfort rating – a benchmark used to simplify the car’s comfort & driving score based on equipment, furnishings, handling, safety, and costs ratings from external sources like whatcar.com, carwow.co.uk, autocar.co.uk etc. It gives you an indication of whether the car will drive and feel like a van (low rating) or offer better interior & handling (higher rating). A simple van-like car, for example, a Renault Kangoo is 0.5, a well equipped and comfortable car like a Ford S-Max is a 2. No hard math behind it, just an indicator, f.e. 0.5= basic car that does the job, 1.5 = hey, that’s nice to have!, 2 = oooh, comfyyyy.
- Consumption – I take the average 2017 consumption or closest match from Fuelly.com, or if none is available, from other sources like honestjohn.co.uk. If there are not enough cars for a single year, an average for several years is calculated.
- NimbleCamper rating – a weighted score of boot length (45% weight), boot height (40%), consumption (10%) and comfort (5%). The logic of weighing length & height higher than consumption and comfort is – headroom is important when you sleep in the back of the car, so is the length. A comfy ride is a factor, but you can sleep in a big car that’s not that comfy, however, it’s much harder to camp/sleep in a comfy car that’s too small. Read more about the NimbleCamper rating and criteria here.
- a note for EVs (electric vehicles) – for consumption, I am using the Fuel Equivalent Consumption estimate by ev-database.org. It is usually much lower than combustion engines, giving EVs an advantage – which I think is fair. They do have a small disadvantage in terms of having to plan your trips around charging stations + longer waiting time, but that will get better over time. More charging stations, faster chargers and better batteries. Therefore I am not adjusting the calculation for EVs in any way.
- In short: a litre of petrol contains about 8.9 kWh of energy. If we divide the energy consumption of an EV by this (f.e. 16 kWh/100 km divided by 8.9 kWh/litre), we get equivalent fuel consumption of 1.8 l/100 km.
- EV stats – taken from ev-database.org
Lukas –
NimbleCamper rating: 2.8/5 – Boot is long enough, but quite low. Otherwise, a good comfy car that’s good to drive.