2011 Peugeot 107 Sportium Special Edition released in UK

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By Brett Davis | June 20th, 2011

Peugeot has released a special edition of its smallest model in the company’s European line-up: the Peugeot 107 Sportium Special Edition. The pint-sized special comes with £1050 (AU$1600) worth of extras for only £350 ($534) over the standard model’s price.

Based on the Peugeot 107 Urban variant, the Sportium also comes with sporty 14-inch alloy wheels, air-conditioning, tinted windows, and white side mirror covers. This is on top of the standard Urban package which includes MP3 compatible stereo, central locking and power windows.

The Sportium also gets the same 1.0-litre, three-cylinder petrol engine producing 50kW of power and 93Nm of torque. The car gets a five-speed manual transmission and is capable of accelerating from 0-100km/h in 13.7 seconds. According to Peugeot, the little 107 is able to achieve an average fuel consumption of just 3.7L/100km.

The Peugeot 107 is not currently sold in Australia, it’s a part of Europe’s supermini market, but do you think there is a place for this type of car Down Under? In some of our dense capital cities, surely one of these micro machines would be a handy tool?

In the UK, the Peugeot 107 Sportium Special Edition retails for £9945 ($15,170).

Sammo

I can see this type of car selling in Australia, especially given the greater proportions of single people living in higher density residential zones. But the 107 won’t fit into Peugeot’s local line up as it doesn’t meet the brand’s ‘premium’ aspirations. But perhaps the Toyota Aygo on which it is based could work here.
PhantomHamster

They would sell if they were under $12k, but look at the Smart, its $21K new…its just crazy, but then most of us pay $3000 dealer delivery for a new car, which is essentially ripping the plastic cover off the seats and a quick car was, by a yard boy who is probably paid $10 an hour if he’s lucky.

ClioRS200

But Smart’s are also expensive in Europe.

PhantomHamster

that was meant to say car wash ( sorry its Monday)
G

Ugly thing, looks like it has something stuck in its mouth.
Tas

This is a great car for Sydney/Melbourne and Brisbane. I’ve been travelling through Greece the last month and these little 107′s are everywhere. For cities like Athens, Sydney, Melbourne etc.. which are highly dense in their centres with very little room to park, they make a great car for the city. It even has 4 doors and is not much longer than a smart. I believe its about half the price too (less than $10K).