Peugeot 3008 Irish Car of the Year

By Tim Beissmann | December 02nd, 2009

The Peugeot 3008 SUV has been named the 2010 Irish Car of the Year by the Irish Motoring Writers Association (IMWA), beating home the Mercedes-Benz E-Class and the Kia Soul.

All 27 IMWA members awarded points on criteria ranging from innovation and safety to space, comfort, build quality, driving quality and value for money and then voted on a shortlist of 10 cars spread over five categories.

The 3008 scored 239 points, 40 clear of the E-Class in second, which was then followed by the Soul (198), Honda Jazz (169), Volkswagen Golf (165) and the Opel Insignia (164).

Gowan distributors managing director, Dave McConnell, accepted the award and said the 3008 was breaking new ground.

“As a crossover, the Peugeot 3008 is the first Irish Car of the Year to come from outside the traditional car segments.

“It’s a huge testament to the car’s qualities that it has emerged top of such an illustrious list of models,” he said.

The 3008 won the SUV/Crossover of the year category, along with the Jazz (Small), Golf (Family), Renault Grand Scenic (MPV), E-Class (Luxury/Sport) and the Ford Transit Connect (Van).

The Peugeot 3008 is expected to arrive in Australian showrooms in the first half of 2010.

sammo

Thank God the Kia didn’t win..
Mal

I for one am looking forward to test driving this thing. It’s nothing to look at, but from what I’ve read so far it seems to ride and handle like a proper Peugeot.
http://AOL Adam C

Fine looking rear end on it, and it should be popular enough too but with their after sales service, or lack thereof, it will possibly be just as disappointing as their other models. Own it until it needs a service, then trade it

booter

try a different dealer/service then, ive used 2 different ones and had good experiences, reliable work and no fuss. sure its euro so costs a little more than a holden/ford/toyota etc, but who wants to buy a taxi brand.

Reckless1

Hmm – the VW Golf was voted World Car of the Year by a Worldwide panel of motoring people.

The Iris are a subset of the world, so how can it be possible for the Golf not to be Irish Car of the Year?

And the Soul was their third contender? That just says it all. No wonder the world makes jokes about the Irish……
http://www.carsales.com.au Dave

Sept 2010 – Bought one, highly recommend this car, loved it from the first time we sat in it, feels amazing in so many ways. We got the 2.0 T version with full leather. This car will be around for some time and will set the direction for new types of these sort of cars to come. Well done Puegeot.