Category: Convertibles 
Price Range: £16,695 to £19,245
Good-looking, looks better-built than 206 CC, a decently sporting drive
No super-quick version on offer, rear seats still useless
The 207 CC's less toy-like than the 206 CC: it feels and drives like a proper car. Less cutesy and girlie, too.
Front-seat occupants sit much lower than in the 206 CC, giving a much sportier feeling.
Like the 207 hatchback, the CC is stable, well balanced and responsive, with one of the better electrically assisted power steering systems around.
The suspension is firm, resists pitching and wallowing, and invites you to push on with confidence.
The cabin controls are easy to find and use - though the silver-ringed central display reflects badly on the windscreen in certain lights, which is distracting - and the short-throw five-speed manual gearbox has a precise action.
Visibility is good, even with the roof up, and, despite the windscreen being steeply raked, there's plenty of headroom so even tall drivers have an unobstructed view forwards, thanks to the low-set driving position.
There are fewer engines to choose from this time around and the 150bhp 1.6 THP turbo is as quick as the 207 CC's going to get, apparently - Peugeot isn't going to make a GTi version. Shame the 1.6 THP's not super-fast, then: official figures give a top speed of 129mph and 0-60mph in 8.6 seconds, but in real-life conditions it doesn't feel terribly quick off the mark until the turbo comes on full boost - not least because at around 1,400kg, the 207 CC's no lightweight. Where this engine - which features direct injection and variable camshaft timing - comes into its own is mid-range, however: with a peak torque output of 180lb-ft, it has diesel-like strength, as well as a pleasantly free-revving, free-breathing character.
The diesel, meanwhile, is yet more laid-back: 119mph, 0-60mph in 10.9 seconds. However, with up to 195lb-ft of torque on tap (180lb-ft plus an extra 15lb-ft on temporary 'overboost'), it's not going to struggle. Both this and the 1.6 THP do need careful gear-changes to get the best from them, though, especially when climbing steep, twisty hills; while the engines are flexible enough that a five-speed gearbox is perfectly adequate, and they cruise quietly enough not to need a sixth 'overdrive' gear, the gears are quite widely spaced.
We've not driven the 120bhp non-turbo 1.6 16v yet, however, which Peugeot expects to be the most popular choice. This does 126mph (120mph with the auto gearbox) and 0-60mph in 10.7 seconds (12.6 with the auto), so shouldn't be too slow, anyway.
