Category: Small Family 
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Luggage-carrying capacity, seven-seat option, capable drive.
Seven-seater is pricey, heavy seats, dumpy rear looks.
Not as clever as it first seems and the seven-seater is not really a budget MPV alternative.
As new variants go, an estate version of the Peugeot 308 is not exactly going to set the world alight, but with the downsizing trend gaining momentum, a small family estate is now more relevant than ever.
Based on the now-familiar 308 foundations it's no surprise that, like the hatch, it dwarfs the car it replaces. It's a substantial 72mm longer and 117mm wider than the outgoing 307 SW, but a sleeker 25mm lower.
So, what does all this mean?
Space, and lots of it. Inside the boot capacity balloons in size to 674 litres seats up, almost 20% more than the old car, dwarfing the puny 482 litres offered by its closest rival, the Ford Focus Estate.
With the larger loadbay there's enough space for the French manufacturer to squeeze in an added third row of seating, providing accommodation for seven. Well, five adults and two children at least.
Four trims are available with the new loadlugger, S, SR, Sport and SE and a choice of seven engines. Four of which are petrols: a 94bhp 1.4, a 118bhp 1.6 and two turbocharged 1.6-litre engines in 148 and 173bhp guises.
On the diesel side there is the choice of a 89bhp and 109bhp 1.6 and 134bhp 2.0-litre.
