Monday, July 28, 2008

Peugeot 3008, Platform sharing? - or mere Rebadge Engineering



The wonderfully good looking Citroen C3 Picasso MPV we've reported earlier on, was again badge 'engineered' by Peugeot.

We can't help but feeling pity for Citroen, since being taken over by Peugeot; the once luxury manufacturer was positioned by Peugeot to be a mere 'cheaper variant' of Peugeot. Trying to forcefully stepping above Citroen to 'upmarket' itself, Peugeot had - in our own humble opinion, always screwed things up.

Just take a look at the badge engineered Peugeot 4007, essentially a Mitsubishi Pajero Shogun slapped on with Peugeot's Shark cum Lizard face, and here's Peugeot's second take on the C3 Picasso MPV, successfully turning a cute, sweeeeet looking Citroen into another "I-want-to-eat-you-sharkface"