Peugeot Rifter review | the van that thinks it's a seven-seat car

Peugeot has been doing great things with their cars lately and I want to find out if the Rifter is the best seven-seat car on the market.
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[@sthegpc2439]

Great to watch an honest car reviewer who isn’t a BMW, Mercedes and Audi fanboy, sick to death of hearing how great BMW idrive is etc. Keep up the good work Bob.

[@apkelly01]

I sleep in my Renault Megane when I'm on shift and I swore I'd never sleep in it again. So I bought a 1998 motorhome. But the motorhome is slow, there's only a few spots in work where I can park and lately it's costing me a fortune in repairs. I've considered going back to the car and was looking at SUV and estates. But headroom is a problem. Then I discovered this car and I think it will be perfect for my needs. Remove the last 2 seats and lay the others flat. Put in a cot or airbed and still have room got my cooking equipment and cooler. Might even get the portipotty in too. I'm going to go and look at it today. Thanks for the review!

[@ericrochford3134]

These would be so much more usable than most SUVs with their perceived practicality. I doubt you’ll see too many on Irish roads though.

[@anthonyfosh4702]

Great review getting a Rifter that's converted to wheelchair accessible vehicle thank you for great review.

[@jules9308]

We have just ordered one, {Allied Mobility), they are even better than the Peugeot Partner, which we have had 2 of. You can get a normal wheelchair in the back, plus driver and 4 passengers.

[@mm3sgq]

We are also going with Allied mobility with wheel chair access. Not sure if the engine size but I think they said it's the SR model. Also it's a diesel which I am not so keen on with the cost of fuel but we don't do much millage. Our current car has done under 10,000 in five years.

[@125ordie2]

Ive never seen this channel before. Five years later the algorithm throws it up. Very good. Ill consider subscribing.

[@robertlangham2356]

Another great, honest review full of useful, practical detail. Nice one Mr F :-)

[@scopwr]

Finally somebody reviews a car properly!!! THX!!!

[@frankie6849]

I bought the 5 seat version automatic very happy with it great on fuel for a big vehicle

[@metoo3773]

How has it been. Its love to know long term reliability

[@frankie6849]

@@metoo3773 Not a problem with it and it's economical on fuel for a large vehicle

[@metoo3773]

@@frankie6849 thanks for the input. This is my dream car :D Id love so much space for myself cause i dont have a family lol.

[@frankie6849]

@@metoo3773 😂

[@thomash2806]

Bob they’re not coat hooks. They’re anchor points for a cargo net!

[@BorisHaeussler]

I thought that, too

[@thurby]

those blanked off holes in the roof are for internal bars capable of carrying a surfboard or garden trellis.

[@officialWWM]

thurby garden trellis? 😂😂

[@thurby]

@@officialWWM any large item you usually have to pay to be delivered..it's a very versatile vehicle. try one you won't be dissapointed

[@officialWWM]

thurby that thing is uglier than my mother in law and I wouldn't be seen dead in either of them!

[@typhoontim125]

@@officialWWM Go away 10 year old!

[@officialWWM]

Brian Cullen nice come back old man...

[@lucywillow6155]

Im looking to buy one. Im disabled(non wheelchair) and unfortunately need to live in my car during summer months due to nightmare next door neighbour.my car is my safe space. I tried a tourneo but couldnt see over the bulky dashboard. I currently have an old manual berlingo, which kills my arthritis, but cant go for automatic as I also have gout in right big toe. Im hoping for a manual with very light clutch and gearstick.

[@longtallshaz]

Good video and review but I'd like to have seen how the back seats come out, and the boot space with and without them in. None of the specs show the actual measurement (in inches) of the boot space, only in litres which is no use whatsoever if you're trying to figure whether physical items fit in or if you want dog cages fitted as I do

[@finecitygirl6193]

Yes. Id like to see how all the back seats come out and know the total length of usable space from the front seat to the rear door with all back seats out? Is it flat and could I use it as a mini camper to sleep in?

[@volt8684]

Perfect review thanks. Nobody ever drives these with humans aboard for the test drive, lacking imo

[@mfitzy100]

Will be hugely popular with taxi drivers as the previous model was

[@stevennorth383]

Newcastle city council won't license them some kind of seating issue.

[@olleypottery4140]

They're not coat hooks, nor just fittings for a cargo net, they take the Citroen/peugeot internal roof bars allowing the transport of long objects inside the car.

[@tonypower9315]

Bob, when will you be looking at the Subaru Impreza 2019. Looks good for the price ?

[@kmuinde]

I like it reminds me of peugeot partner my dad had it was very comfortable, but i would buy it with a manual transmission

[@saddamgul498]

Good review 👍

[@saif1002]

I had a Peugeot tepee 4 seater, it drove just like a car, really good suspension down country lanes. Reliable mechanically but had expensive addblue problems close to 100k.

[@ilonarodak2315]

What exactly happened and how did you fix it

[@saif1002]

@@ilonarodak2315 NOX sensor lost communication, I think the wiring broke but they changed the sensor and repaired the wiring loom. Also the multiplex pump was giving codes so had it reset.

[@BrianShawEire]

This will flood the taxi market with newer taxi drivers who need a 7 seater that can take wheelchairs. They look alright for a van, still cant beat a VW Transporter or Ford Custom. One youll have to review Bob is the Toyota ProAce if your doing a commercial vechicle playlist.

[@brendanc5519]

the Toyota proace is a Peugeot expert/citroen dispatch with Toyota badges stuck on. the same as the toyota aygo city car, a Peugeot 103 with Toyota badges. the Toyota hiace van couldn't meet the new euro emissions standards so they pulled it from he euro market and piggy backed on the experts in diesel engines and small and medium vans Peugeot.i had a laugh at 2 lads I know that have a proace each, I asked them why didn't ya get the expert or dispatch, they said they wouldn't touch a French yoke, don't want to be in the garage with problems. sure I said your driving a French yoke in disguise for a grand more, the look on their faces they went on google before they believed me. one of them has nearly 240,000 km without any trouble the other lad is nearly at 170,000 with no trouble.

[@typhoontim125]

@@brendanc5519 Good story...Yes I remember being a bit shocked when I heard the REAL Toyota Hiace was no more and they re-badged a French van. Hopefully your friend's vans stay reliable. It was mostly electronics that the French had a problem with I think. Maybe the'ye improved?

[@jules9308]

@@brendanc5519 A large proportion of Diesels on the road have French engines in them, people dont realise that when they put down French cars. The French have always made good cars in my opinion, ive had a few.

[@DerekTJ]

I'm thinking of this for a taxi but it's only in electric now with a poxy range of about 210km.

[@BobFlavinVideo]

You'd be spending half your shift charging the thing, diesel still rules for the vans

[@DerekTJ]

@@BobFlavinVideo Good raw advice - me likey!

[@deeweeuavp]

Hmmmmm - I like the camper edition, but saying that you could easily convert this into an overnighter! Upgrade contender maybe ... That's if my 6'8" frame fits

[@darrenhawkes598]

Great review, subscribed! Cheers

[@bdeithrick]

Good run about Enniskerry. ? Did they give cars out in Powerscourt. Always in strange places you are

[@SrdjanPoznanovic]

13:04 Bob,you have a realy problem with Hdi engines :-) You realy like Renaults dCi engines :-)

[@marks-0-0]

I love these kind of practical cars but damb they are so expensive. I'd buy one when it was 2 years old and save bank.

[@n.s.5278]

Most cars lose half their value in the first three years.

[@autochampwandelen]

Nice video, I also did a review on the Peugeot Rifter (without drinving), in my channel! I must say I liked it, but the small steering wheel looks annoying. And the front grill is fake. But otherwise the design is nice!

[@timjefferson1886]

PSA needs to offer this as an EV; there seems to be enough space under the floor for a battery pack. Perhaps they could use a similar motor and battery pack as in the eCorsa (100 kW, 50 kWh, 205 mile range).

[@martinmuller5531]

There is an E-Rifter coming out soon!

[@jules9308]

The posties around our way have been using Peugeot Partner Electric vans for quite a while now, and there is now a Rifter version, but it will probably be quite expensive,

[@rapidrick]

Functionality can be sexy too 😎

[@typhoontim125]

Powerscourt looks well Bob...Nice day for it!

[@mrsinn2642]

He must have edited out the leafs off the trees, don't think this video was made today

[@typhoontim125]

@@mrsinn2642 I didn't imagine he did it today...I meant nice day for it in the video! Well spotted though re leaves!

[@billmillar8626]

You will need and use the flappy paddles , !!!

[@darnjem1642]

Bob it looks very cramped in the front... is it just the camera angle maybe. Good review though. 👍

[@brett7801]

3:43 Why is the back of the driver's seat different to the passenger? Little odd.

[@typhoontim125]

The passenger seat has a hard plastic back on it and I would think this is because it can fold down (unlike the driver seat) and you may be carrying longer items (lengths of wood for example) that could rest on the back of the passenger seat, hence the hard plastic back on it. Just my theory!

[@officialWWM]

Had a few spare parts lying around the factory...

[@aerotus888]

Is this just a cheaper more practical and uglier version of the 5008?

[@d15ude]

Why not show us the boot, not just talk about it? Lots of people interested in such a car are so because of boot space.

[@BobFlavinVideo]

But your looking into the boot then I’m cloning about in the seats, that’s the boot

[@typhoontim125]

You could watch another video to see the boot! (Or send your complaint to Bob, Complaints Dept, The Next Gear, Ireland). Alternatively and if you feel that strongly you could sue him and/or ask for a refund! Best of luck! ;-)

[@paddydowney6269]

1.2L petrol in a 7 seater van. European cars are being well and truly neutered. Currently driving a friends minivan 7 seater Toyota Siena in western Canada and it’s a 3.5L v6 and a hair under 300bhp 😂

[@coldEarMan]

Distances in Europe are shorter than in US or Canada - France is the same size as Texas. Vast emptiness is so common in North America - we do not need to travel to the nearest market 50 miles, we just go outside in our flamboyant pijamas ;-).

[@typhoontim125]

Yeh wonderful...and it's MPG's? and Emissions?

[@toonmag50]

Mini-van.? Is this a small van without seats in the back?

[@typhoontim125]

@@toonmag50Did you actually WATCH the video??

[@KING0SISQO]

Brian Cullen mpg I agree with. But emissions? Really?

[@leveller123xyz]

Thanks from Middlesex, England, a good vlog in helping me make up my mind. I have to sell my perfectly good VW Golf and Transporter. I need only one vehicle now this looks like it fit’s the bill. I would just like to thank Mayor Khan in London for ULEZ and the dodgy scientific proof he claims is the truth. To install ULEZ tax. Beware Ireland it will be headed your way too, very soon.

[@tonymaloan]

Poojo ? I believe it is pronounced Perjo

[@Vegan123]

Only if you are from Britain - and even then it's wrong (not the way it is pronounced in French) In Ireland we use Hiberno English and pronounce words not in their native language (French) but in our language.

[@CosgroveNotts]

I like this bloke. He'd sell oil to the Arabs lol

[@toonmag50]

I thought you Irish were like the Aussies and kiwis. You all get big stiffies if the car is Japanese or German.

[@typhoontim125]

You mean we happen to like Reliable cars?

[@typhoontim125]

Just curious....what gives YOU a "big stiffy"?

[@mfitzy100]

No French cars were always very popular in Ireland. German cars while very well liked are poorly regarded in terms of reliability

[@typhoontim125]

@@mfitzy100 You're talking tosh!. Number one Best Selling car brand in Ireland is VW (GERMAN!). Number 2 is TOYOTA (JAPANESE). The highest placed FRENCH car is RENAULT in SEVENTH place! Regarding reliabilty, the Germans have a very good reputation and the french certainly don't! (especially electrics!).

[@mfitzy100]

Brian Cullen German cars have a dreadful reliability record- the double whammy being the massive bills when things go wrong (and they always do). I say this as a BMW driver but it’s a company car so if and when it blows up then it won’t break me. Renault and Peugeot regularly beat the German makes in various reliability surveys. There’s no point pretending German makes are reliable when they simply aren’t

[@lopezben3023]

. . NOT, NOT, NOT ... Peuge-NOT. - .

[@sasicuomo9217]

Brutta👎

[@newbeginnings8566]

Piece of crap. A van with windows.. In socialist France a van with windows is seen a ' having made it'. An old diesel designed engine. So 35 000 € for a van with windows...... Elsewhere get out and live a bit better. At least Bob gives an decent review and Bob's reviews are getting better...

[@typhoontim125]

Bad day Mark? :-o

[@terry2144]

Does it have electric windows in back bob

[@jofuji8255]

‘Socialist France’ .... get cut up by a Renault today? Seagull dump on your baguette? 😆 Have a Kronenburg and pipe down.

[@coldEarMan]

@@terry2144 yes it has as an option or as standard for middle trim on. These are equipped also with safety blockage and you can open them in more or less 75%. You can also buy central console with additional air vents (with 3steps regulation). For the second row you can also buy separately built-in sun blinders.

[@typhoontim125]

@@jofuji8255 Haha Jo! Exactly... I detect a chip on his shoulder there...or maybe a French Fry! ;-)

[@officialWWM]

Holy shit, that is an ugly car! If you're a bloke and you buy one of those, you need to hand in your man card immediately!

[@typhoontim125]

Some of us don't have the same insecurity in our "man-card" that clearly you do ;-)

[@officialWWM]

Brian Cullen thing is, if you're driving one of these, you probably have a vagina anyway :)

[@typhoontim125]

@@officialWWM Grow up numb-nuts!

[@peterbentley5184]

Handy if you have a business and a family