Peugeot Bipper Tepee launches

Peugeot has launched the Bipper Tepee – a van based MPV offering five seats and sliding doors for under £10k.

The daft name fits the Bipper Tepee. It’s a pretty daft looking vehicle. There will be some who love it, but most won’t. It is what it looks – a van with windows and seats. But if you’re looking for cheap and versatile ways to move your brood around the Bipper Tepee could fit the bill.

The Bipper Tepee is basically a Bipper van that’s been modded to change it in to a ‘car’. It’s the first time Peugeot has pulled this trick with the Bipper van, although they’ve been the same route with the Partner van which became the Partner Combi and is now the Partner Tepee (Tepee is Peugeot’s code for ‘It’s got seats).

So the van with seats does offer what you’d expect from a van – loads of room. It has fold-down rear seats that split 1/3rd 2/3rd for a bit of extra versatility and sliding doors to make it easy to strap in the kids in a car park. It comes with a pair of fairly puny engines – a 1.4 petrol and a 1.4 diesel – but the diesel offers £35 VED with its 119g/km CO2 and 62.8mpg. You get a choice of five-speed manual or, if you opt for the diesel version, you can have an electronically controlled manual which allows you to self-shift or leave it to the ‘box.

Two trim levels are on offer – S and Outdoor. Prices start at under £10k for the S 1.4 8V rising to £12,595 for the Outdoor HDi 70 2-Tronic, Spec is pretty measly and includes steel wheels, ABS and CD.

But what do you want for under £10k?

Peugeot Bipper Tepee Models and Prices

Model	Ins Group	CO2 g/km	On-the-road MRRP	VED Rate
S 1.4 8V	2E	155	£9,995	£150.00
S HDi 70	2E	119	£10,995	£35.00
S HDi 70 2-Tronic	2E	119	£11,795	£35.00
Outdoor 1.4 8v	3E	155	£10,795	£150.00
Outdoor HDi 70	2E	119	£11,795	£35.00
Outdoor HDi 70 2-Tronic	2E	119	£12,595	£35.00

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