2008 doesn’t roar loudly for a Peugeot

Declan Colley said the Peugeot 2008 baby SUV is a very good car by the standards of the segment, but less so by Peugeot’s own standards

This engine in the Peugeot 2008 is a nice performer that has plenty of oomph, lively enough to placate even demanding drivers.

When someone or something becomes successful, or merely really good, at what they do, any subsequent fall-off in performance or output becomes measured through a prism of revised order.

So, when, say, a rock band makes a classic record, after a series of duds, or a tech company comes up with a sensational new piece of kit, having been stuck in a rut, everything else they do subsequently is measured against that single achievement and not the dross that went beforehand.