"To be fair, anyone except the clueless knows that Peugoets are junk"

I guess I am clueless along with thousands of happy motorists/

For work I am running a Citroen C5 1.6hdi basically the same as the Ford Mondeo and many other vehicles its done 66k km no problem the Peugeot 406 sw 1.6hdi previous did well over 200k no problems.All manufacturers seem to want PAS engines and running gear and as the previous OP says came very near the top in Germany in the ADAC/Auotbild test which unlike anything in the UK is accurate as can be and looks at many thousands of cars used in all types of conditions.To say a marque is rubbish and another is ok shows a distinct lack of engineering knowhow there are problem parts in all cars shown by the number of manufacturer recalls even Rolls Royce and Bentley are not imune to that although my personel W212 has not missed a beat so far my sons BMW 330 has been a disaster upto press although when it goes its a beautiful car when it goes is the phrase thatis most important.

it seem Peugeot are trying not to honour cars with the clutch/gear box fault under warranty despite the fault occuring as early as 6 months old. It appears the clutch has a very short shelf life.

Hardly alone there in trying to wriggle out of responsibility, the list of makers who stand by their product is very short.