1.2 PureTech (EB2 turbo)

The 1.2 PureTech turbo (EB2 — shared across the 208/2008/Corsa/Grandland) carries the engine family's notorious wet-timing-belt (belt-in-oil) reputation: on the belt cars it degrades and can shed material that blocks the oil pickup and destroys the engine. The good news is that this late, post-2021 308 III sits at the point where Stellantis was revising the design toward a chain and tightening the belt/oil regime, so a late car is less of a gamble than an early PureTech — but you must verify the specific car's timing setup and service history. With the correct (frequent) oil regime and the belt done on the tighter schedule it's lively and refined; treat the oil seriously and confirm the belt-vs-chain status.