Nearly five years have passed since Peugeot has last showed a hot hole bearing the famous GTI badge, but it is about to present one again – with an electric development.
the Peugeot E-208 GTI The first global appearance will happen on June 13, the day before the Le Mans race 24 hours.
The first GTI arrival in Peugeot was replaced by the CEO of Alain Favey in March this year.
No new information was released before the first global presentation, but Peugeot promised to be the E-208 GTI “a pleasure in driving, graceful, strong-designed to provide an unforgettable driving experience.”
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Peugeot Australia did not sell the vehicles wearing the GTI badge, which was first seen on the 205 hatchback in the 1980s, where the small opening 308 was nullified here in 2020, which was accepted from the previous generation 208 HATCH and GTI locally pioneering in 2018.
But earlier this year, the CEO of PEUGEOT International said that the French brand “will re-offer GTI to the E-2018 as soon as possible” in an attempt to re-connect the historical marashir to its sporting rate.
She also wants to re -create a link between production models and their current cars, including the World Championships (WEC) that is carrying out Hypercar 9×8 campaigns.
“I am in a position that allows me to assert that we will re-display the GTI on the E-2018 as soon as possible. We have made a decision that Peugeot GTI will be re-submitted.”
“We want to continue to care for the brand’s reputation to drive sensations and the fact that our cars produce certain driving sensations, either as a driver or as a person driving in the car.
“We will start with 208 and [are] Certainly listen to your inputs, or what our customers will say too. “
Like the latest E-208 (in the picture here) that will be based on, it will be the hot hole that is generated again electricly, making it the first battery GTI in Peugeot.
However, Mr. Fafi, who said that the revival of the GTI was among his higher priorities when he became the CEO of Peugeot in February this year, indicated that 208 GTI is supported by combustion could be followed if there was sufficient demand for consumers.
“We do not rule out that there may be other executions of 208 GTI under GTI, but for today there is nothing planned in this sense.”
Despite the slowdown in the growth of electric vehicle sales (EV) in the main global markets, the first GTI EV from Peugeot will join something from the French hot French Renaissance that also includes Wild Renault 5 Turbo 3E and Alpine A290 based on Renault 5 E-Tech technology.
As part of the Stelantis collection, it can fit PEUGEOT E-208 with the same transmission collection as the ABRGH 600E, given that both built-in alight depends on the E-CMP platform for the auto industry.
600E employs an electric-fixed electric motor that produces 175 kilowatt of energy and a low-slip Torsen, with a 0-100 km/h of 6.2 seconds. There is also the hotter Scorpionissima variable, which produces up to 207 kW of energy.
E-208 GTI could be faster than 600E if it is lighter, and they are
The last PEUGEOT 208 GTI guide was priced in Australia in 2018 at $ 29,990 before the four -cylinder gasoline engine with a capacity of 153 kW/300 nm.
In the typical PEUGEOT GTI style (and Volkswagen GTI), it only sent an engine to the front wheels. The hot hole was a claim of 0-100 km/h from 6.8 seconds.
The second generation of the second generation 208 (which was launched in 2019) has not yet been released, although it was previously confirmed by its local launch in 2024, although Peugeot has said it could still be sold here in the form of E-208 Electric.
In September 2024, Peugeot Australia said it still has plans to expand its EV assortment beyond the EV-2008 Small SUV and the electronic partner’s connection bar, but not until 2025.
The local importer at Peugeot InchCApe then did not lead to EVS that will be launched here this year (if any), but the French auto manufacturer received the Australian design base for E 2010 again in 2023.
One variable appeared in the approval documents on the federal government, supported by an 115 -kW electric motor and a 51 kW battery package. In Europe, this configuration provides a distance of 400 km from the electrical range.
While a limited number of E-308s arrived in Australia last year, Peugeot has not yet confirmed when the E-2008 will be presented again, and it stopped asserting other EVS such as E-3008 and E-5008 for our market.
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