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NZ Autocar
16-06-2025
- Automotive
- NZ Autocar
Peugeot 208 GTi returns in style
Peugeot's GTi badge has returned, reappearing on its first electric performance car, a hot e-208. Launching at the 24 hours of Le Mans race, it is the first GTi from Peugeot since production of the 308 GTi ended in 2021. The new 208 GTi represents a significant makeover of the city-focused e-208. Peugeot Sport did the development work. It borrows the motor from Alfa Romeo's Junior Veloce. Powering the front wheels via a mechanical limited-slip differential, it puts out 207kW and 345Nm. That's a big jump on the regular e208's 115kW. It's also twice as much power as the original 80s 205 GTi had. Peugeot quotes a 0-100 time of 5.7sec, making it faster than the Mini JCW Electric. Its top speed is a claimed 180km/h. New gear includes hydraulic bump stops and a rear anti-roll bar. The steering is tuned for a more direct response. Riding 30mm lower than the regular e208, the front track is wider by 56mm while the rear is up by half that. A new front lip, rear spoiler and diffuser mark out the newcomer. It also runs on 18-inch 'Hole' alloys inspired by those fitted to the classic 1.9L 205 GTi. Sticky Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 tyres hide the rims. Up front are 355mm brake discs clamped by four-piston calipers. Wheel-arch extensions allow the extra rubber room to rotate, finished in red stripes. Inside, the bucket seats feature retro-style two-tone upholstery. There are red highlights for the stitching, seatbelts, carpets, air vents, digital dials and ambient lighting. There's an Alcantara finish for the seats and steering wheel. GTi badges abound. 'A unique onboard immersive sound experience' plays through the internal speakers, and is switchable. There's also a Sport drive mode that automatically disables some of the driver-assistance systems. Software modifications to the e-208 GTi's 54kWh NMC battery reduce temperatures under high loads and improve energy recovery. Range between charges is set at 350km and a 20-80 per cent refill takes less than 30 minutes using a 100kW DC connection. Jean-Marc Finot, senior vice-president of Stellantis's motorsport operations, said that the new car will have 'the typical Peugeot GTi agility and steering feeling'. Standard kit includes a large central touchscreen with navigation, and smartphone connectivity. An eight-year warranty will also come as standard. Pricing will be competitive with that of the Mini JCW.
Perth Now
13-06-2025
- Automotive
- Perth Now
Peugeot e-208 GTi unveiled: French hot hatch goes electric
Peugeot is wading into the electric hot hatch battle with the GTi badge now affixed to the e-208 city hatch. Under the bonnet there's a more powerful French-made electric motor with 209kW and 345Nm driving the front wheels. That's quite a big step up from the regular e-208's 115kW motor. To help the GTi make a clean getaway it's fitted with a limited-slip differential. The e-208 GTi can complete the 0-100km/h dash in 5.7 seconds, and hit a top speed of 180km/h. Hundreds of new car deals are available through CarExpert right now. Get the experts on your side and score a great deal. Browse now. Supplied Credit: CarExpert A 54kWh battery from CATL is standard, and provides a 350km driving range under the WLTP standard. AC charging speeds top out at 7.4kW, and 100kW can be achieved with at a DC fast charger. The GTi rides on 215/40 Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 tyres wrapped around 18-inch wheels styled to resemble the 'hole' rims used on the 205 GTi. Peugeot claims this not only honours the car's heritage, but provides extra cooling for the brakes. The front discs have been upsized to 355mm with red-painted four-piston calipers. The brakes at the rear are unchanged from the regular e-208 for 'efficiency' purposes. Supplied Credit: CarExpert To benefit the car's handling, and stance, the GTi is 30mm lower than lesser e-208 variants, and its tracks are wider by 56mm at the front and 27mm at the rear. Inside the cabin there are new grippier front seats, a small steering wheel with a flat top and bottom, and plenty of red highlights. Prominent GTi badging appears on the alloy wheels, side sills, seats, and steering wheel. Faux suede trim is used on the door grips, steering wheel, seats, and centre console lid. Leather is applied to the seat bolsters and parts of the steering wheel, while a huge swathe of carbon-fibre-like trim stretches from the door cards and across the dashboard. Supplied Credit: CarExpert The e-208 GTi will be produced in right-hand drive for the UK and Ireland, but it's unclear if the e-208 GTi will grace Australian streets. Indeed the Australian future of the 208 range is unclear. Originally slated to appear locally in 2024, that date has come and gone with no movement at the station. Although the e-208 did receive Australian certification back in 2023, local importer Inchcape is keeping its cards close to its chest. The last GTi model sold in Australia was the 308 back in 2020, with the 208 and the 208 GTi discontinued in 2018. MORE: Everything Peugeot 208
7NEWS
13-06-2025
- Automotive
- 7NEWS
Peugeot e-208 GTi unveiled: French hot hatch goes electric
Peugeot is wading into the electric hot hatch battle with the GTi badge now affixed to the e-208 city hatch. Under the bonnet there's a more powerful French-made electric motor with 209kW and 345Nm driving the front wheels. That's quite a big step up from the regular e-208's 115kW motor. To help the GTi make a clean getaway it's fitted with a limited-slip differential. The e-208 GTi can complete the 0-100km/h dash in 5.7 seconds, and hit a top speed of 180km/h. Hundreds of new car deals are available through CarExpert right now. Get the experts on your side and score a great deal. Browse now. A 54kWh battery from CATL is standard, and provides a 350km driving range under the WLTP standard. AC charging speeds top out at 7.4kW, and 100kW can be achieved with at a DC fast charger. The GTi rides on 215/40 Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 tyres wrapped around 18-inch wheels styled to resemble the 'hole' rims used on the 205 GTi. Peugeot claims this not only honours the car's heritage, but provides extra cooling for the brakes. The front discs have been upsized to 355mm with red-painted four-piston calipers. The brakes at the rear are unchanged from the regular e-208 for 'efficiency' purposes. To benefit the car's handling, and stance, the GTi is 30mm lower than lesser e-208 variants, and its tracks are wider by 56mm at the front and 27mm at the rear. Inside the cabin there are new grippier front seats, a small steering wheel with a flat top and bottom, and plenty of red highlights. Prominent GTi badging appears on the alloy wheels, side sills, seats, and steering wheel. Faux suede trim is used on the door grips, steering wheel, seats, and centre console lid. Leather is applied to the seat bolsters and parts of the steering wheel, while a huge swathe of carbon-fibre-like trim stretches from the door cards and across the dashboard. The e-208 GTi will be produced in right-hand drive for the UK and Ireland, but it's unclear if the e-208 GTi will grace Australian streets. Indeed the Australian future of the 208 range is unclear. Originally slated to appear locally in 2024, that date has come and gone with no movement at the station. Although the e-208 did receive Australian certification back in 2023, local importer Inchcape is keeping its cards close to its chest. The last GTi model sold in Australia was the 308 back in 2020, with the 208 and the 208 GTi discontinued in 2018.
The Advertiser
13-06-2025
- Automotive
- The Advertiser
Peugeot e-208 GTi unveiled: French hot hatch goes electric
Peugeot is wading into the electric hot hatch battle with the GTi badge now affixed to the e-208 city hatch. Under the bonnet there's a more powerful French-made electric motor with 209kW and 345Nm driving the front wheels. That's quite a big step up from the regular e-208's 115kW motor. To help the GTi make a clean getaway it's fitted with a limited-slip differential. The e-208 GTi can complete the 0-100km/h dash in 5.7 seconds, and hit a top speed of 180km/h. Hundreds of new car deals are available through CarExpert right now. Get the experts on your side and score a great deal. Browse now. A 54kWh battery from CATL is standard, and provides a 350km driving range under the WLTP standard. AC charging speeds top out at 7.4kW, and 100kW can be achieved with at a DC fast charger. The GTi rides on 215/40 Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 tyres wrapped around 18-inch wheels styled to resemble the "hole" rims used on the 205 GTi. Peugeot claims this not only honours the car's heritage, but provides extra cooling for the brakes. The front discs have been upsized to 355mm with red-painted four-piston calipers. The brakes at the rear are unchanged from the regular e-208 for "efficiency" purposes. To benefit the car's handling, and stance, the GTi is 30mm lower than lesser e-208 variants, and its tracks are wider by 56mm at the front and 27mm at the rear. Inside the cabin there are new grippier front seats, a small steering wheel with a flat top and bottom, and plenty of red highlights. Prominent GTi badging appears on the alloy wheels, side sills, seats, and steering wheel. Faux suede trim is used on the door grips, steering wheel, seats, and centre console lid. Leather is applied to the seat bolsters and parts of the steering wheel, while a huge swathe of carbon-fibre-like trim stretches from the door cards and across the dashboard. The e-208 GTi will be produced in right-hand drive for the UK and Ireland, but it's unclear if the e-208 GTi will grace Australian streets. Indeed the Australian future of the 208 range is unclear. Originally slated to appear locally in 2024, that date has come and gone with no movement at the station. Although the e-208 did receive Australian certification back in 2023, local importer Inchcape is keeping its cards close to its chest. The last GTi model sold in Australia was the 308 back in 2020, with the 208 and the 208 GTi discontinued in 2018. MORE: Everything Peugeot 208 Content originally sourced from: Peugeot is wading into the electric hot hatch battle with the GTi badge now affixed to the e-208 city hatch. Under the bonnet there's a more powerful French-made electric motor with 209kW and 345Nm driving the front wheels. That's quite a big step up from the regular e-208's 115kW motor. To help the GTi make a clean getaway it's fitted with a limited-slip differential. The e-208 GTi can complete the 0-100km/h dash in 5.7 seconds, and hit a top speed of 180km/h. Hundreds of new car deals are available through CarExpert right now. Get the experts on your side and score a great deal. Browse now. A 54kWh battery from CATL is standard, and provides a 350km driving range under the WLTP standard. AC charging speeds top out at 7.4kW, and 100kW can be achieved with at a DC fast charger. The GTi rides on 215/40 Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 tyres wrapped around 18-inch wheels styled to resemble the "hole" rims used on the 205 GTi. Peugeot claims this not only honours the car's heritage, but provides extra cooling for the brakes. The front discs have been upsized to 355mm with red-painted four-piston calipers. The brakes at the rear are unchanged from the regular e-208 for "efficiency" purposes. To benefit the car's handling, and stance, the GTi is 30mm lower than lesser e-208 variants, and its tracks are wider by 56mm at the front and 27mm at the rear. Inside the cabin there are new grippier front seats, a small steering wheel with a flat top and bottom, and plenty of red highlights. Prominent GTi badging appears on the alloy wheels, side sills, seats, and steering wheel. Faux suede trim is used on the door grips, steering wheel, seats, and centre console lid. Leather is applied to the seat bolsters and parts of the steering wheel, while a huge swathe of carbon-fibre-like trim stretches from the door cards and across the dashboard. The e-208 GTi will be produced in right-hand drive for the UK and Ireland, but it's unclear if the e-208 GTi will grace Australian streets. Indeed the Australian future of the 208 range is unclear. Originally slated to appear locally in 2024, that date has come and gone with no movement at the station. Although the e-208 did receive Australian certification back in 2023, local importer Inchcape is keeping its cards close to its chest. The last GTi model sold in Australia was the 308 back in 2020, with the 208 and the 208 GTi discontinued in 2018. MORE: Everything Peugeot 208 Content originally sourced from: Peugeot is wading into the electric hot hatch battle with the GTi badge now affixed to the e-208 city hatch. Under the bonnet there's a more powerful French-made electric motor with 209kW and 345Nm driving the front wheels. That's quite a big step up from the regular e-208's 115kW motor. To help the GTi make a clean getaway it's fitted with a limited-slip differential. The e-208 GTi can complete the 0-100km/h dash in 5.7 seconds, and hit a top speed of 180km/h. Hundreds of new car deals are available through CarExpert right now. Get the experts on your side and score a great deal. Browse now. A 54kWh battery from CATL is standard, and provides a 350km driving range under the WLTP standard. AC charging speeds top out at 7.4kW, and 100kW can be achieved with at a DC fast charger. The GTi rides on 215/40 Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 tyres wrapped around 18-inch wheels styled to resemble the "hole" rims used on the 205 GTi. Peugeot claims this not only honours the car's heritage, but provides extra cooling for the brakes. The front discs have been upsized to 355mm with red-painted four-piston calipers. The brakes at the rear are unchanged from the regular e-208 for "efficiency" purposes. To benefit the car's handling, and stance, the GTi is 30mm lower than lesser e-208 variants, and its tracks are wider by 56mm at the front and 27mm at the rear. Inside the cabin there are new grippier front seats, a small steering wheel with a flat top and bottom, and plenty of red highlights. Prominent GTi badging appears on the alloy wheels, side sills, seats, and steering wheel. Faux suede trim is used on the door grips, steering wheel, seats, and centre console lid. Leather is applied to the seat bolsters and parts of the steering wheel, while a huge swathe of carbon-fibre-like trim stretches from the door cards and across the dashboard. The e-208 GTi will be produced in right-hand drive for the UK and Ireland, but it's unclear if the e-208 GTi will grace Australian streets. Indeed the Australian future of the 208 range is unclear. Originally slated to appear locally in 2024, that date has come and gone with no movement at the station. Although the e-208 did receive Australian certification back in 2023, local importer Inchcape is keeping its cards close to its chest. The last GTi model sold in Australia was the 308 back in 2020, with the 208 and the 208 GTi discontinued in 2018. MORE: Everything Peugeot 208 Content originally sourced from: Peugeot is wading into the electric hot hatch battle with the GTi badge now affixed to the e-208 city hatch. Under the bonnet there's a more powerful French-made electric motor with 209kW and 345Nm driving the front wheels. That's quite a big step up from the regular e-208's 115kW motor. To help the GTi make a clean getaway it's fitted with a limited-slip differential. The e-208 GTi can complete the 0-100km/h dash in 5.7 seconds, and hit a top speed of 180km/h. Hundreds of new car deals are available through CarExpert right now. Get the experts on your side and score a great deal. Browse now. A 54kWh battery from CATL is standard, and provides a 350km driving range under the WLTP standard. AC charging speeds top out at 7.4kW, and 100kW can be achieved with at a DC fast charger. The GTi rides on 215/40 Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 tyres wrapped around 18-inch wheels styled to resemble the "hole" rims used on the 205 GTi. Peugeot claims this not only honours the car's heritage, but provides extra cooling for the brakes. The front discs have been upsized to 355mm with red-painted four-piston calipers. The brakes at the rear are unchanged from the regular e-208 for "efficiency" purposes. To benefit the car's handling, and stance, the GTi is 30mm lower than lesser e-208 variants, and its tracks are wider by 56mm at the front and 27mm at the rear. Inside the cabin there are new grippier front seats, a small steering wheel with a flat top and bottom, and plenty of red highlights. Prominent GTi badging appears on the alloy wheels, side sills, seats, and steering wheel. Faux suede trim is used on the door grips, steering wheel, seats, and centre console lid. Leather is applied to the seat bolsters and parts of the steering wheel, while a huge swathe of carbon-fibre-like trim stretches from the door cards and across the dashboard. The e-208 GTi will be produced in right-hand drive for the UK and Ireland, but it's unclear if the e-208 GTi will grace Australian streets. Indeed the Australian future of the 208 range is unclear. Originally slated to appear locally in 2024, that date has come and gone with no movement at the station. Although the e-208 did receive Australian certification back in 2023, local importer Inchcape is keeping its cards close to its chest. The last GTi model sold in Australia was the 308 back in 2020, with the 208 and the 208 GTi discontinued in 2018. MORE: Everything Peugeot 208 Content originally sourced from:
The Citizen
29-05-2025
- Automotive
- The Citizen
Peugeot makes it official: GTi coming back in June but…
Newcomer will make its debut as part of the 24 Hours of Le Mans weekend next month, but is unlikely to return to South Africa. Peugeot has confirmed the revival of the GTi badge, but without any combustion engine input. Image: Peugeot In a development stretching back more than five years, Peugeot has released the first teaser image and video of its first GTi model since the last generation 208 GTi. It is back… Posted on Peugeot France's website and X pages, the blurred depiction provides very little detail, apart from the outline silhouette being similar to that of the current 208. The 14 second video meanwhile gives a slither more hints as pausing it around the four seconds mark, shows what appears to be a fins at the base of the front bumper, suggesting a new type of splitter, a black grille and lower intake and fog lamps on the flanks of the bumper. Despite the clip not naming the GTi moniker by name, the translated caption gives another hint as it reads, 'try to capture the new legend before June 13, 2025'. Essentially the date of the reveal, which happens to be the day before the 93rd running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans where Peugeot will again field a pair of 9X8's in the top-rung Hypercar class, the return of the GTi confirms comments made back in March by Peugeot CEO, Alain Fevey, about the Lion's hot hatch revival. ALSO READ: Peugeot 208 GTi's imminent revival can bring fight to VW Polo GTI 'We've made the decision that Peugeot GTi will be reintroduced. We will start with the 208 and [are] definitely listening to your inputs or what our customers will say as well,' Fevey was quoted by Britain's Autocar as saying. 'We want to continue to nurture the reputation of the brand for driving sensations and the fact that our cars produce particular driving sensations, either as a driver or as someone that is being driven in the car'. … but without combustion fire Reiterating the March announcement, Fevey, in a follow-up with the publication, said the newcomer will only be offered with an electric powertrain, thereby becoming known as the e-208 GTi as it will be based on the standard e-208. A rumour that first emerged in 2020, which alleged the GTi name would only be used in the United Kingdom and the now defunct PSE or Peugeot Sport Engineered (PSE) name everywhere else, e-208 GTi is expected to share its electric hardware with the Abarth 600e and the Alfa Romeo Junior Veloce. Facelifted two years ago, the current e-208 will provide the base for the officially named Peugeot e-208 GTi. Image: Peugeot This means the same e-CMP platform and the 54-kWh battery pack that produces 177 kW in the 600e and 207 kW in the Junior. While likely that the former will be used for the production model, Autocar further states that the e-208 GTi could eventually also serve as a base for a performance version of the Opel Corsa Electric after the Blitz's registering of the GSe moniker earlier this month. More soon Despite it being reported in 2019 that the GTi moniker had been shelved in favour of PSE, its confirmed return is unlikely to include South Africa where past models included the 206 GTi and GTi 180, 207 GTi, 308 GTi and 208 GTi. While official details are still unknown, expect more hints to emerge over the coming weeks two weeks leading up to the 13 June unveiling. NOW READ: Hot Peugeot 208 looks set to keep GTI badge after all
