Peugeot will launch a GTi variant of the e-208, new boss Alain Favey has confirmed, with the scorching hatch set to spearhead an effort to “nurture the fame of the model for driving sensations”.
It will likely be the primary GTi mannequin for the reason that previous-generation Peugeot 308 went off sale in 2021 and Peugeot’s first sporty electrical automobile.
Talking to media right this moment, Favey stated: “I’m ready to verify that we’ll reintroduce the GTi on the e-208 as quickly as potential. We’ve made the choice that Peugeot GTi might be reintroduced.”
He added that it’s a “sign” about “what it means to reconnect to our previous, our historical past” and that it could hyperlink the French model’s highway automobiles to its involvement in motorsport (within the World Endurance Championship).
“We wish to proceed to nurture the fame of the model for driving sensations and the truth that our automobiles produce specific driving sensations, both as a driver or as somebody that’s being pushed within the automobile,” Favey stated.
As for a broader GTi line-up or a sporting mannequin with a combustion engine, Favey urged it’s going to rely upon buyer suggestions.
He stated: “We’ll begin with the 208 and [are] positively listening to your inputs, or what our clients will say as nicely.
“We do not exclude that there is perhaps different executions of the 208 GTi below the GTi badge, however for right this moment there’s completely nothing deliberate in that sense.
Affirmation of the GTi badge’s return comes after Favey final month stated that he would contemplate it as one in all his first jobs since taking on as Peugeot CEO.
