ROVEN Posted May 13, 2020 Posted May 13, 2020 (edited) Farewell GTi! The future athletes of the Lion will convert to electric. This will soon be the case for the Peugeot e-208 PSE, but with only 170 hp… (Updated on 05/13/2020 at 12:43 pm) Peugeot e-208 PSE - We will have to get used to it: Peugeot definitively abandons the GTi coat of arms. A decision that echoes the tightening of anti-pollution standards on a European scale. Too much connoted "internal combustion engine", the famous acronym will soon be asked to keep a low profile, 35 years after the launch of the emblematic Peugeot 205 GTi. Hello electricity However, the momentum currently enjoyed by the Lion encourages him to consider the multiplication of sports models. While the three previous generations of family sedans (406, 407 and 508) shun high performance versions, the new Peugeot 508 is about to inherit the genes of the late 405 Mi16 and T16, which disappeared in the mid-90s. In the footsteps of the 508 PSE In March 2019, the Franc-Comtoise firm proudly exhibited at the Geneva Motor Show the 508 Peugeot Sport Engineered concept, a 400 hp rechargeable hybrid promised for production in the fall of 2020. In fact, the production model will lower its cumulative power at 360 hp. A level of power, however, never seen under the hood of a tricolor sedan. An electric 208 GTi This electric revolution will soon allow generalist manufacturers to cut croupiers to German competition, at low cost, without having to multiply the cylinders. A 180 ° turn that the Peugeot 208 will start very soon, via its 100% electric variant. Unfortunately, according to recent corridor noises, relayed by our British colleagues from Car Magazine, this e-208 PSE would be content with a meager cure of vitamin. The power of the 136 hp block of the electric model, currently in the catalog, would increase to 170 hp. A value which seems to us very low, and which should quickly exhaust the city dweller, passed the test of the start-stop. We are a little hungry ... Peugeot e-208 PSE price Potentially launched in 2021, this Peugeot e-208 PSE of only 170 hp, if this information is confirmed, will cool more than one. Especially since its basic price could approach 50,000 €. We are far from the ambition deployed on the 508 PSE 360 hp. Peugeot sports news: Future Peugeot 308 PSE (2022): more than 300 hp to replace the GTi Peugeot 508 Peugeot Sport Engineered: first laps in video New Peugeot 3008 restyled (2020): soon 360 hp hybrid? Edited May 14, 2020 by YaKuZa--BoSs Closed Topic/complete 1 day.
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