2012 Peugeot GTI Hatchback Ready

2012 Peugeot GTI hatchback ready to explode with powerful turbocharged four-cylinder engines to the all-new Peugeot 208 being launched next summer.with different design characteristics GTI with different wheel and tire sizes plus a rally-derived rear roof spoiler.

A 154bhp version is likely to be used in the mainstream GTI, which will be priced from about £18,000. A hotter 204bhp unit will go into a rarer, more focused model, possibly called GTI Racing, starting close to £23,000. The quickest Peugeot 208 is on course to offer sub-7.0sec 0-60mph acceleration and a top speed well over 140mph, thus providing decent opposition for Renault’s highly successful Clio Cup, until recently largely unchallenged in the UK.

Peugeot’s mainstream 208 range follows a growing trend among supermini makers by introducing a new super-frugal range of low-friction, small-capacity petrol engines, understood to be 1.0 and 1.2 litres in capacity, with outputs of between 75bhp and 100bhp. There will also be a range of e-HDi diesel engines with outputs of up to 140bhp.