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The company Peugeot approved the launch of a series of hot-hatch 208 GTi
The company Peugeot has given the "green light" project to produce "charged" version of the hatchback, which was 208 revived the name of GTi. World premiere serial hot hatch in September this year at the Motorshow in Paris. The novelty will be built based on the concept car that debuted at the Geneva Motor Show in March. Hatchback will receive 1.6-litre turbocharged engine, which is expected to be available in two power options — 156 and 207 horsepower. The most powerful version will be called and will be able to recruit GTi Racing first "hundred" in about seven seconds. The company Peugeot clarified that "charged" Peugeot 208 will not be the same "focused on sports" machine, such as the Renault Clio RS. Manufacturer's representatives claim that see no financial gain from the issuance and sale of hot-hatch prepared just for the sake of power and track days. "We have to find our own niche in which we will be able to sell a significant number of cars," said the Managing Director of the British magazine Autocar Office Peugeot Tim Zimmerman. -The path chosen by the Renaultsport, in his own good, but that is not the road we want to go. We want to focus on the usability of cars every day.
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