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Guess Peugeot is playing a game of "can you top this", really. It's a bold move, but Peugeot wants to go for it... And it could be a limited production car, if anything.
Peugeot 308 GTI - Second Generation
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Guess Peugeot is playing a game of "can you top this", really. It's a bold move, but Peugeot wants to go for it... And it could be a limited production car, if anything.
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Expensive maybe but there is a backlog of orders extending nearly a year on the A45 atleast, hot hatches are the modern Performance car most turn to these days.
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For the performance, it isn't really expensive.
I used to think it was - but realistically, these cars are hugely, hugely fast. If you think about them in terms of their performance (that can effectively match C63s and the like in a straight line, for £20k less) and not as warmed-up family hatchbacks, the price is a lot easier to stomach.
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That's the thing 15 years ago what was considered the hot hatch was the GTI and the like, now that is basically the entry to the market, despite huge performance gains from these since then.
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I'm not sure the definition has changed so much as the scope. In the 1980s a hot hatch made somewhere between 100-130bhp. Now, a legitimate hot hatch can make anywhere between maybe 180 and 400bhp, and covers two or three different market classes. Something like a Fiesta ST is still a hot hatch even though it's at the bottom of that scale (some may say it's the best hot hatch outright), but frankly we're spoiled for choice now with everything from the Fords and Peugeots to the really top-end stuff from Merc and Audi.
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Kinda related to topic...
Do you guys think that Peugeot would do well in America? I feel like they would, as long as they can get some recognition.
Do you guys think that Peugeot would do well in America? I feel like they would, as long as they can get some recognition.
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I think they would do well but something tells me they would end up with an image that of the same as Hyundai. If that makes sense at all.
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It's a good question. It think they could but their main focus is the European, Chinese and South American market where they seem to do very well. There was a model that had more of a focus on the american market and that was the 408 GT which melted, well, together with the design of the Exalt. If the market keeps going up for Peugeot they could become more focussed on the american market but for the moment I haven't heard anything about that.
408 GT before
408 GT now
The new 408 GT focusses more on the chinese market.
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According to this article at the end of 2016
http://www.automobile-magazine.fr/actualites/scoops/peugeot/peugeot_gt8
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Mind giving us an abridged translation of what you are referring to?According to this article at the end of 2016
http://www.automobile-magazine.fr/actualites/scoops/peugeot/peugeot_gt8
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The Peugeot GT8 is an adjusted version of the Exalt. The GT8 will be in compétition with the 508 and it may replace the 508. Engines: 3 cylindres petrol and diesel. Also hybrid engines will be available. Probably evolutions of the current engines that are found in ceveral citroen and peugeot models. The stationwagon will arrive in 2017.
The GT8 will be build on the chassis of the 308. The fabrication will take place in Mulhouse, France.
Prices around 28.000 euros.
The GT8 will be build on the chassis of the 308. The fabrication will take place in Mulhouse, France.
Prices around 28.000 euros.
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I think it is Peugeots CLA rival or something, not really any other non premium 4 Door coupes out apart from the VW CC.
It's a C segment car so it's not a 508 rival as that is a Proper Midsizer.
Wonder if Citroen would get it as DS Model that would be right on the money.
It's a C segment car so it's not a 508 rival as that is a Proper Midsizer.
Wonder if Citroen would get it as DS Model that would be right on the money.
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Wish they sold this thing in the states.
http://www.carscoops.com/2015/10/new-peugeot-308-gti-arrives-in-uk-in.html
Wish they sold this thing in the states.
http://www.carscoops.com/2015/10/new-peugeot-308-gti-arrives-in-uk-in.html
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Guess Peugeot's lack of image in the USA hurts the chances of the GTI ever making it to the American car market, sadly. Unless something changes drastically, it will remain that way... I did not know that you were a fan of it though, R1600.
As for the pricing, the 270 hp version will have its work cut out; at £28,155, it stands dangerously close to the far more powerful Ford Focus RS which will have prices starting from £28,940. Of course, the 308 could take advantage of its better comfort outside of the track (some reviews which I read state that the general behavior of the GTI is sporty enough, but it still retains some of its original comfort at the same time) to entice not-so-hardcore drivers who want to use it outside of racetracks.
As for the pricing, the 270 hp version will have its work cut out; at £28,155, it stands dangerously close to the far more powerful Ford Focus RS which will have prices starting from £28,940. Of course, the 308 could take advantage of its better comfort outside of the track (some reviews which I read state that the general behavior of the GTI is sporty enough, but it still retains some of its original comfort at the same time) to entice not-so-hardcore drivers who want to use it outside of racetracks.
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I'm definitely of the mindset that the other half of PSA, Citroen, could be much more popular in the US than Peugeot. Products like the Cactus and DS3 could easily find market space here, where I think some of Peugeot's products might have a little bit more off a difficult time. Which is particularly odd, as Peugeot was the last French marque to leave with its tail between its legs.
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I feel the same way. The Cactus especially could do well, while something like this might have a hard time making PSA any money if they ever brought it here. Hot hatches in general have a tough time thanks to exchange rates and market expectations. I'm still wondering how the Focus RS will fair against big brother 'Stang, even if they are massively different products.
That silly two-tone paint is going to age spectacularly badly no matter what, though.
