In the 1980s you could buy the iconic Peugeot 205 GTi hot hatch for $29,500 – and now in the runout of the current 208 GTi, that’s the price you’ll pay for the last 30 cars.
While the original 205 GTi – still one of the best hot hatches your www.carshowroom.com.au correspondent has driven – delivered 88kW/153Nm from its naturally-aspirated 1.9-litre four-cylinder engine, the current 208 GTi rewards with 147kW/275Nm from its turbocharged 1.6-litre powerplant.
Of course these days Peugeot’s hot hatch has considerably more standard features than the original – six airbags, satellite navigation, cruise control, rear parking sensors and the like weren’t around in the 1980s.
An updated Peugeot 208 GTi is slated for launch late this year and Peugeot Australia will announce local specifications and pricing at that time.
But will it be able to emulate the original 205 GTi and, from a standing start lift all four wheels off the ground at the crest of a hill on our test route in Sydney’s Sutherland Shire?
