Peugeot is lining up a pure-electric 208 GTi to sit together with the routine petrol hot hatch in the variety when the new generation of the supermini shows up next year, car reveal has learned.
The brand is gearing as much as introduce an all-new version of the vehicle at next spring’s Geneva motor Show. This will switch to a new CMP (Common Modular Platform) design that provides much-improved efficiency, less expensive develop costs and, crucially, the range for pure-electric variants.
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A pure-EV version of the next 208 has always been on the cards because PSA revealed that its platform would are available in two versions: CMP (also understood as EMP1) as well as e-CMP. now Peugeot manager Jean-Pierre Imparato has suggested that the electric 208 might likewise be provided as a GTi, previewed in our special images.
Speaking solely to car Express, Imparato said: “I’ll expose this in full in March, however I don’t want the future to be boring. My message will be that each time I introduce a new car, it will be electrified, however you will purchase your Peugeot as well as you will select your powertrain.
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“When you purchase a Peugeot you will discover design, the most recent version of i-Cockpit, the upmarket trim levels like GT-Line, GT as well as possibly GTi, since I don’t want to produce any type of difference between EV as well as combustion-engined models, however the client will select the powertrain.”