2016 Peugeot 208 GTi 30th Anniversary REVIEW | Deliciously Fast, Deliciously Bad…
WITH THE PEUGEOT 208 GTI 30TH ANNIVERSARY, THE FRENCH BRAND IS CELEBRATING THREE DECADES SINCE IT LAUNCHED THE ICONIC 205 GTI HATCHBACK – ONE OF THE FIRST TO HAVE A BIG ENGINE SHOEHORNED UNDER A LITTLE BONNET.
Today, we call these vehicles ‘hot hatches’ and they are a dime-a-dozen.
Trouble is, Peugeot has since been unable to capture the sheer brilliance of its original 1984 model that perfectly balanced Parisian style, a terrier appetite for tarmac, and fair dollop of ‘mongrel’ thrown in for good measure. That is, it hopes, until now.
Only 500 units of the 208 GTi 30th Anniversary have been produced worldwide, of which 26 have jumped across from Europe to Australia and just four of those remain unsold.
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