Peugeot will launch a GTI variant of the E-208, confirmed the brand new boss Alain Favey, with the Sizzling Hatch attempting to “cherish the status of the Using Pink Sensations Trademark”.

This would be the first GTI mannequin for the reason that earlier era Peugeot 308 in 2021 and Peugeot’s first sporty electrical automobile offered.

Favey spoke to the media in the present day and mentioned: “I’m able to affirm that we’ll set the GTI on the E-208 as quickly as potential. We made the choice that Peugeot GTI can be reinstated.”

He added that it’s a ‘sign’ about ‘what it means to show to our previous, our historical past’ once more, and that it will hyperlink the French model’s street automobiles to his involvement in Motorsport (within the World Endurance Championship).

“We need to proceed to nurture the trademark’s status for driving sensations and the truth that our automobiles present particular driving sensations, whether or not as a driver or as somebody pushed within the automobile,” Favey mentioned.

When it comes to a broader GTI vary or a sports activities mannequin with a combustion engine, Favey advised it is determined by buyer suggestions.

He mentioned: ‘We’ll begin with the 208 and (are) undoubtedly listening to your enter, or what our shoppers will say too.

‘We don’t conclude that there could also be different executions of the 208 GTI below the GTI badge, however for in the present day, completely nothing has been deliberate in that sentence.

The affirmation of the return of the GTI badge comes after Favey mentioned final month that he would take into account it certainly one of his first posts since he took over as CEO of Peugeot.