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Peugeot has revealed preliminary specs for the 208 T16 race car that will compete in this year’s Pikes Peak International Hill Climb in Colorado.
Set to be driven by nine time World Rally Championship winner Sebastien Loeb, the Unlimited Class contender boasts 875 HP from its bi-turbo V6 engine and tips the scale at just 875 kg for an amazing power-to-weight ratio of 1:1. Peugeot’s latest race car also benefits from all-wheel drive and an effective aerodynamic package.
All told, the Peugeot 208 T16 Pikes Peak shares its genes with those of the Le Mans 24 Hours-winning 908 in several areas, including the running gear, brakes, air-intake and the huge rear wing.
“Your imagination is the only limit when you set out to design a car for Pikes Peak,” grins Jean-Christophe Pallier, the Peugeot Sport engineer tasked with the 208 T16 Pikes Peak project. “Designing this car was a tremendously rewarding experience, even though we still had to take the ‘time’ factor into account…”
The 2013 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb is scheduled to take place on June 30.
All told, the Peugeot 208 T16 Pikes Peak shares its genes with those of the Le Mans 24 Hours-winning 908 in several areas, including the running gear, brakes, air-intake and the huge rear wing.
“Your imagination is the only limit when you set out to design a car for Pikes Peak,” grins Jean-Christophe Pallier, the Peugeot Sport engineer tasked with the 208 T16 Pikes Peak project. “Designing this car was a tremendously rewarding experience, even though we still had to take the ‘time’ factor into account…”
The 2013 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb is scheduled to take place on June 30.
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