The "well, duh" news of the day comes from Peugeot today, as their Managing Director Maxime Picat spoke to Top Gear UK and told basically that they could make a production version of the 308 R hot hatch, which is being previewed in Frankfurt as a concept.
This comes as no surprise to us, since the French lion already has a production car with the exact same engine, the RCZ R which has the exact same new 1.6-liter 270 PS engine as the Frankfurt concept.
"After the Le Mans project shut down [in January 2012, before their brand-new hybrid racer had ever raced] we needed to rejuvenate our sport effort. It's a clear part of the brand. And now it's winning again. I gave permission to the Peugeot Sport team to create cars for customers. Clearly the RCZ R and the potential 308 R will be developed by Peugeot sport to use sport technologies," Picat says.
As impressive as the 270 hp version of the 308 sounds, we believe Peugeot will also make a less radical but more affordable model with only 200 hp. It will either be called the GTi or the GT and we have spyshots to prove it exists.
"After the Le Mans project shut down [in January 2012, before their brand-new hybrid racer had ever raced] we needed to rejuvenate our sport effort. It's a clear part of the brand. And now it's winning again. I gave permission to the Peugeot Sport team to create cars for customers. Clearly the RCZ R and the potential 308 R will be developed by Peugeot sport to use sport technologies," Picat says.
As impressive as the 270 hp version of the 308 sounds, we believe Peugeot will also make a less radical but more affordable model with only 200 hp. It will either be called the GTi or the GT and we have spyshots to prove it exists.