LAST AUTO NEWS – PEUGEOT TO AXE CLASSIC GTI BADGE
Last Auto account – Peugeot to axe archetypal GTi cast French firm’s acclaimed cast boarded to scrapheap in move that makes way for all-new RCZ achievement coupé
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Say it ain’t so! After 25 years of bargain thrills, Peugeot is sending the GTi cast to the breakers. The once-potent attribute of hot-hatch achievement will see out its canicule on the cossack of the accepted 207 GTi, afore getting boarded to the spares bin for the accountable future.
Although the accepted supermini is accomplishing able-bodied in the showrooms, alone 490 GTis were awash endure year. So now, Peugeot is switching its achievement focus to the Audi TT-rivalling RCZ coupé. A agent told us that the acclaimed cast â??doesn’t fit with what we are accomplishing appropriate now, although there is ambit for its acknowledgment in the futureâ?.
Peugeot originally adopted the logo from the Golf GTI, which VW launched nine years beforehand in 1975. However, the hot adaptation of the 205 bear anon accepted aces of the badge, abnormally already the 130bhp 1.9-litre alternative was launched. A accurate pocket-rocket, the agile 205 GTi adored harder active while backbreaking the unwary, abacus to its mystique.
Having accustomed the benchmark, Peugeot went on to administer the cast to a assumption of afire hot hatches. The 309 handled alluringly after accident any excitement, while the tiny 106 GTi’s affectionate anatomy dealt ably with the 120bhp served up by its revvy 16v 1.6-litre engine.
The 306 GTi-6 from 1997 captivated with its near-perfect administration balance, although accretion regulations on assurance and accessories meant that it was bulkier and beneath active than its predecessors.
However, in the accomplished 10 years the acme has been absent to rivals such as the Renaultsport Clio, while the 206 and 207 bootless to abduction the aboriginal GTi spirit. Hopes were aloft by the agitative rally-based 207 RCup, but it was never translated into a assembly model.
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