Hot hatch fans, take note. The Peugeot 208 GTi will be reaching Malaysian shores later this year, specifically in October or November, according to an ad posted on our sister site oto.my.
In the said ad by Peugeot salesman Steven Yong from GE Carriage, the performance flagship of the 208 range is tagged at RM128,888, although he adds that price and actual spec are still pending. Still, it’s good to know the ballpark.
The 208 GTi is only available as a three-door hatchback, and with a six-speed manual gearbox. This should light up the eyes of stick shift kakis, as will the output of 200 hp and 275 Nm (at 1,700 rpm) from the THP 200 1.6 litre turbo engine. That’s a lot of power to move a 1,160 kg car, and performance figures read well – 0-100 km/h is done in 6.8 seconds, while top speed is 230 km/h.
The ad spills no details on the spec, but it’s safe to expect the best from Nasim based on trend. Our Hafriz Shah made his way to the gorgeous French Riviera to drive this pocket rocket earlier this year, and you can read his comprehensive test drive report here. Also check out the gallery, which shows the 208 GTi with all the bells and whistles available. Interesting times ahead…
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Small hot hatch for real driver and full driving pleasure. Sorry for auto/double clutch gearbox lovers.
There we have a Polo GTI or even a Golf GTI contender
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Sissy? A hot hatch with 6mt and three pedal is definitely more macho than a slushbox any day any time bro.
nice car but left n right rims are not symmetrical!
Huh……what do you mean??????
can I buy normal 4 doors 208 with manual gearbox… ?willing to pay more for it…
sure kah? 128,888? later vw write letter to complain ask to increase the price to 168,888?
haha can’t agree more….high chance to happen.
I starting to see POLO GTI selling their old cars with loss (depreciation). Some made $ or got months of free ride during the upward revision of price lately. But anyway, I don’t give a damn coz Im too scared of its FAST CHANGING LATEST TECHNOLOGY GEAR BOX.
fuuu really great news. hopefully it comes with 5yrs warranty and at least 2yrs free maintenance service.
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Don’t be silly, both polo and 208 will be end up by the road side waiting for towing trucks. Drive safe buddy! Don’t be a fool, care for the others!
my kancil turbo can smoke your polo anytime anyday anyroute.
My Datsun can smoke ur kancil for breakfast and return back for dinner..
Datsun GTR u mean????? hahaaaaha
possible as my father datsun is as good as the 660cc kancil.
very close fight.
relax dude. why smoke2… ramai org mati time raya ni. drive safely…peace
with polo miserable 105hp 175nm, only can smell smoke from this car.
be realistic bro, call out the golf GTI.(polo GTI still smell smoke)
at least can have some decent fight.
u mean with smoke from the gearbox?
What are you smoking? lol~
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be realistic, i own civic and peugeot 308 turbo
civic no where near 308 turbo, not to mention this 200hp 275 nm,likely type r also will kalah by this.
different level la.
go drive a turbo car, u will understand how naive ur statement is.
the current civic R engine VTEC is for fuel saving, no more for power.
go and read more.
Current Civic engines are R engines with SOHC design, really meant for better fuel economy. The ecstatic, high rev engine sound and fully opened VTEC valve in Civic Type R was K engine (K20A to be specific), which was DOHC design engine.
Honda only builds DOHC petrol engines for high performance cars and SOHC engine for normal, everyday use cars.
Owned a Civic and now a Pug and Ford. No fight. Period. Civic is overrated. Good car but still a couple of notches behind.
Civic so good ah..just now tapao FD2 uphill to genting with my Preve lol..
Shut up! Civic is just for people who can afford 6 digits car, not cheap proton!!
if thats really the price. nice one naza.
Dieeee!
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resale value, go buy vio with 4 gears and grandfather engine.
we are talking hi end car here.
resale value not a problem.
Your CVT will mati first before your NOS bottle finishes hehehe. Corolla. Stupid. 146hp, lower torque at higher rpm. How?
Your Altis RV will go down the drain once you heavily modify it. Not to mention reliability issues too. Besides, comparing modified with stock cars is not really fair. Why don’t you compare your Altis with the Pug when both got N2O?
Altis vs this Gti…. hahaha. Altis will become Atos
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Stupid ar….comparing stock with modified…..
NOS? you think it’s Fast and furious ah? Toyota Corolla is the most beige-est car I’ve ever known. Want to compare to this Hot hatch.
otak udang…..
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the presence of DSG /auto is a major turnoff for many people indeed.
u mean the Altis ppl???
Smoke or being smoked is not important. If win so what? Got a million to pocket is it? Most importantly, one still have life to drive whatever nice car one is driving.
u get a 200hp car is meant for smoking the car around you.
you will unintentionlly smoke everybody around
coz they are too slow.
i am driving safe and ahead all the while.
why always me?
dangerous is when kancil try to smoke people.
most affordable value for money hot hatch
no match in the car market i can say loud
When is Fiesta ST coming ??????????????
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only when vios sell at less than 50k and proton sell at less than 30k.
i have a dream….
I think if you want to drive big chunky car better get a trunk, this is a hot hatch.
my god this car is gorgeous, but the 129k price tag seem unrealistic. oh well, maybe naza really can do magic LOL.
how realistic u want it to be? smaller polo gti will cost u 150+k. 120k still expensive to me..but hey it’s a turbo hot hatch..not 70k suzuki swift.
Aiya, all smoke smoke smoke, Preve can smoke all of your car la hahaha.
preve only can smoke myvi,vios,occasionally civic. definately not this la.
this power is at Golf GTi range.mk6.and much lighter.
Price is acceptable if Naza offer 5 doors version and option for auto transmission.. For 3 doors with manual only it’s quite turndown…
You can buy the car with 5 doors and auto gearbox – which is the normal 208. This GTI ain’t for you lol.
peugeot 208 gti is ONLY made in 3 door trim and manual ONLY….suck it up
peugeot doesn’t make the 208 gti wth 1) automatic/dsg/cvt/etc. strictly manual! 2) 5-doors. strictly 3-doors or nothing.
Nice car…. RV..? I don’t care much.. I enjoy driving everyday…
Pls go and test drive this when it launch before u say anything smoke or not smoke with ur preve. Civic or polo and nos somemore…. haha… I bet u nv drove a 200hp car furthermore this car is much lighter compare to its power. Don’t be naive…
At around RM130k, this is definitely an affordable sports car! If the following are handled properly, I don’t see why people shouldn’t be buying this car:
1. Reliability
2. Expensive spare parts and maintenance compared to Japanese makes
3. Quality service at service centres and number of service centres
Also, if
want auto and want performance , go and fly kite
Forgetting lambo/ferrari are we? Or thats not performanve to u…
yes, they’re performance but they’re no longer pure. all only interested in statistics. not driving. fastest acceleration, best top speed, fastest gear change… that’s not driving. managing the clutch well, perfecting the best take off on one’s own without any launch control… that’s driving. downshifting before a corner, knowing the best place to downshift, when to release the clutch, when to upshift without fumbling, that’s driving. newbies and new age drivers will never understand these old school delights when it all comes together when one strings together a perfect set of corners going up frasers of camerons. but, there will always be fans of old school and new age drivers. but to an old schooler like me, real driving is with a clutch. you can be faster, brake better but that is not the objective.
With this car coming round the corner, the sales of CRZ may suffer a bit. Add another 10k, u got this real performance car. Thou CRZ is way much prettier to my eye.
Can the new Clio 200 Turbo come out and play at the same price (please)?
Fiesta ST vs Clio 200 Turbo vs 208 GTi vs Polo GTI
The ad got taken down recently.
Maybe there’s some truth to it?
maybe that dealer got screwed for jumping the gun ;)
The comments i read here are generally very childish and idiotic..please read UK forums where they exhibit more decorum even when they hentam the other party. The intellectual level among the contributors in this forum are very low…sorry to say
just found out, they’ve limited units only. at that expected price, there won’t be any left when it is actually launched as they are already taking bookings for it now.