SPYSHOTS: Is this the upcoming Peugeot 308 GTI?

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We already have some idea of how a high-performance version of the new Peugeot 308 might well look like, thanks to the brand’s Frankfurt 2013 debutant, the 308 R concept. The 308 R featured revised bumpers with much larger air intakes than the regular 308. It also sits 26 mm lower than the standard 308.

This might be our first look at the upcoming high-performance Peugeot 308 GTI, which will go against cars like the VW Golf GTI and the Ford Focus ST. Our European spy photographers sighted these Peugeot 308 mules on test. It looks like its wearing the same bumper and even alloy wheels as a regular 308, but there’s some disguise on the front bumper.

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Things are slightly different at the rear. The rear bumper diffuser design seems to be a little different compared to the regular 308 – on a normal 308, the diffuser design on the bumper doesn’t have any exhaust pipe cutouts; on these test cars, there seems to be two cutouts in the diffuser.

The 308 R Concept used a 270 hp, 330 Nm version of PSA’s 1.6 litre Prince four-cylinder turbocharged engine, a similar tune as that found in the RCZ R. Will the production 308 GTI make that much power, or will it offer something closer to the 208 GTI‘s output?

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Paul Tan

After dabbling for years in the IT industry, Paul Tan initially began this site as a general blog covering various topics of personal interest. With an increasing number of readers paying rapt attention to the motoring stories, one thing led to another and the rest, as they say, is history.

 

Comments

  • QChan on Sep 17, 2013 at 8:00 pm

    What a turnaround! The endearing sportiness of the current-gen is completely shaved off! Oh dear……

    Now it looks like the perfect English Gentltment’s car…. sigh….. I’ll miss the current-gen looks – the pre-facelift one, I mean.

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  • looks….fat??
    probably due to the small headlamp

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  • _xXx_ on Sep 17, 2013 at 8:22 pm

    wow!!!!nice grille!!!

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  • danedz on Sep 17, 2013 at 10:14 pm

    why no batik batik skin covering up the body??

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  • Jonathan Lim on Sep 17, 2013 at 11:34 pm

    I prefer this look rather than the ‘look at me, I am the fiercy 308!”

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  • ermmm look promising

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  • gavin on Sep 18, 2013 at 8:36 am

    prince means depollution error and timing chain putus?

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  • Donkeykong on Sep 18, 2013 at 10:28 am

    Despite its looks, Peugeots are known for the bad reliability issues and high cost of maintenance. Better think twice before getting this brand!

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  • Furqan on Sep 18, 2013 at 2:40 pm

    looks rather handsome

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