The Peugeot 208 is a small hatchback sold across Europe with a 48V mild-hybrid petrol lineup, in two power tunes, plus a fully electric e-208 sold under the same body. It shares its CMP platform with the Peugeot 2008 and Opel Corsa.
Peugeot
French automaker founded in 1810 (cars since 1889), now part of Stellantis. Known for its hatchbacks, the compact i-Cockpit interior layout and the GTi performance badge, which it is reviving for the electric era with the E-208 GTi.
Peugeot models
Production electric hot hatch reviving Peugeot's GTi badge. Built on the eCMP platform with a single 280 hp / 345 Nm front motor (shared with the Abarth 600e and Alfa Romeo Junior Veloce), a 54 kWh battery, 350 km WLTP range and 0-100 km/h in 5.7 s. Ride height dropped 30 mm, front track widened 56 mm. Pricing to be announced.
Market Data
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Peugeot is one of the oldest car brands in the world, tracing its industrial roots to 1810 and building its first automobile in 1889. Today it is part of Stellantis, the group formed by the 2021 merger of PSA and Fiat Chrysler, and sits as one of the group’s mainstream European volume brands.
The company is known for its hatchbacks and crossovers, its distinctive i-Cockpit cabin layout - a small steering wheel below a raised instrument display - and, historically, for the GTi badge. The 205 GTi of the 1980s remains one of the defining hot hatches of its era, and the GTi name carries weight that Peugeot had largely retired in recent years.
The E-208 GTi revives that badge for the electric age. Based on the e-208 supermini but with a substantially reworked chassis and a single powerful front motor, it is Peugeot’s attempt to translate the GTi formula - accessible, focused, front-wheel-drive performance - into a battery-electric car.