The Peugeot 308 GTI is the most powerful version of this compact segment C with 270 hp. The overall balance and sporting aspects of a good GTI, its strengths.

Saga Peugeot GTI sports continues to make great gifts: the útlimo, the Peugeot 308 GTI new. Hand Peugeot Sport, we must again make it clear that nothing has to do his character with his little brother, the Peugeot 208 GTI. This is a Peugeot 308 GTI for all and for all. It does not require special handling and where everything is very well- filtering -and, in what can understand in a car of such provision and capacity. The Suspensions are really comfortable, body tilted slightly, and even the shifter has tours you do not expect in a car of this caliber. But go to parties because we are facing a very serious car. Valuing the interior must repeat again fab driving position with low, vertical steering wheel and instrumentation overhead. And we must also reiterate the good finish Peugeot has managed to print their latest products.

And we set off with Peugeot 308 GTI. Soon we found that Peugeot also wanted go unnoticed in terms of acoustics: It is fair that sounds nice, but not with that "power" bass and other cars of this species. his motor It is widely known many other brand products, group and even of Mini-BMW as it has been developed jointly by the two industrial giants, although BMW dissociated himself from these more powerful evolutions which has only been involved Peugeot Sport … Now rumors that run Mini-BMW now look with suspicion this mechanical evolution. This is the 1.6-liter this time declares 270 hp (There is also a version of 250 hp for 29,900 euros). It’s the same four-cylinder turbo employing the 208 GTI, but includes little details that make you win almost 70 hp more. Although interestingly the compression ratio is lower than that of 208 (passes from 10.5 to 9.2: 1), employs a more sophisticated higher pressure direct injection (200 bar), TwinScroll more efficient turbo and a sophisticated variable valve timing.

Peugeot 308 GTI: very nice engine

The elasticity This engine is formidable, and that it a Car extremely delicious for everyday use. To this is added a relations manual transmission six-speed fine chosen. They are quite short for the potential and strength at low engine speeds with the engine, allowing 6th speed go almost everywhere, resulting in a consumption good. What I like least is the lever of change, very high and, as I said, very large distances. This does not allow all the desired and required speed and accuracy. Anyway this was not a very big handicap when shooting in closed court because the engine willingly admits two possible gear ensuring high acceleration capability. Although the best of this Peugeot 308 GTI Once you put all the meat on the grill in the circuit brakes were: 69.1 m from 140 km / h It’s a really good figure. But it is also surprised me by power, stamina and mordant. I would almost say they have too much initial bite and caused to slow down more than expected in the first meters of braking. I always had the feeling that he had braked too soon. And this there is also a fatigue endurance as I have rarely seen on cars in this category.

The end result in the Peugeot 308 GTI? Faster than expected and absolute ease and regularity when shooting with him. And is that, if in the end you look at the cold data, besides the sensations, you realize that you got into a car can cover the kilometer standing start in 25.5 seconds. Or performing exercise 80a 120 km / h in 6.5 seconds in his last relationship, thus ensuring good speed is stretching the motor, or taking advantage of its powerful midrange.

The car has more than a slight initial rolling, suspensions are not very firm, the motor was not as desirable, the autoblocante not seen much Y electric steering is so smooth that does not transmit too faithfully, Nevertheless, the effectiveness of the chassis is unquestionable.

There are times when racks more “soft” are much more docile and help you make the most of the mechanics. And this is the case of Peugeot 308 GTI a deportivocoherente with the times, which is to all price and especially the requirement required by the conductionn. There are more exciting, more radical, though not faster, but not as noble behavior, complete functionality and globally satisfactory.

Technical and performance data Peugeot 308 GTI

Acceleration. Who said slow? Quite the opposite. But "fly" having served on the dyno. No pulls well and change is not fast, but it has a great engine.

Change. Among the elements that make sport a sport, not the best of all by touch, speed and lever position, but it seems to assimilate the harsh treatment.

Braking. Grand Tensioner. I never thought I could put in the "should" excess mordant; Actually, it’s a matter of adapting and delay references.

consumptions. You can scroll with a fairly moderate drinking, fast driving or piloting maintaining reasonable numbers wasting fuel.

Overtaking. Pis, pas. That’s what it takes to take your car over. And the best part is that is very fast in any of his last marches, proof of the strength and elasticity of the engine and successful relationships change.

Power and torque. They are missing horses, but has dispatched yielding more comfortable pair officer. Inmenso low regime, although scale consistently, albeit little interest reach 6000 rpm.

Sonority. I will not deny that noise is part of the game. 1.6 does not sound bad, although for my taste, yes it is somewhat understated.

Trunk. In balance with the rest of the passenger compartment will not be the biggest, but capable enough to do this GTi its function as a compact.

Peugeot GTI sports acronym: its meaning and essence

Abbreviations Peugeot GTI have always represented serious products, of the most radical market. His philosophy gave them rave reviews among racing fans, but the mass audience gave them some long looking for alternatives more "civilized". Fortunately, "8"Both utility and compact, it has led in Peugeot an important turn in defining and tune best sports cars, adopting a philosophy more in line GTi par excellence, the VW Golf, probably the most balanced of the category and now more radicalized in its new version Golf GTi Clubsport with 265 hp car. However, Peugeot brand is not scuttle all their baggage in this type of car, and if the RCZ R is not enough sample, recall the latest version "by Peugeot Sport" of 208, with a chassis in which the effectiveness is its raison d’etre and which, once again, Peugeot has set new standards among SUVs.

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