Please Be Good

"KirkyV" (KirkyV) 07/08/2015 at 12:10 • Filed to: None

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Please be good please be good oh god please be good.

Press shots:

Uncamouflaged spy shots:

They haven’t been at their best for a good long while now, but if the new Peugeot Sport division’s previous two cars - the RCZ-R, and the 208 30th - are anything to go by, it’ll probably be pretty good. I hope. The specs - 267 HP, the Torsen LSD from the RCZ R, and a 6 second 0-62 - certainly aren’t anything to sniff at.

Oh, god, please be good.

EDIT: Changed some figures. Got the versions mixed up.

Party-vi > KirkyV 07/08/2015 at 12:13

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That much power and over 6 seconds to 100kph? Sounds like a lack of traction.

spanfucker retire bitch > Party-vi 07/08/2015 at 12:18

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Yeah, considering the VW GTI can pull that off with less power, I’d imagine the acceleration numbers would have to be better than that.

KirkyV > Party-vi 07/08/2015 at 12:19

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It’s six seconds dead, as it turns out—I got the figures mixed up. I don’t think it’s too bad when you consider that it’s manual-only. I don’t think they’ve released the weight yet, but I doubt it’ll be too lardy—the 308’s already lighter than most of its rivals.

Party-vi > KirkyV 07/08/2015 at 12:22

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But da VW GTI does it in the same time with 40hp less

SlickMcRick > KirkyV 07/08/2015 at 12:22

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I need my glasses checked. I read it as: Please Be God

djmt1 > KirkyV 07/08/2015 at 12:23

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Nevermind. Misread.

LongbowMkII > KirkyV 07/08/2015 at 12:24

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looks good.

KirkyV > Party-vi 07/08/2015 at 12:24

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http://www.carbuyer.co.uk/reviews/volksw…

http://www.parkers.co.uk/cars/reviews/v…

http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/car-reviews/lo…

All the figures I’ve dug up on the current Golf GTI have it managing 0-62 in 6.5 seconds, 6.4 with the performance pack.

Party-vi > KirkyV 07/08/2015 at 12:42

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Huh. Car & Driver tested their manual at 5.8 seconds.

KirkyV > Party-vi 07/08/2015 at 12:44

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I’m just going off the official figures . Peugeot have certainly underrated their GTis in the past, so the real-world sprint could well be rather different.

Party-vi > KirkyV 07/08/2015 at 12:51

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I’d like to see them head-to-head soon.

KirkyV > Party-vi 07/08/2015 at 12:53

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There are few things I want more than for a modern, mainstream Peugeot hot hatch to actually win, outright, in a straight-up shoot-out with its rivals. Here’s hoping they send out press cars soon.