Peugeot Releases First Video Showing 208 T16 and Loeb in Action

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hatchback. They hired nine-time WRC champion Sebastien Loeb to drive up car up the 12-mile Pikes Peak course in June.

Peugeot has just released the first video of the car that shows Loeb behind the wheel and lets us here the car for the first time. The car sounds amazing with a lot more low-down rumble than you would expect from a 3.2-liter V6. 

"The 208 T16 Pikes Peak is a rocket! It’s so powerful! The first time you drive it, each gear change practically stuns you. The shifts are really brutal, and it takes a little time to anticipate the sudden jarring. You get used to it, but it was quite disorienting to begin with," said Loeb.

The 208 T16 makes 875hp and weighs 875kg (1929lb). Peugeot says that it will accelerate to 100km/h in 1.8 seconds and hit its top speed of 240km/h (149mph) in 7.0 seconds.

“In fact, the 208 package is a combination of the best of several worlds: it’s got the downforce of a Formula 1 car, the wide tires of an endurance racing prototype and a differential, like a WRC car," he said.