Sebastien Loeb Finds the Peugeot 208 T16 Pikes Peak "Incredible"
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Sebastien Loeb Finds the Peugeot 208 T16 Pikes Peak "Incredible"



Peugeot has a history of making great race cars out of their run-of-the-mill hatchback models, usually by taking the engine from under the bonnet, throwing it out, and putting an all-new and much more powerful unit in the middle of the chassis, for better balance and traction.

Sadly, modern WRC rules are rather limiting, and in order for the Peugeot engineers to stretch their wings, they need to look elsewhere, and more specifically, the Pikes Peak hill climb, for which they created the 208 T16 Pikes Peak.

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