No one has forgotten the Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 from the Paris Dakar. The star of the 1980s is back this year in the Dakar Classic 2022. We have thought about its contemporary heir: the 208 Turbo 16 Grand Raid. On track !
From 1er on January 14, 2022, the legendary Peugeot 205 T16 Grand Raid will resume service during the Dakar Classic 2022, in other words the retro version of the Dakar. From then on, we could not help but imagine, its heiress, the Peugeot 208 engaged “virtually” in parallel in the standard Dakar.
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3 engines, 500 hp for “our” 208 T16!
To do this, we have taken the traditional recipe with a three-door silhouette copiously widened at the level of the wings, a bonnet pierced to suit the adaptation of an imposing exchanger and above all, the arrangement of an engine in the rear central position. . But there is no purely thermal block, no today, the technique necessarily involves hybridization. This is why this Peugeot 208 Turbo 16 Grand Raid takes over the coupling of the Peugeot 308 R Hybrid concept.
A racing car presented in 2015 at the Shanghai Motor Show, then in Frankfurt which, combining a 1.6 PureTech petrol unit with 270 hp – the engine of the Peugeot RCZ-R and 308 GTi by Peugeot Sport – two electric machines of 115 hp each, claimed a comfortable power of 500 hp distributed to four wheels. The data sheet indicates a torque value of 730 Nm and a 0 to 100 km / h in 4 s. Do we need more to perform in the dunes?
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The unemployed camel?
So that the tribute is perfect, we have taken over the decoration and the period sponsors, with one exception. You will easily guess which one, otherwise the Evin Law will put you in the right direction. Spare wheel on the roof, added long-range headlamps, anti-projection mud flaps and even sand removal plates on the tailgate, nothing is missing from the fittings of this little adventurer ready to take over from the legendary 205! Finally, behind the wheel of this Peugeot 208 Turbo 16 Grand Raid, who other than our shocking duo: Mathieu Sentis / Géraldine Gaudy who cut his teeth on the Tour Auto 2021? Leave us your comments and who knows, Peugeot may rise to the challenge?
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