Peugeot reveals pepper-pot wheeled E-208 GTI that’s a huge nod to 80s classic – but there is one major snag

I’M an Eighties kid and back then the best rollerskates were XR2s and 205 GTIs. 

Two of my older brothers had XR2s. 

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It has specially-tuned suspension and a rear anti-roll bar. Michelin rubber. Beefy brakes[/caption]

So I went French. 

Except it was a bantamweight XS because I couldn’t afford the insurance on a GTI. 

Proper laugh when you hurried it. Sad day when I let it go. 

Now Peugeot Sport has got me all excited by revealing a box-fresh 208 GTI with lots of codes to its great grandpa. 

Like the classic red paint job, pepperpot wheels, red carpet and patterned sporty seats. 

It’s electric, of course. But hear me out.

It’s 280hp with a limited-slip differential integrated into the gear reducer.

It sits lower to hug the ground. The wheels are pushed out wider.

It has specially-tuned suspension and a rear anti-roll bar. Michelin rubber. Beefy brakes.

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Fans of the Pug 205 GTI will see echoes in the interior[/caption]

Nothing will get past you on a B-road. 

The only snag is the price. About £38k–£39k I reckon. 

Have a goosey on pistonheads.com and you’ll see an original 205 GTI on there, albeit a 1.6 and not a 1.9, for half that price.