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Peugeot 308 GTI Sedan Rendering Is Based on a Car Sold in China

You might know Peugeot as a French car company with a lineup of cars only the Europeans will like, but that's not what we are dealing with here. In South America, they make sporty little pickup trucks and the 208 GT, while China has just gotten an all-new 308 sedan.
Peugeot 308 GTi Sedan Rendering Is Based on a Car Sold in China 1 photo
Photo: X-Tomi Design
The car was revealed at the 2016 Beijing Motor Show about a week ago and features the same platform as its hatchback and wagon cousins from Europe. Meanwhile, back at home, the crappy 301 budget sedan is still being sold.

So there's a Peugeot for every market, but should there be a GTI version of the car, too? The French practically invented using the front wheels to have fun. There's the 1976 Renault 5 Gordini that arrived just a few months before the Golf GTI, as well as the incredible 205 GTI that cemented the reputation of the Pug.

Because the 308 sedan is built on the same platform as the 308 hatchback, it means it can take the same components. Thus, it opens up the opportunity of developing a GTI version for China.

Don't laugh; it's entirely plausible. Volkswagen not only began selling the Jetta GLI there but also engineered a whole new model called the Lamando GTS with the same 2-liter turbo engine but slightly wider tracks. Believe it or not, the 308 GTI sedan could be even better, despite using a smaller engine.

While VW's current 2.0 TSI makes 220 or 230 hp, the 1.6 THP developed by the French punches up to 270 hp. This rendering above is by X-Tomi Design from Hungary, who stitched the body kit and a cool two-tone paintjob onto the sedan body. He also lowered the suspension and changed the wheels. Around the back, the car would have a diffuser and some cute twin exhaust pipes, of course.
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About the author: Mihnea Radu
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Mihnea's favorite cars have already been built, the so-called modern classics from the '80s and '90s. He also loves local car culture from all over the world, so don't be surprised to see him getting excited about weird Japanese imports, low-rider VWs out of Germany, replicas from Russia or LS swaps down in Florida.
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