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208 T16 was able to recover his famous ancestor
the 405 T16, winning the race American coast twice |
Prior to tackle Pikes Peak for the first time, Sebastien Loeb want to train on the slopes of Mont Ventoux. His terrifying 208 T16 took the opportunity to reveal its official livery and regain ancestor in great shape, the 405 T16.
208 � T16 was able to recover his famous ancestor, 405 � T16, winning the c ...
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This terrifying Peugeot 208 T16 will mount to
Sebastien Loeb to tackle the legendary
race of American coast of Pikes Peak |
Citro�n subscriber since the beginning of his career, Loeb allows some infidelities. It has already been seen running on the GT Porsche 911, Ferrari 550 and McLaren MP4-12C. But his next big challenge will be driving a ... Peugeot city. A 208 like no other, because it will be committed to Pikes Peak, the most legendary racing American coast, and boasts a whopping 875 hp and 883 Nm It is far from 300 hp advertised frames Championship World Rally ... even if the power is much less flamboyant atop Mount Pikes Peak, which rises to 4,301 meters. Enjoying a very free treatment, the Lioness as happy with a weight of 875 kg, compared to 1,200 kg a Citro�n DS3 WRC. The power to weight 208 T16 Pikes Peak this report and reaches 1 kg / hp. This is almost twice better than a Bugatti Veyron! 0 to 100 km / h would be completed in 1.8 seconds, and 0 to 200 km / h in 4 seconds.
No more than 240 � km / h, but more than a Hair-raising acceleration ...
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875 hp, 875 kg: the power to weight ratio reaches
1kg / hp. Almost twice better than a Bugatti Veyron! |
If the silhouette is the current best-selling Peugeot, technical relationship is absent. With its twin-turbo V6 3.2 in rear center position installed in a tubular chassis, the 208 T16 Pikes Peak reminds more of a prototype. Moreover, the engine was used to animate trays Pescarolo at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, and its fin is two meters wide from the first 908 HDI FAP. As for its length, it reaches 4.50 m, almost the size of a 5008. Carbon discs, sequential gearbox, AWD, suspensions rockers ... this fierce Lioness indulgent to climb the 1436 vertical meters of the race. With one goal in mind rod: rolling in the footsteps of his illustrious ancestor, the 405 T16, which won the competition in 1988 with Ari Vatanen and 1989, Robby Unser.
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| T16 name and spectacular aerodynamic evoke the 405 T16, which won the hill climb of Pikes Peak twice |
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| The interior is stripped up: even Daniel Elena will not take place alongside Sebastien Loeb |
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| This 208 T16 is powered by a twin-turbo V6, located in the rear central position in a tubular chassis. Nothing to do with a 208 series! |
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| The budget is necessarily more limited than for an engagement at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, but the new sporting challenge Peugeot is taken seriously |
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| Despite a lower altitude, the Mont Ventoux is a test suited before Pikes Peak field |
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| The look of these two Peugeot really no lack of exuberance, like their rear wing |
