Peugeot makes it official: GTi coming back in June but…

In a development stretching back more than five years, Peugeot has released the first teaser image and video of its first GTi model since the last generation 208 GTi.

It is back…

Posted on Peugeot France’s website and X pages, the blurred depiction provides very little detail, apart from the outline silhouette being similar to that of the current 208.

The 14 second video, meanwhile, gives a sliver more hints as pausing it around the four second mark, shows what appears to be fins at the base of the front bumper, suggesting a new type of splitter, a black grille and lower intake and fog lamps on the flanks of the bumper.

Essayez de capturer la nouvelle légende avant le 13 juin 2025, rendez-vous sur https://t.co/61jwPlYvYL#CapturezLaNouvelleLégende #Peugeot pic.twitter.com/c13nLx5Ncr

— Peugeot France (@PeugeotFR) May 23, 2025

Despite the clip not naming the GTi moniker by name, the translated caption gives another hint as it reads, “try to capture the new legend before June 13, 2025”.

Essentially the date of the reveal, which happens to be the day before the 93rd running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans where Peugeot will again field a pair of 9X8’s in the top-rung Hypercar class, the return of the GTi confirms comments made back in March by Peugeot CEO, Alain Fevey, about the Lion’s hot hatch revival.

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“We’ve made the decision that Peugeot GTi will be reintroduced. We will start with the 208 and [are] definitely listening to your inputs or what our customers will say as well,” Fevey was quoted by Britain’s Autocar as saying.

“We want to continue to nurture the reputation of the brand for driving sensations and the fact that our cars produce particular driving sensations, either as a driver or as someone [who] is being driven in the car”.

… but without combustion fire

Reiterating the March announcement, Fevey, in a follow-up with the publication, said the newcomer will only be offered with an electric powertrain, thereby becoming known as the e-208 GTi as it will be based on the standard e-208.

A rumour that first emerged in 2020, which alleged the GTi name would only be used in the United Kingdom and the now defunct PSE or Peugeot Sport Engineered (PSE) name everywhere else, e-208 GTi is expected to share its electric hardware with the Abarth 600e and the Alfa Romeo Junior Veloce.

This means the same e-CMP platform and the 54-kWh battery pack that produces 177 kW in the 600e and 207 kW in the Junior.

While it is likely that the former will be used for the production model, Autocar further states that the e-208 GTi could eventually also serve as a base for a performance version of the Opel Corsa Electric after Blitz’s registration of the GSe moniker earlier this month.

More soon

Despite it being reported in 2019 that the GTi moniker had been shelved in favour of PSE, its confirmed return is unlikely to include South Africa, where past models included the 206 GTi and GTi 180, 207 GTi, 308 GTi and 208 GTi.

While official details are still unknown, expect more hints to emerge over the coming two weeks leading up to the 13 June unveiling.

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