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THE NEW PEUGEOT 208 WRX FOR COMPETITION

Still celebrating its success at this year's Dakar Rally, Team Peugeot Total is planning to reach the top now in a new category: the World Rallycross Championship. To celebrate its first year in this spectacular and competitive sport, the Peugeot Sport team is preparing a 2018 version of the Peugeot 208 WRX, which has already shown much potential in rallycross since making its debut in 2014.There will be three Peugeot Total teams of drivers at this year's World Championship: legend Sebastian Loeb - nine times world rally champion - Rallycross leader Timmy Hansen and his intrepid younger brother Kevin Hansen.



The Swedes represent the 'next generation' - part of the most successful family dynasty in the sport's history - and will benefit from Loeb's driving experience.For the competition, a new Peugeot 208 WRX was prepared for 2018, which will be updated step by step throughout the season. The goal: to score as many points as possible from the start of the championship, and to seek the title of drivers and teams in the future, increasing the victorious history of Peugeot's off-road motorsports.

While Loeb and Timmy Hansen will be driving the new version of the car, Kevin Hansen will get a car evolution of 2017. Developments that will be brought to the latest generation of 560 hp Peugeot 208 WRX power are designed to make it more powerful . Not only is it faster and lighter, but also easier to be driven, with a more reactive feel and better torque.

The Peugeot Sport engineering team worked intensively on aerodynamics to increase the performance of cars. Mechanically, in addition to the evolutions of the engine, the new car also revised the front suspension, shock absorbers and has larger wheels, as well as a faster transmission. The result is a challenging rallycross designed to exceed expectations.

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