As the market shifts towards luxury performance cars, SUVs, and family-friendly EVs, petrolheads fear the ‘boy racer’ and his hot hatch are a dying breed.
But all is not lost.
Peugeot has put its GTi badge on a swift small car for the electric era.
Enter the Peugeot e-208 GTi – an EV hot hatch that aims to live up to the legendary 205 GTi.
At a touch under £34,000 on the road, it rivals Alpine’s A290 – the sportier version of the Renault 5 – which has a similar 230-mile range.
With 281hp and a claim to the best power-to-weight ratio in its segment,
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