Sebastien Loeb destroys the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb record with the Peugeot 208 T16 [Video]

The French racing driver needed just 8m13.878sec to completely smash the previous record of 9m46.164sec, set by Rhys Millen last year. The New Zealander driver took almost 44 seconds off his own record, still he ended second, 49 seconds behind the winner (9m02.192sec). Impressive. See the POV video below.

Peugeot officially reveals the 208 T16 Pikes Peak specs

The 208 T16 Pikes Peak, which will be driven by the nine-time world rally champion Sébastien Loeb, finally saw its specifications revealed by the French brand. Peugeot borrowed the also French driver from Citroen, and have one objective, win, but in the process i am sure they have made a lot of engineers really happy.

Peugeot reveals the 208 T16 Pikes Peak. Nothing about power [Video]

This is getting annoying. Most people that read my blog, and this applies to the vast majority of car blogs, want to see pictures, know about the power and torque the engine produces, how many screens and how big they are, and occasionally there is some interesting information about a new technology that is used in the vehicle in question. Peugeot only fulfilled one point.