Peugeot 207 GT THP 150

The 207 GT THP 150 - some considerable distance from being the most elegantly-named car Peugeot has ever devised - is mechanically a very close relation to the forthcoming GTi. Both cars share the same turbocharged 1.6-litre petrol engine developed by PSA Peugeot Citroen and BMW, and already found in the MINI Cooper S. (The two companies shared the project more or less equally, though Peugeot is keen to stress that all the parts are built at its factory in Douvrin, and BMW simply assembles its engines from parts that are shipped over to the Hams Hall plant.)
The Cooper S engine produces 175bhp, and so will the one in the 207 GTi. The GT THP uses a 150bhp derivative, which differs from the 175 in that it uses different ECU mapping and doesn't have an intercooler. But it still makes this the fastest 207 so far.

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