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Best seller: PEUGEOT SPORT delivers its 208th 208 R2!

Since its unveiling in 2012 and its release for sale in 2013, the 208 R2 continues to combine success on rally stages the world over with buoyant sales. The 208th car has just been delivered to a customer in Chile!

The Peugeot 208 R2's record of wins and titles at international and level has seen the car emerge as the benchmark in rallying's R2 class.

During its first year of sale, 100 cars were delivered and, three years on, sales of the French hot hatch continue to be buoyant with cars competing in 20 countries, including Argentina, Chile, Japan, Senegal, not to mention European markets like Austria, Germany, Spain, France, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Norway, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, the Czech Republic, Romania, Sweden, Switzerland, etc.

The 208th 208 R2 has just been shipped to Chile - where it will join three other 208 R2s - to compete in the country's rally championship run by Team Joker.

Laurent Guyot, Manager, Peugeot Sport Racing Shop: "The 208 R2 is Peugeot Sport's best-selling model. The market is fiercely competitive but the 208 stands out as the incontestable benchmark in the R2 class thanks not only to its performance credentials, but also to its reliability and the enjoyment it delivers, all for an attractive, pre-tax ready-to-rally price of €58, 000. It is still evolving, too, in order to give our customers the very best chance of winning individual events and championships across the world.

"The 208th car, like the 100th and the 200th, is a landmark number we thought was worth underlining!"