14 July 2009 - 10:00
Pug of war
These are the first pictures of the production-spec Peugeot 308 RCZ. We knew Peugeot would build it, but we weren’t sure if the concept’s swoops would remain.
Thankfully they have - which might come as a bit of a surprise given Peugeot's design department hasn't had much praise recently - so the car you can have on your drive from spring 2010 looks almost identical to the concept we first saw at Frankfurt in 2007.
Ignore the handsomely chiselled lifestyle model in our gallery for a moment, and have a gawp at that rear screen, curved like a supermodel’s bottom. And check out those rear arches, bold and strong like a Bentley Continental.
Then there’s the
roofline, which mimics the silhouette of the car Peugeot hopes to tackle, the
Audi TT. If you thought Peugeot only builds mingers, think again.
So what will power it? There’s bound to be a choice of engines and inevitably a
diesel, but the 1.6-litre THP from the 308 will probably slot in first.
But
remember, this is the car that fills the hole left by the 308 GTi, so it could
get more poke in future. Perhaps it will even steal the 407 Coupe 3.0 HDI’s title as
the most powerful Peugeot ever…
The car will be shown at the Frankfurt show in September. Could this be a new beginning for Peugeot's designers? Or is it another case of some nice details ruined by awkward proportions and a podgy family gob grafted on the front? You tell us...
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Froggy Coxster anyone?
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gr8 rear-end glass atleast not like last week's renault glass work :P
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Cheeky little nod to the Miura in those doors? I thought the concept looked lovely at the motor show, but they really need to make sure they don't hang too much Pug tinsel on the front end - the last thing we needs is a coupe that looks like a cross between the star guest at a dental brace show and an outbreak of warts.
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Ok, can I actually have some pictures of the car or are we just going to see a couple of shadows?
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havnt we already seen a car extremely alike, tho the name fades my memory. if they make this i will be happy, but first they need to make a 1007 GTi ;P
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Liberal amount of matting spray....
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i have to say now i am not a peugeot fan and this doesnt change that. from whast you can see of it it doesnt look all that nice
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It sticks to the concept quite closely and that should mean good things, it could be the only good looking Peugeot in the range.
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I'm liking the back but those front lights and gaping mounth just don't work for me. It makes all Pugs look so similar (to similar), and as this seems to be promissing it would be a bad thing for it to remind me of other, dull, Peugeots.
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I'm liking the back but those front lights and gaping mounth just don't work for me. It makes all Pugs look so similar (to similar), and as this seems to be promissing it would be a bad thing for it to remind me of other, dull, Peugeots.
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Atlast a car from PSA Peugeot Citroen that you could call a sports car(street legal offcourse).
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I have to give it to Peugeot though... I've been waiting years for a sportscar that I can barely see in the dark. What's it going to be then - about £35,000 for a car from such a "prestige" marque as Peugeot? Their aspirations are certainly very high indeed. I can't wait to sit behind the wheel of this, tap the dashboard and get the sound of crunching up a crisp packet out of it.
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This car looks rank and i don't like peugeots
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Its still got the Peugeot smile grill that Im not a fan of but looks good elsewhere.
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Honestly this is a very badly designed concept... to production.
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Wierdly, I think in that first picture the rear wheelarch and light look like the front wheel arch and light on a GT-R. I think that huge face is better proportioned here than it is on a family hatch, but it won't be as fast as the TT. Not if the current "Fastest production Peugeot" takes nearly 8 seconds to hit 60...
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Timing might be an issue here, now that VW are going to put their new (good looking and uncontroversial) soft-top into production and hopefully keep the price reasonable.
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fantastic body ........................ im guessing this will definitely be a crowd magnet!!!!
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Has Batman found a job in Peugeot's styling department, in these credit-crunch times? The rear window curves have a distinct Batmobile feel to them.....
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Bloody stunnin!!!
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What this car needs is a tuned version of either 3.0L V6 with an LSD or 2.0 from old 306 GTI 6 with 6 speed manual with LSD. Now that would be some fun. :)
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^ I think the 308 RC-Z would be a bit heavy and cumbersome for that to work, but I like that idea. Perhaps the 3.0, 241bhp, 332lb ft HDi from that top-spec 407 coupe. Or they could rebuild a 205 GTi 1.9 engine to be up to modern standard, then join it with another renewed one to make a 3.8 V8 Twin Turbo!
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I think it's time for the French and Italians to have another go together (after the bizarre and frankly nuts Citroen SM), and drop in one of Alfa's 3.2 V6 lumps.. possibly with the Autodelta tuning options bringing it up to nearly 350 horses. I can't help thinking how nicely a smooth BMW inline 6 would suit the character of the car, but that's a no-no from the start. The 3l would be a stormer, if maybe a bit big.
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The BMW L6 might not be a no-no - the 207 has BMW Mini engines.
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I think Peugeot will be launching the car with a 220hp. 1.6L engine from the Mini. But looking at the 207 GTI with the same engine, I don't think it would be putting a smile on the drivers face as far as the performance is concerned. Peugeot became too soft on performance in recent years, what happened to the sprit of 205 GTI, 205 T16, 106 GTI and 306 GTI. Renault built Clio V6 the Clio Sport and Megane R26 in recent years, in comparison Peugeot built 308 GT and 207 GTI. Personally I would not consider neither cars as even a warm hatch.
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like the "ass" thing in the rear. But the little i see of the front looks ugly
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@Mikeado - It's more like the Mini has Peugeot engines - it's a joint effort, but the bulk of the work seems to be on the PSA side. Given that the 6-pot is a BMW trademark, II can't help wondering if fitting one to this might attract style-conscious buyers away from the Z4 coupe
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its a vampire it can't come in front of light or what? then these car sold will be -1million
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Supreme_Being commented on this article
14 July 2009
Wow. Looks promising, to say the least. Nice bottom, er... I mean, rear-end!
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