This is a concept that’s been hovering on the fringes for a while (and it isn’t to be confused with the RC Z – a now confirmed car set to be released 2010) – with no-one quite sure exactly what sort of status it has, how close it is to production or indeed what sort of power output it would have. However, all is set to be revealed by Peugeot at the Paris Motor Show in October. Expect big things there – including some great looking vehicles.
At the moment, we don’t know the full name of this car beyond RC, but it’s a GT coupe which looks to offer four doors (one of those funky new coupes then) and even (shock) four seats. Whether it’s strictly 2+2 remains debateable but this wouldn’t surprise me at all. Not many cars of this size have seats that you’d want to squeeze into in the back.
There’s no doubt that the car has taken a few design cues from some other fashionable vehicles, most notably the Audi R8 and the Lamborghini Gallardo. It even has some decent power – with talk of upwards of 313bhp – not to be sniggered at by any means. More importantly perhaps in these ‘green’ days, it will have a tiny 109g/km rating meaning that if this is the final form, you’ll be paying next to nothing in tax for it.
This very low CO2 rating is based on the fact that the car has hybrid drive technology – in other words, when you’re pottering around town it’ll switch to an electric motor to stop nasty fumes being spat out. Genius. So, there’s a real tiger in the tank for the one of the most powerful Peugeots produced in a long time (should it go into production).
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