2010 Peugeot RCZ: Celebrate Bastille Day With An Emotional TT

Today's Bastille Day, and Peugeot is celebrating all things French by teasing the 2010 Peugeot RCZ ahead of the official Frankfurt Motor Show debut. What makes the RCZ special? Peugeot says "Emotion."

In fact, the RCZ is so emotional it's the first Peugeot to ditch the cold, calculating zero-based three- or four-digit numerical naming convention in favor of three far more passionate letters. We kid, because we actually dig the exaggerated flowing-ness of the body, it transforms a car that shares its size, shape and purpose with the teutonically efficient Audi TT into something that's, well, French.

Sales are scheduled to start Spring 2010. Look for Peugeot's usual range of small gasoline and even diesel engines, but don't look forward to seeing it in America. The RCZ is expected to surrender fully to journalists in Frankfurt in September.