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Peugeot to Build 308 RC-Z?

Frost Face — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 12:30:02 EST

I don't care what all say, all that front bumper looks like to me is a great spot for a HUGE FMIC

Peugeot to Build 308 RC-Z?

clevershark — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 22:51:50 EST

From the side it looks like what I had hoped the new TT would look like :-)

The so-called "back seats" are just ridiculous though. This isn't a four-seater, it's a two-seater with an inconveniently-shaped lump of leather behind the two real seats...

clevershark

Peugeot to Build 308 RC-Z?

sos10 — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 18:46:01 EST

A Cayman ate a 308 , but couldn't digest.

sos10

Peugeot to Build 308 RC-Z?

Euromobile — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 18:07:33 EST

It looks like it should be mid-engined, but then again, I can see how it's intended to be a TT competitor. I want to like it, I think, but I just can't. You see, I have a problem with the PSA Group.

I love a great many Peugeots and Citroens, but I remember when Peugeots were some of the most elegantly styled cars on the road. Now thanks to several questionable decisions by PSA management (principally the decision to start doing styling in-house, rather than contracting it out to Pininfarina), they're just weird curvy things with little snouts and disproportionately HUGE grilles.

The PSA management also took the Citroen design team's absinthe away and things have never been quite the same since. The C4, C6 and new C5 are great designs, but they're still not wacky enough.

Euromobile

Peugeot to Build 308 RC-Z?

benztown — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 16:39:40 EST

I think it looks great from the side, very TT-esque. But I just can't get over the Peugeot front. I think the French try to make a point by building ugly cars.

benztown

Peugeot to Build 308 RC-Z?

the good dr zero — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 16:28:32 EST

Audi TT profile, Lexus SC400 tail lights, with Peugeot corporate grill? No thanks. It might have looked nice, but I can't really stand the current Pug front end.

the good dr zero

Peugeot to Build 308 RC-Z?

danio3834 — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 16:27:46 EST

the 2009 Peugeot Large Mouth Bass?

danio3834

Peugeot to Build 308 RC-Z?

cgarison — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 15:45:14 EST

Aye Carumba! Eat my shorts! That's Ugly!

cgarison

Peugeot to Build 308 RC-Z?

rockogre — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 15:22:14 EST

It's like a continuous Ace and Gary car collection some days. This car looks like it could go either way, with only the tail lights and the grill giving any clue as to direction.

rockogre

Peugeot to Build 308 RC-Z?

Elderly Douche — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 15:04:02 EST

Warpig: Did you mean speechless?

Elderly Douche

Peugeot to Build 308 RC-Z?

Elderly Douche — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 15:02:50 EST

From the back it's clearly that this is meant to be a sort of back-mid mounted thing blended with design cues from Hyundai Matrix. But fromm the front on the other hand ... I'm speechleas and afraid.

Elderly Douche

Peugeot to Build 308 RC-Z?

Eric Merrill — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 14:52:03 EST

I want it unapologetically.

Eric Merrill

Peugeot to Build 308 RC-Z?

Elhigh — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 14:40:07 EST

Call Princess Allura! Lotor's unleashed another Robeast!

Elhigh

Peugeot to Build 308 RC-Z?

CBR2200 — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 14:36:33 EST

TT with braces and a bubble butt.

CBR2200

Peugeot to Build 308 RC-Z?

FLB — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 14:35:52 EST

@ Matt: Sorry to be pedantic, but it's Christian Streiff and not Sterrif...

FLB

Peugeot to Build 308 RC-Z?

drunkcanuck — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 14:34:27 EST

Huh, Kinda looks like an Audi TT and an Eclipse got it on...

drunkcanuck

Peugeot to Build 308 RC-Z?

Maymar is convinced M.C. Escher engineered his car — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 14:27:12 EST

I know it probably drives like a watered down TT, that instead of Bruce precision it probably has Francois indifference. But since the grass is more awesome on the other side of the Atlantic, this is just so pretty I can't help but wish we got it.

Maymar is convinced M.C. Escher engineered his car

Peugeot to Build 308 RC-Z?

ranwhenparked — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 14:25:44 EST

I liked Peugeot's corporate face a lot better when it was still on the 1959 Dodge.

ranwhenparked

Peugeot to Build 308 RC-Z?

Rust-MyEnemy is stll out there! — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 14:19:50 EST

*whispers* I don't like it.

Saw it at the Tokyo show. Yeah, it's nice for a Peugeot, and, yeah it's muscular. But I don't think the current Pug corporate face is very attractive, with that ridiculous grill and the squinty lights.

It's also very hard to incorporate into a shape with any degree of subtledty. And part of its appeal is the colour. I'd bet that it would look a lot worse in a non-metallic colour.

Sorry.

Rust-MyEnemy is stll out there!

Peugeot to Build 308 RC-Z?

skaz — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 14:17:41 EST

I'm conflicted.

Like the first time I laid eyes on an AMC Eagle, or how my girlfriend must have felt when I rolled up in my 1973 El Camino for the first time.

It's a good, warm feeling. It's ugly but it's gorgeous. I want it. I want it now.

skaz

Peugeot to Build 308 RC-Z?

damnelantra™ — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 14:13:05 EST

this car confounds me

damnelantra™

Peugeot to Build 308 RC-Z?

Skydiver — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 14:04:01 EST

I caught my self saying "I like it," and then my hand took on a life of its own and started beating me about the head and neck.

Skydiver

Peugeot to Build 308 RC-Z?

TX Law — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 13:59:32 EST

How about a 308 IROC-Z? Would include Pepe LePew mudflaps ("Le Back Off"), as well as lifetime supply of Gitanes and Rophynol.

TX Law

Peugeot to Build 308 RC-Z?

dolo54 — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 13:58:58 EST

"Mmmmm, roof top camel-toe."

dolo54

Peugeot to Build 308 RC-Z?

rdgibson — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 13:56:58 EST

Looks like an overwrought Mitsubishi Eclipse.

rdgibson

Peugeot to Build 308 RC-Z?

Matt Hardigree — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 13:54:38 EST

@long_live_the_E36: Hah, that's what the WCF say. Though now that we think about it they probably mean the THP engine, the Turbo High Pressure.

Matt Hardigree

Peugeot to Build 308 RC-Z?

long_live_the_E36 — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 13:54:03 EST

Actually, in all seriousness now that I look at it, that's one of the nicer sports car designs I've seen in a really long time. No retro-plundering in sight, but it's still unmistakably a Peugeot.

long_live_the_E36

Peugeot to Build 308 RC-Z?

rockogre — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 13:53:30 EST

@long_live_the_E36: Man, I think that would really slow down my reflexes. Nice looking Pooh Go though.

rockogre

Peugeot to Build 308 RC-Z?

long_live_the_E36 — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 13:50:13 EST

It's powered by 1.6 liters of THC?

long_live_the_E36