The most powerful Peugeot to date – the Peugeot RCZ R – gets revealed in production guise this weekend at the Goodwood FoS. Details and photos.
Production Peugeot RCZ R (pictured) revealed
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Peugeot promised a more powerful RCZ – the RCZ R – at the Paris Motor Show last year, and subsequently confirmed it would arrive at the 2013 Goodwood Festival of Speed.
As we already knew, the RCZ R makes use of the PSA/BMW 1.6 litre turbo petrol the regular RCZ already has, but in the R’s case Peugeot has managed to turn the wick up to 11 and delivered 270bhp.
Coupled with a weight loss of almost a sack of spuds compared to the regular RCZ, that means the RCR R can do a proper impression of a sports coupe with a 0-62mph of 5.9 seconds and a limited top speed of 155mph. That’s a full 1.6 seconds quicker than the normal 200bhp RCZ.
Amazingly, the RCZ R comes with official economy of 44mpg, but you won’t have a prayer of getting that in the real world.
Peugeot has made the RCZ R look more purposeful too with lower suspension, new spoiler at the back, a plethora of ‘R’ badges, smaller steering wheel, sports seats and even a system to pipe the right exhaust notes in to the cabin.
The Peugeot RCZ R – which will make a more public debut at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September – will be available in Moroccan Red, Nera Black, Mercury Grey and Opal White and go on sale in early 2014. No prices yet.
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