Comments on: 2006 Paris Motor Show Gallery: Peugeot 207 RCup

By: carlover

carlover — Mon, 09 Oct 2006 07:17:19 +0000

Heard Peugeot is not phasing out the 206, instead theyre coming out with 207 compact. According to PSA 207 isnt the successor to the 206 but 207 compact is.Yes confusing. Heard Naza will assemble the 207 compact, hope its soon

By: kacman

kacman — Sun, 08 Oct 2006 15:52:12 +0000

oh please… don’t let naza screws up this beautiful brand’s image. enough of the rants about their ’superior’ QC and SC…

By: honda_driver

honda_driver — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 23:51:24 +0000

firstly, its not a face lifter 206, but the all new replacement, 207. also, we are not comparing a flat runaround car with it.. 10 years ago, they were already running rally cars, 2.0ltr N/A at 265bhp in the F2 class. with very short ratio gearboxes, putting the power down isn’t an issue. On the tarmac rallies in the WRC calendar, these FWD cars have beaten WRC cars and won outright as they are much lighter than the 4WD cars.

these cars are extremely reliable, and cannot be compared to the road cars at all. in case you people have forgotten, peuqeot have been WRC champions many times in WRC history.

By: intermilan

intermilan — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 12:47:04 +0000

yeah go naza go!

mouth watering la..

we’ll see whether Peugeot would produce OTR 207 with engine near to this one… or at least more powerful than the 206 RC180 that had 2.0 NA engine producing 180bhp.

as far as i know, the engine they co-developed with bmw for the 207 (and next gen mini cooper) had power lower than 180bhp.

By: drM

drM — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 13:10:53 +0000

move aside people..NAZA is coming to get that for us…hahahahaaah…go NAZA go!

By: engtaokia

engtaokia — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 08:53:49 +0000

swap this engine to our Naza Bestari and you can beat any ah beng’s Evo anytime

By: cbljkkj

cbljkkj — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 05:09:01 +0000

Superman is just about right. Normally DTM/ST cars are lighter than rally cars.

280hp from a 2 litre N.A. Wow, the pistons should be really high compression based on the rev limit being at 8.5k. Torque and the instant response from the N.A engine should be astonishing too.

By: superman

superman — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 05:02:38 +0000

bodbuilder,

This Pug is built to new Super 2000 regs, so no turbos. Super 2000 regs are quite different to WRC in terms of engines .

And Super Touring cars weight about lighter than Rally Cars . A ST car usually weight 1000 kg whereby an average Rally car (WRC) would weight 1200kg

By: alternation

alternation — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 04:50:26 +0000

Look like a facelifted 206 to me. Are their designers starting to practice Porsches’ design philosophy?

By: bobdbilder

bobdbilder — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 04:12:12 +0000

Dude do not compare a flat runaround with a car meant for rally. Maybe for Spain leg, going downhill ok lah. You need to strike a balance of torque and hp when you do WRC. Simply because of varying difference in a lot of environmental conditions. Bet you those touring cars are a lot heavier than this hatch.

I don’t think the WRC car is without turboes unless they want higher engine reliability. Reliability and Pugs are never mentioned in the same sentence except with a few explicit words. Those aside, and banking on aesthetics alone, looks like the french have continued their exemplary art of producing fine skirt lifters.

By: honda_driver

honda_driver — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 00:39:27 +0000

its a rally car built for racing la.. the only chance we’ll see this car on the road, is if Malaysia can organise a round of the WRC. and its nothing new to have 280bhp from a 2.0 n/a in a race car.

The BTCC cars in the past were running 300bhp from 2.0 n/a, same goes for the Petronas team proton waja. you can still see the car racing in the malaysian super series in sepang this year.

By: superman

superman — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 00:38:05 +0000

280 bhp form a NA 2 ltr is attainable. SuperTouring Cars in the 90’s were producing that kind of power too, also with a rev limit of 8500rpm.

Being a competition engine, expect all steel , crank and rods, short pistons, quad throttles, etc

Actulaly in this day where road going 4 cylinder engines can rev till 8.5k-9k rpm (Toyota 2ZZ , Honda F20C), a race spec engine with modified internals doing 8500 is not that surprising.

By: narrowband

narrowband — Tue, 03 Oct 2006 16:16:39 +0000

Awesome. Quad-pipes look the business. And those rims, omg. White is beautiful.

By: aesthari

aesthari — Tue, 03 Oct 2006 15:05:17 +0000

280hp from a 2 litre NA??? Engines like this really make American muscles sound inefficient hehe. Though the car looks a lil bit fat at the rear, it has a really aggresive stance, truly a car for rally.

By: i'm run

i'm run — Tue, 03 Oct 2006 13:18:51 +0000

Wow.. nice rims…

By: Jeffrey1977

Jeffrey1977 — Tue, 03 Oct 2006 10:47:26 +0000

Any spec on the engine? I think must be large bore and short stroke for the high rev…. Like F1 cars. Thats why such a huge power output.

By: Gallardo1988

Gallardo1988 — Tue, 03 Oct 2006 10:42:40 +0000

Omg?? I didn’t see the normally aspirated part in the first place.. was just about to compare it to the Evo.. 2 litre.. turbocharged to give a whooping 400bhp.. mehh… How did they squeeze so much power out of the engine? @.@

By: szw

szw — Tue, 03 Oct 2006 10:18:03 +0000

naza shud assemble dis car lar

By: Jiun 88

Jiun 88 — Tue, 03 Oct 2006 09:37:25 +0000

Wait a sec…
A 2.0 NA engine, producing a whoping 280 hp?? 2.0l, 280 hp… wow pretty unbelievable.

By: DarkL1ghT

DarkL1ghT — Tue, 03 Oct 2006 09:26:53 +0000

oh my god! thats sooo wicked!! cant wait for it to be seen OTR..hopefully

By: sintiansai

sintiansai — Tue, 03 Oct 2006 09:12:19 +0000

wahhh sai…. yuendeponnanna!!… na liao bao chaaa… =P