Peugeot 907 Concept 2004

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Don't know if anyone posted this beast before, but if not, here it is!! Probably only time Peugeot ever put a V12 in a road legal vehicle in its history (I could be wrong tho'). Built off a Le Mans racer with two 3-liter V6 blended to make that V12, it's only Peugeot I actually like the look of. 500HP seem small in comparison by modern standards, but it's really light so goes like the proverbial. Oh and I did say it's fully road legal - meaning it works in every conceivable way.
 
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Peugeot 907 '04
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The 907 is a two-seater coupe and a modern classic. Reminiscent of the great French coachbuilding, the 907 fuses a large capacity engine together with a flowing shape. It is a conjunction of advanced technology and motoring tradition.

First revealed at the Paris Motor Show in 2004, the car was created by styling chief Gérard Welter and designer Jean-Christophe Bolle-Reddat to celebrate the closure of the firm's 40- year-old design centre at La Garenne, and the opening of a new one at Vélizy.

The 907 is powered by a 6.0 litre V12 engine, The 500 hp capable of engine is positioned longitudinally behind the front axle; connected by a small propshaft, it transmits a power to a six-speed gearbox placed longitudinally in front of the rear axle. Keeping both the major power train elements within the axles, helps the 907 to keep its heavy masses near the center of the car.

The chassis structure consists principally of a carbon fibre shell, to which the mechanical components, for example, the four double wishbone suspension units, are attached. Set into the bonnet, a glazed panel reveals twelve intake trumpets reminiscent of an Italian thoroughbred.

The roof and front windscreen form a single glazed area in harmony with the rear windscreen. Side vents are situated in the front wings and rear quarter panels, adjacent to the glazed roof, while a retractable rear spoiler is incorporated in the tailgate. Two exhaust pipes emerge from either side of the car, which is equipped with 18 inch wheels and Michelin tyres, 275/40 at the front and 345/35 at the rear.

Inside, brown leather and light grey alcantara trim is used to cover both the interior and the seats. The steering wheel and the gear lever knob have authentic wood inlays. The instrument panel, although digital, is displayed in analogue style and the touch screen of the central console is connected to an onboard PC.

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Estimated Top Speed: 300 km/h
Estimated 0 - 100 Time: 4 seconds

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Top Gear's website just posted an article on this car

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Peugeot is finding its way again. We’ve driven the 3008 (it’s a really good car, actually), looked at the 5008 (that appears pretty good too) and having sampled the 208 and 308 GTis of Peugeot Sport, we can report Peugeot knows how to build more than good crossovers these days. Peugeot is officially out of the wilderness.

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Just over a decade ago, things were different. Different, and worse. Peugeot’s range was pretty unremarkable, and not at all pretty. Rather bland, in fact. Peugeot decided what was needed were giant, gurning grins on every car’s face, and the best way to introduce this bold new expression to the world was with an impossibly ambitious super-GT concept. And lo, the world met the Peugeot 907.

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Fashioned from carbon fibre, the gargantuan 907 positioned not one 3.0-litre V6, but two, spliced together, behind its front axle line. Yep, it’s not just Ferrari and McLaren Mercedes that can make a giant front-engined V12. Peugeot claimed the one-off engine was good for 500bhp and 443lb ft, and in a car that weighed just 1400kg (not much for an oil tanker), it’d reach 60mph in 4.0 seconds, and top out at 180mph. A speed, incidentally, that was purely theoretical, as the car was designed as a styling exercise and did without wind tunnel testing to see what would happen at a velocity approaching 300kmh.

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No, it was design attention to detail that the 907 existed to show off. Job done, then. The bonnet’s clear section exposed twelve intake trumpets for the 6.0-litre engine, a nod to classic Ferraris like the 250 GTO which, let’s be honest, no Peugeot has ever really had a right to emulate.

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Being a child in the early 2000s, the 907 did have a manual gearbox, but one that was automated via electromechanical gubbins rather than controlled with a lever and the driver’s hand-leg co-ordination. The transmission sat just ahead of the car’s rear axle for superior weight distribution, and drove the rear wheels alone. In almost every respect, the 907 was set up to be a proper thoroughbred. Back in 2004, this Pug would’ve given a Ferrari 575M a run for its highly-strung money. If it’d been, y’know, sold. Like a proper car.

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Not only did the 907 never stand a chance of being put into production, but the very design language it inspired has also been consigned to Peugeot’s tumultuous history, with sharp, angular lines and aggressive, feline faces replacing the giant schnozzed, Gotham Joker-grin of the early Noughties. It won’t be a loved period in Peugeot design, but would you deny no car wore it better than the supremely bonkers 907 concept?​
 
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