Most Beautiful Car of the Year
THE racy Peugeot RCZ was rightly voted voted Most Beautiful Car of the Year 2009 at the prestigious 25th International Automobile Festival. As part of the festival, an online competition was created to select the beauty of the year and the RCZ was selected from votes cast by over 100,000 internet users in 62 different countries around the world. It is the fourth time Peugeot has won this prestigious award.
The award comes just after Peugeot’s new Marque plan announcement in January, clearly setting sights on establishing the Peugeot brand as the benchmark for style worldwide. Celebrating 200 years of industrialisation in 2010, Peugeot has launched a new product strategy, new style lines and a new visual identity.
The RCZ, Peugeot’s first “special edition” model, will be the first Peugeot to sport the new Lion badge, when it is launched in Ireland this summer.
The RCZ 2+2 coupé sports a double bubble roof and aluminium roof arches, to distinguish it from everything else on the road. As such it has aroused enormous public enthusiasm. When it was presented at the last Frankfurt Motor Show, 200 units of the RCZ Limited Edition were all booked in under 48 hours.
The passenger compartment of the RCZ instantly immerses the driver in an ambience echoing the world of motor sport. The wrap-around seats with their integral head restraints fit like a glove around the front occupants, and all the controls are easily within the reach of the driver.
Use of high quality materials throughout the interior, enhance the overall premium feeling of the interior.
At launch in 2010, three engines will find their place under the large aluminium bonnet of the RCZ: a 1.6 litre 200bhp petrol engine matched to a six-speed manual gearbox, 1.6 litre 156bhp petrol with six-speed manual or automatic gearbox and 2.0 litre HDi diesel 163bhp six speed manual.
All three engines are high-performance engines with high torque and power outputs, low fuel consumption and CO2 emissions and all meet the Euro 5 emission standard.
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