This Insane 740bhp Hybrid Racecar Concept Weighs Just 825kg... And It's A Peugeot
Peugeot seems to have taken a good handful of crazy pills this morning, announcing a pretty spectacular Vision Gran Turismo concept just days before the latest game in the franchise hits shops.
Gran Turismo Sport will already have a mean assortment of concept metal direct from the likes of Mercedes-AMG, Bugatti and McLaren. Peugeot has added its own dash of spice to the October 17 release with this: the L750 R Hybrid.
Based on last year’s L500 R Hybrid, it cuts another 175kg(!) out of the one-tonne car, making for a mere 825kg mass in a car that’s an extra 79bhp more powerful than the L500 R. Spoiler alert: it’s bananas fast.
A petrol engine that revs to 10,000rpm (yes, really) joins an electric motor for an output of 740bhp. We’d say that was, err, adequate in a machine that weighs less than a Volkswagen Up. The aero package looks like it’s something to be reckoned with, too.
Furnishing the concept are dual-circuit hydraulic disc brakes with carbon rotors, independent suspension at all corners that can vary the ride height according to speed, and forged magnesium-alloy wheels.
This is going to be a proper animal. PlayStation 4 owners will be looking forward to taking the wheel. As for pace, a top speed isn’t listed but 62mph is brought about in a pretty brain-shattering 2.4 seconds. We can’t wait to hear the noise it makes at full chat…
Comments
Useless as alsmost every french concept car.
What an insightful and constructive contribution !
Bravo !
If only they made something even remotely as exciting as this…
Frenchs rn
Welcome to Gran Tourismo, where we can’t get actual cars in our game so we ask manufacturers to make some in their head.
I think itbis a much harder think to create a car than just “scan it
And with a top speed,
In the outside lane,
Of forty. 😂
God I miss old TG.
Why the only good french cars are concepts?!?
Traction Avant, DS, Alpine, Megan RS, Bugatti ?????
so im guessing it has a top speed on the outside lane of 40
Every Car Guy’s Mind:
Peugeot IRL vs Peugeot VGT
They just seem to spend all their time making pretty concepts and then, as an afterthought, decide to make an actual production car in about ten minutes
The rear of the car makes Mercedes say ‘’Ahem..’’