The development of the Peugeot 9X8 continues, which will not debut. for & ograve; in Sebring, in the first round of the new and unprecedented WEC. The new Peugeot & egrave; the hybrid hypercar of the Lion which is continuing its preparation to then make its debut in endurance races in 2022. she & egrave; the essence of the cars competing for the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
“ For the Peugeot 9X8 Hybrid Hypercar, engineers and designers worked closely and achieved a convergence of style and technology to create a racing car. The level of exchange & egrave; was absolutely unprecedented & rdquo; these are the words of Matthias Hossann , design director of Peugeot.
The new super sports car of the Lion was born, however, also from the minds of the men who make up Peugeot Sport and who have designed the cockpit on the concept of the i-Cockpit to offer pilots greater ergonomics and intuitiveness.
Another feature of the concept is represented by the absence of a rear wing , which gives it a unique morphology.
The rear wing is it first appeared in Endurance races at Le Mans in 1967 and has been since then; become the norm. Since 1971, a little more; than 50 years ago, no car has ever won without a rear wing.
Peugeot will change, so the rules on the table. In the past, Peugeot already has; won the 24 Hours of Le Mans with two cars belonging to two different generations: the 905 with a V10 petrol engine in 1992 and 1993, and the 908 with a V12 HDI-FAP engine in 2009.
This time, the new & quot; lioness & quot; 9X8 will have the V6 2.6-liter 500 kW (680 hp) biturbo , as a beating heart, placed in the rear position to a 200 kW (272 hp) electric motor/generator in the front position.
< p> When the next Endurance race will bring the crews to race in the dark of the night, the Peugeot 9×8 will show & agrave; the distinctive light signature ; the three-claw motif, found on all our current production cars.
It took a lot of work to insert them into the rear, having to integrate the three luminous claws into elements of composite material, separated by gaps to allow the extraction of air.
It is not; The Leonessa's debut date has been confirmed in the next WEC 2022 races; its development continues .
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