Peugeot increases the exclusivity of its RCZ sports coupe when expanding a palette of color combinations and both exterior and interior materials. Now your RCZ can be unique.
In April 2010, the RCZ went from sleep to reality after only two and a half years, thanks to the determination of Peugeot teams. Next year you will see a version 1.6 THP of 260 hp, more sporty if possible, anticipated by the “RCZ R Concept” presented at the Paris Hall 2012.
Adapted for the competition since 2010 with 200 hd HDI FAP diesel engine, it won the D1T category (diesel from 1,700 to 2,000 cm3) in the 24 hours of Nürburgring. In 2012, Peugeot Sport launched the RCZ Racing Cup of gasoline with 1.6 THP engine in “sprint” versions of 250 hp and “resistance” of 260.
More emotional power
Supported in its indisputable success and less than 3 years after its commercial launch, the emblematic Peugeot coupe adopts a new distinctive identity to embody more than ever the evolution towards the high range of the brand and the motion motion & emotion of Peugeot. The new RCZ will be marketed during the first quarter of 2013.
The renewal of the RCZ translates, in the first place, in its new design, more modern, more exclusive and really unique. An unpublished, sports and fluid front, combines perfectly with the rear fins and roof curves with double bulging. This new synergy between the front and the rear, gives a completely new reading to the body.
The hood suggests greater compactness and receives, the new Bi-Materia emblem of Peugeot, brilliant and satin, located directly on the body.
The central, subtle and elegant air intake is enhanced by 2 satin chrome junks, finely polished as if they were "katana leaves." Both suggest robustness and refinement.
The new grill is highlighted by a lower air intake that lasts, to each end, in a bright firm, visible both day and night. This firm is formed by 6 subtly sculpted LEDs in the form of a claw after a smoked glass that melts in the bright black of the set.
The new RCZ adopts a look of contours fluids, at the same time modern and technical, with new halogen headlights framed in an aluminum or xenon bottom directional in titanium bottom.
The set provides the RCZ for a new picture: well settled on the wheels and ready to devour the asphalt, as well as a unique identity, alliance of mechanical force and expression of the senses.
The fluid and pure design of the dashboard, full of a soft material to the touch, technical and high value, is perfectly integrated into the distinctive universe of this coupe. The use of noble materials is combined with the most elegant forms to contribute to the atmosphere of the whole.
Inside, the quality is perceived in all the details: the knob of the gear shift lever, shines in lacquered black; The doors panels are finished with leather inserts, together with the Club/Alcantara leather seats, club or integral leather; Two aluminum inserts wear the dashboard union with the central console with the Club or Comprehensive Leather options.
A practical car for day to day
The RCZ knows how to be practical. It has a trunk with capacity for 384 liters, to which several holes are added under the floor (more than 30 liters extra). The dejected of the back of the two additional rear seats raises the maximum car capacity to 760 liters.
Outdoor customization
The new RCZ has numerous customization elements: a new option of junks from the lacquered black grill instead of the chrome -satin -standing chrome junks to give a different appearance to the RCZ front; 3 colors for the arc: to the aluminum of standard and the sand, the matt black is now added; A new Black pack that includes the new Matte black arches and black grill junks next to the black brake and exterior rearviews of the same color; 3 new types of body stickers: a wide bright black central band that crosses the car, side bands at the level of gray and red box low with the name “RCZ“ and a gray silver gray band that crosses the car; The two matte or bright carbon roof options are maintained; The 18 ”tires available in 3 Classic (standard), Dark Gray (diamond/dark gray bi-thyo) or full pyrit gray (medium gray); the 19” Sortilège tires available in 3 classic tones, Midnight Silver (dark gray), mat black onyx (matt black); The 19 ”Solstice tires in 2 colors, Anthra Gray (diamond/dark gray bi-tono) or mat black onyx (diamond/black bi-tone); the 2 new 19” Technical, diamond bi-tone, original, modern and sculptural diamonds available in 2 colors Gray (dark gray) and Héphaïs (middle gray); A Sport pack, standard for the 200 hp thp, which includes a lower diameter steering wheel, a short gear lever and the sound system for gasoline engines.
Colors and trimmed
The color palette is made up of 8 tones, 2 of them. To the Opale Blanco, Nacarado White, Black Pearl, Sidobre Gray, Gray Haria and Blue Tuanake, the Guaranja Brown (dark brown, very chic) and the Erythrée red are added.
The new RCZ allows greater customization with an offer of 12 garrison for the cabin:
- Maille Marston Black Tamontane cloth upholstery
- A new Leather-Tela combination, which mixes the Nappa Mistral (Black) leather, with the Gray Koto 3D fabric and the Omni Mistral fabric
- A new Leather Club/Alcantara proposal, available in 2 Mistral/Storm tones (Black and Gray) or Cohiba/Morning (Brown Touches)
-The Cubs Club Nappa Frisson and Lama evolve with bi-tone proposals to visually strengthen the baquet appearance of the seats as with the new co-liba bi-tone leather (brown). Nappa Mistral Club Leather (Black) remains in the range
- These 4 Leather Club proposals are also available as an integral leather with the dashboard and counterparts totally lined with leather.
Modern and responsible engines
Its range of effective engines, both in performance and consumption and CO2 emissions, has also been remodeled:
- 2.0 L HDI FAP 120 kW (163 hp) Euro 5, 340 Nm, 6 -speed manual gearbox - CO2: 139 g/km and 5.3 l/100 km;
- 1.6 L Thp 115 kW (156 hp) Euro 5, 240 Nm, 6 -speed manual gearbox - CO2: 149 g/km and 6.4 l/100 km;
-1.6 L thp 115 kW (156 hp) Euro 5, 240 Nm, Automatic 6 -speed gearbox -CO2: 168 g/km and 7.3 l/100 km;
-1.6 L thp 147 kW (200 hp) Euro 5, 275 Nm, 6 -speed manual gearbox -CO2: 155 g/km and 6.7 l/100 km.
Sensations and driving precision
The Peugeot RCZ has the effective suspensions of platform 2 (Pseudo McPherson front axle and rear axle by torsion bar).
Multiplying the effectiveness of the set, it has a very low center of gravity and inertia, wide roads and generous tire equipment (18 ”or 19”).
The mobile rear wing also contributes to this efficiency, deploying in two positions based on the car's speed to guarantee its stability.
In addition, in the RCZ equipped with the 200 hp THP engine, the front axle integrates a specific lower reinforcement bar in order to give the car even more alive and more agile behavior guaranteeing, of course, an impressive stability.
Sound System technology
This system emits a controlled motor sound and amplified by an acoustic duct to the rhythm of the accelerations and maintaining a low sound level in the long routes.
New Optional serial equipment
The new RCZ now has an acoustic windshield standard and a visibility pack compound of automatic windshield wiper, automatic lighthouse ignition, anti-died rearview rearness and support of support and welcome when you open the doors.
The Wip Telematics range (World in Peugeot) is enriched with the WIP Nav Plus, in addition to the WIP Sound and 3D WIP.
The WIP Nav Plus integrates different functions:
- A large 7 ”screen browser in 16/9 format (high -resolution WVGA of 800 x 480 pixels) with a perspective view and a cartography of Europe (stored in its internal memory)
- A frontal CD reader compatible with MP3
-A tri-band radius and 2 antennas, reception of RDS-TMC infotic (Viamichelin in France, Trafficmaster in Great Britain)
- A Bluetooth® connection for hands -free telephone function and audio streaming;
- A Jack and another USB in the central armrests
- Information of the speed limitation in force on the main roads.
Audio treatment arkamys ©
Another novelty that is offered in the WIP Sound and WIP Nav Plus systems of the RCZ is the availability of the Arkamys © software, which manages the digital audio signal to recreate a natural sound scenario. The sound quality is no longer conditioned by the situation of the speakers on the doors (which usually translates into a low and lateral sound): the instruments and the voices are positioned in a more harmonious way throughout the interior space, in front of the passengers and the height of the windshield. This system also allows you to choose a listening mode for when the driver travels alone or for all passengers.
The emergency call, always one step ahead
With regard to tertiary security, Peugeot deployed in 2010 in world first and without extra costs for the entire RCZ range, Peugeot Connect SOS (emergency call) and Peugeot Connect Assistance services. These services, free and without a limit of use, are standard in the 3 telematic systems: WIP Sound and WIP NAV Plus thanks to a localized communication switchboard (BTA) and WIP Com 3D through the SIM card reader.
The Peugeot Connect SOS service, of which the brand is one of the pioneers and leaders in Europe, can be requested manually or automatically (when the airbags are operated). Locate the vehicle with precision and activate the adequate emergency services for a rapid intervention.
Throwed in 2003, the Peugeot emergency call is available in more than 720,000 Peugeot vehicles in circulation and has already helped more than 5,870 people (figure at the end of June 2012).
Its geographical deployment continues, and today is already available in 12 countries throughout Europe.
"RCZ R Concept"
The "RCZ R Concept" is presented on the occasion of the Paris Motor Show. In a matte and copper black color, it combines with the other concept of the living room; The supercar "Onyx". The "RCZ R Concept" announces a much more sporty version, which will be launched at the end of next year.
Peugeot Sport and Development teams of the PSA Group worked together to adapt the technologies used in competition to the serial model to make this concept come true.
Your new 1.6L 260 hp 1.6L engine will make you the most powerful serial model in Peugeot's history. A specific power of more than 160 hp/liter, one of the highest in the world in a standard car, and CO2 emissions of about 155 g/km, will place you in an unpublished efficiency record.
According to this motorization, specific suspensions together with a torquen timid sliding torsen promise efficiency and very high level dynamic sensations.
An external firm and a specific internal treatment will characterize this version of great dynamic efficiency and will allow you to offer really intense driving sensations.
