Peugeot RCZ

The French car makers have been making cars for a long time and they have made some real odd ball cars in their history of making cars. Some of the ideas were no doubt fresh but strange. They also had good tendencies to explore their creativity, innovation and design talents. However despite all this the French has never been known to make very reliable cars or super cool cars that people would yearn to buy with the exception of the Bugatti Veyron which ultimately is owned by VW. Since the Bugatti is not a mass market car we would ignore it in this story.

The car that came out about 4 years ago that looked good on the outside is the Peugeot RCZ which is based on the Peugeot 308. The car looks very good from the outside giving it more head turning ability than the Audi TT. The designers did a good job to make this car's exterior design very attractive but that is as far as it goes. It is as if Peugeot decided to walk 80% of the way and decided to stop! The engine is no different from the one in the Peugeot 306 Turbo with the exact same power output, it also had the same gearbox and similar interior with less space.

Since the exterior already made the car look nice and sporty why not go all the way and put in a stonker of an engine to allow it to have the performance to match the looks? I am sure in the parts department Peugeot could find at least a 2.0 litre turbo or a 3 litre engine to push out at least 300hp to make it worth its shape! The car is quite a let down to drive considering the exterior looks makes you want to driver it harder and faster.

In the end it is categorized as a "could be but isn't!" car, meaning it could have been a nice sports car but it isn't, it is just a sporty car! It is just a car for posers who to be seen in but later laughed at by car enthusiasts.