Peugeot has revealed that it does not intend to build a road-going version of its Le Mans hypercar racer.
When rules for the new Le Mans Hypercar category were announced by the FIA and Automobile Club de l’Ouest (ACO), it was stipulated that automakers would need to make 25 road-going variants of their race cars to meet homologation requirements. It is for this reason Toyota is working on a street-legal variant of its GR Super Sport Hypercar.
However, following a recent announcement relating to the powertrain of its hypercar, Peugeot has revealed that it won’t build a road-going model.
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Peugeot Sport has revealed in-depth details about its forthcoming Le Mans Hypercar class racer, which it has now officially named the Hybrid4 500kW. The new top-tier Le Mans racer will signal Peugeot’s return to the series after a decade-long hiatus, joining Toyota, Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus and ByKolles.
The Peugeot Hybrid4 500kW’s technical highlights begin with the use of a bespoke 2.6-litre twin-turbo 90-degree V6 petrol engine mounted longitudinally behind the driver in a mid-rear layout. The engine will produce a maximum of 671bhp and power the rear wheels via a seven-speed sequential transmission. The decision to develop this new V6 was drawn from its ideal compromise between power density, packaging and weight, hitting the scales at 165kg. A single-turbocharger layout was initially considered, but failed to hit Peugeot Sport’s centre-of-gravity targets. The engine is purely motorsport derived, with no plans to make it available in a road-going form.