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Comment by Tooltime on December 26, 2014 at 5:20pm

Gotcha! We are in for a good show no doubt!

Comment by pdxracefan on December 26, 2014 at 5:09pm

@Tool, The head of the Dakar program is Bruno Famin, Head of Peugeot Sport. He was also the head of the Peugeot LeMans sportscar prototype program. From what I've read, they were able to resurrect a factory backed program because they sell a road going version of this car in Europe. That and the fact they have improved the revenue stream since pulling the plug on the LM program in Jan. 2012.

Comment by Tooltime on December 25, 2014 at 8:33pm

Hiding their big Corporate Sponsor perhaps???

Comment by Mike Kenyon on December 24, 2014 at 12:58am

Rt Quarter panel,same as original, notice there haven't been any released right side pic's?!

Comment by El Jardo on December 23, 2014 at 11:52pm

So where does the actual exhaust come out??

Comment by Tooltime on December 23, 2014 at 6:04pm

Well, one thing is for sure,,,there is alot of anticipation leading up to this years event, Cant wait to see the new and improved Gordini in action. This car has so many things right about it, that once they are able to grow and support another full fledged, full support multi-car program, not just a one car david vs Goliath deal, there is no telling how many history books may be changed in my opinion.

Comment by yano on December 23, 2014 at 4:48pm

franckly i don't like the look of this 208 .
the new gordini is way cleaner indeed .
i know about as much as you do since there isn't much sipping out from the lion manufacturer.

Comment by Tooltime on December 23, 2014 at 3:46pm

To the chigrin of many on here im sure, I think the Peugeot body looks kinda cool. I also think the new and improved gordini looks alot cleaner itself. What techie stuff do you know about the Peugeot team? I ask only because in one pic I was looking at, its almost appears the vehicle was once an AWD vehicle, which would explain the fron suspension geometry. I dont know the first thing about the team other than what i read here and there. Also, and this goes for anyone out there; Is a 2wd vwhicle allowed to run a transfer case? If so, any enthusiast knows that would help in the sand dunes to a point and maybe other places. Not to mention one could gear a transfer case to do magical things.

Comment by yano on December 23, 2014 at 12:40pm

can only agree on that !
not the US desert race rules (i'm clueless on this for sure), but on the suspension set up of the 208 .
but on the other hand peugeot tech. staff wouldn't toss so much money and use has been suspension ingeneering !? would they ?
at first sight i felt just like you ... first hard corner , this thing is on it's roof .
but in a couple of vids we could see it cornering rather flat at high speed .
mmhhmm , will see .
speculations speculations !

Comment by Tooltime on December 23, 2014 at 11:07am

One could tell the Peugeot team is here to stay. Im watching their cars and on video there are a few things that caught my eye. I feel that at leat one of them will land on its a roof a time or two. Im saying this primarily due to the very high ride heights and the way the suspension was constructed. Watch some of the videos carefully and notice there is not much body roll nor downward suspension travel. That suspension technology is old school american desert technology. That technology was used on Limited desert vehicles confined by the rules. And in order to get any wheel travel, we would have to raise the truck nearly to its topped out limits resulting in no down wheel travel and relying on all compression travel. This is how my Toyota 7s SNORE race truck was setup.

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