RE: Peugeot facelifts RCZ...

[anything fast]

has anyone bought one? would be nice to how many have been sold in the uk..

for me a total fail, looks like that but humble fwd undercrackers spoils it for me...

[LuS1fer]

anything fast said:

has anyone bought one? would be nice to how many have been sold in the uk..

for me a total fail, looks like that but humble fwd undercrackers spoils it for me...

My friend. White with black wheels and he bloody loves it. I prefer them in black and as said above, the old version rather than this.

Once again, I would say this owes more to an old Karmann Ghia than any sucked TT.

[K2MDL]

Karmann Ghia - good point, I never thought that before but you are spot on with that observation.

[I WISH]

I also thought Karmann Ghia was more of an influence.

They do look nicer in the metal ...... but the dashboard is hideously messy.

I can appreciate it .... but wouldn't actually want one

[matthias73]

cuprabob said:

I think the facelift is an improvement but it's still the Aldi TT :-)

Excellent use of imagination, new phrases and the ability to form your own opinion.




Anyway, shopping at Aldi is the way forward. Its the only place I know of where I can get decent Bratwursts.

[morgs_]

jamespink said:

howardhughes said:

It doesn't matter which way you cut it, it's still a complete and utter rip off the Audi TT.
No thank you. Not for me.

Rip off of the TT except its values will drop off a cliff, it has a wheezy engine, it's cheap interior plastics make it feel like a 205 and its a Peugeot. Any one of those condemns it in my book. Nasty...

Yes, the TT was the first car ever to form the classic coupe shape, Audi certainly didn't get influenced by anything else...

The residual values are equivalent to the TT, in some cases better. I'm not picking this out of thin air like you, there are figures to back it up

Which engine of the 3, soon to be 4 engines is wheezy? Just as an aside, have you driven a recent Mini Cooper? What did you think of it?

I'm also curious, have you sat in an RCZ? Refer to my earlier post about the "it's a Peugeot"

[fatboy b]

And there's me thinking they couldn't possibly make it any uglier.

[radio man]

It looks gorgeous and I want one (i'll jusr have to keep doing the lotto)

[Gary C]

Much better. Always wondered why Peugeot spent all that time designing an individual looking car, only to stick a standard pug face on it.

[Gary C]

Much better. Always wondered why Peugeot spent all that time designing an individual looking car, only to stick a standard pug face on it.

[Garlick]

Reckon I'd pay £10k for one, not quite there yet (cheapest on PH)

http://classifieds.pistonheads.com/classifieds/use...

[Stew2000]

Garlick said:

Reckon I'd pay £10k for one, not quite there yet (cheapest on PH)

http://classifieds.pistonheads.com/classifieds/use...

Why it's at a Skoda dealership just boggles the mind.

[KimZ]

IMO definitely a case of 'better in the flesh', although I haven't seen this version yet. However my interest is in just how stressed will that THP be @ 260bhp?? The current 1.6 THP is stated as being 150-175 bhp, in my book already pretty decent for 'only' a 1600..

http://www.peugeot.com/en/innovation/engines/petro...

Going to need a l-o-n-g guarantee for it to sell well methinks...

[chrisga]

Think the new front is an improvement over the old one, but it wasnt the front I struggled with the most. I still find the rear wheel arch lines odd and don't particularly like the upsweep of the window line at the rear of the door.
But having said that, i'd have one.

[Pentoman]

Surprised there's not more love for the fact it's got an LSD. If it makes it to the production version...

I have good experience driving the current model of TT (and the old one for that matter), and have to say that the 2.0 TFSI fitted with DSG really is a great powertrain. The TT handling? Really nothing to write home about. Grippy, but with bugger all feedback, nothing going on at the back and nil balance. At least it rides okay. No car for driving enthusiasts then, but a nice all-round vehicle. But if the RCZ is even 3% better handling, it gets my vote.

[BlackCup]

anything fast said:

has anyone bought one? would be nice to how many have been sold in the uk..

for me a total fail, looks like that but humble fwd undercrackers spoils it for me...

howmanyleft puts it at about 5000 or so sold since launch i think, although i can't be bothered to really read each varient.

Lovely looking car but still seem to have an air of cheapness underneath, and i have a renault haha.
Makes me stare everytime i see one. I dont understand the tt comments, it looks nothing like it imo. Its a brilliant car but have no idea how they drive.

Matt

[hotmelt]

Pentoman said:

Surprised there's not more love for the fact it's got an LSD. If it makes it to the production version...

I have good experience driving the current model of TT (and the old one for that matter), and have to say that the 2.0 TFSI fitted with DSG really is a great powertrain. The TT handling? Really nothing to write home about. Grippy, but with bugger all feedback, nothing going on at the back and nil balance. At least it rides okay. No car for driving enthusiasts then, but a nice all-round vehicle. But if the RCZ is even 3% better handling, it gets my vote.

Doubt 208 gti will be proper drivers car, but this RCZ r really whets appetite. And peugeot Sport is involved. Cannot see how it cannot be good(since normal Rcz allready is not bad). By the way front lights as on current 308 are best looking in the Peugeot range.

[Alfa159Ti]

Beefmeister said:

Er, it's also a 154 and 197 bhp petrol.

And the TT is also available as a diesel.

Therefore, your point is about as valid as stating that you don't like it because potato.

[buzzer]

Stew2000 said:

Garlick said:

Reckon I'd pay £10k for one, not quite there yet (cheapest on PH)

http://classifieds.pistonheads.com/classifieds/use...

Why it's at a Skoda dealership just boggles the mind.

Traded it in for a better quality brand?

Or Came out of SpecSavers and saw his car parked over the road?

[Tuvra]

BlackCup said:

howmanyleft puts it at about 5000 or so sold since launch i think, although i can't be bothered to really read each varient.

Lovely looking car but still seem to have an air of cheapness underneath, and i have a renault haha.
Makes me stare everytime i see one. I dont understand the tt comments, it looks nothing like it imo. Its a brilliant car but have no idea how they drive.

Matt

I got one. Bought purely on looks. It drives fine, steering is a BIT negative and the ecu tends to cut power a bit prematurely under heavy accelerating but the grip (probably due to the tyre size) is great and it is a very comfortable, well specced car.

I find it a lot more interesting than an Audi TT, a few people have said "their about £25k, you could have had a TT for that" which usually makes me roll my eyes. I was walking back towards the car parked on a busy high street yesterday & i could see lots of people were giving it second glances and one guy even walked backwards and crouched down to double take the bubble roof, If it was a TT parked there im sure no one would have given it a second glance as their so common.

As for it being cheap inside? The look and feel is perfectly acceptable. The only thing I will say is that the central storage compartment is a st design and the passenger seat seems to squeek for no reason if theres no passenger in the car.

The main downside for this car is the overactive traction control/ECU power cut, if this was watered down and mounted to a 260bhp engine I am sure it would be a great car. 260bhp means it whallops the TT and puts it within touching distance of the TTS, if the money is right (i'm going £30k) it will be pretty decent value considering the kit that comes on them as standard.