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French automaker PSA's assault on
Audi is never-ending. As if the likes of the
Peugeot RCZ and
Citroën C5 weren't enough to challenge their German rival in the showroom,
Citroën is striving to eclipse Audi's achievements on the rally stages. But arguably the most exciting battle has been the challenge which
Peugeot has mounted against Audi on the endurance racing circuit.
After years of dominating Le Mans with the R8 (the racing prototype, not the street-legal supercar), Audi took on a new challenge with the diesel-powered
R10 TDI. Peugeot joined the race both literally and figuratively with the
908 HDi FAP, so Audi fired back with the
R15 TDI. This season, Audi is upping its game yet again with the
R15 TDI Plus, but while the 908 soldiers on, don't think for one minute that the French team doesn't have a trick up its sleeve.
That trick comes in the form of the 90X, the next-generation Le Mans Prototype from Peugeot Sport. Designed to meet the 2011 regulations being set out by race organizers ACO, the 90X has been undergoing testing at undisclosed tracks in Europe. Peugeot's only released limited information on the car's development, saying little more than that it incorporates a new "shark fin" over the engine cover designed to
keep it on the ground in case of a crash.
Word has it that the 90X will incorporate a more comprehensive hybrid drivetrain than the KERS-style regenerative braking system in the current 908, but for now we'll just have to get by on Peugeot's statement (after the jump) and the trio of images in the gallery below.
Gallery: Peugeot 90X Le Mans Prototype
[Source: Peugeot]
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