How was the first appearance of the new Peugeot 9X8?

La Peugeot 9X8 is dead, long live the Peugeot 9X8! Whether we call it “version” or “2.0”, the new weapon from the Lion brand made its first public appearance in Emilia-Romagna. This new iteration of the Sochaux prototype featured a camouflage livery, but above all a new tire size (29” at the front and 34” at the rear) allowing it to conform to other competitors in the Hypercar category. , bringing the presence of this famous rear wing so noted for its absence until now. As for Versailles Satory (Yvelines), there is no doubt “that the new 9X8 goes faster than the old one”, affirmed Olivier Jansonnie, technical director.

« On the previous version [from the 9X8], the limitation in performance was due to the fact that we were stuck in a sort of optimization impasse linked to our tires, that is to say that if we chose a direction to take, there were gains, but inevitably also losses. All these compromises, all these balances, we knew them by heart by force, underlines the French engineer. So we knew we could have a balance between more suspension comfort, but less aero. The idea, when you redo a car like