Unveiled at the 2004 Paris Motor Show,[1] the car was created by styling chief Gérard Welter and designer Jean Christophe Bolle Reddat to celebrate the closure of the firm’s 40-year-old design centre at La Garenne and the opening of the new centre at Vélizy.

[2] It was one of three concepts cars unveiled by Peugeot at the show, alongside the Quark and 1007 RC.

[3] Fleet News described this concept as “Peugeot’s answer to Ferrari’s Maranello” prior to the car's reveal.

[6] The monocoque body is made of carbon fiber and the car uses a double-wishbone suspension all round, while the sequential-shift transmission distributes power to the rear wheels.

The arcing windscreen continues upwards to form the roof, while the bonnet has a see-through perspex insert that reveals the engine’s 12 intake trumpets.