Peugeot's Dakar Buggy Has Been Leaked. It's Awesome.

"Kookanoodles" (Kookanoodles)
04/14/2014 at 17:53 • Filed to: Peugeot 2008 DKR, Dakar

Ladies and gentlemen, feast your eyes on this : the Peugeot 2008 DKR. It's the car the French manufacturer will be using next year to try and reclaim the Dakar title, a feat they haven't attempted since their four back-to-back wins between 1987 and 1990. Some blokes called Desprčs, Sainz and Peterhansel shall be driving it. I hear they're quite good.

This is all the pictures of the car we have at the moment, but it's enough to see that the 2008 DKR bears more than a passing ressemblance to the highly successful 205 T16 Grand Raid that won in 1987, 1988 and 1989. It also sports a temporary livery, it'll probably be painted like the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! eventually. No word on powertrain and layout either, but all that should be cleared when Peugeot officially reveals the car tomorrow.

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Pictures : Peugeot.

DISCUSSION (39)

Dusty Ventures > Kookanoodles
04/14/2014 at 18:15

Tire size and ride height hints at it being RWD. 4WD cars are required to have smaller tires and only 10 inches of travel. But then this is still just a render, not the actual vehicle, so who the fuck knows.

El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! > Kookanoodles
04/14/2014 at 18:30

I do hope that another works team appears to challenge them.

Man, those Mitsubishi vs Peugeot, Dakar days sure were crazy.

Kookanoodles > Dusty Ventures
04/14/2014 at 18:43

They look like heavily photoshopped photographs more than renders, don't you think ?

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > Dusty Ventures
04/14/2014 at 18:46

The car is actually just really tiny...

Dusty Ventures > Kookanoodles
04/14/2014 at 18:48

They could be photoshopped photos of a model, like Archduke suggested, but I feel confident in saying it's not the actual car.

Dusty Ventures > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First!
04/14/2014 at 18:48

Mini's still in the game, and they won't roll over without a fight.

Kookanoodles > Dusty Ventures
04/14/2014 at 18:50

It looks too spot-on to not be official Peugeot pictures, anyway. There's no such thing as accidental leaks, after all.

Dusty Ventures > Kookanoodles
04/14/2014 at 19:03

I don't doubt it's really from Peugeot, in fact I'm sure it is. I just don't think it's the real, full-size vehicle.

Kookanoodles > Dusty Ventures
04/14/2014 at 19:09

Maybe not. We'll know for sure tomorrow !

Jeff-God-of-Biscuits > Kookanoodles
04/14/2014 at 19:26

Kinja'd!!!

Slap half a dozen hellas to the front and bring it on home.

bubblestheturtle > Kookanoodles
04/14/2014 at 19:38

The first Peugeot I would think about owning.

El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! > Dusty Ventures
04/14/2014 at 20:00

Isn't that just more of an X-Raid and Monster effort?

Dusty Ventures > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First!
04/14/2014 at 20:40

In regards to X-Raid, sort of yes, in the same sense Subaru was Prodrive and Ford was M-Sport (prior to Ford officially leaving at the end of the 2012 season). Monster not so much, they actually only sponsor about half the Minis, the other half have no affiliation to Monster whatsoever, despite being part of the X-Raid Mini team. But overall they are considered an official factory team.

CiiNubbin > Kookanoodles
04/14/2014 at 21:21

Is it just me, or does it look like a Vehicross?

Kinja'd!!!

Howdy Harrell > Kookanoodles
04/14/2014 at 23:29

But wait... Why doesn't Peugeot actually make cars that look like their concepts.... and sell them in America?

Kookanoodles > Howdy Harrell
04/15/2014 at 03:28

It's not a concept car, it's a racecar. And they're not selling cars in America because it'd be too expensive to make them compatible with your silly regulations ^^.

Kookanoodles > Dusty Ventures
04/15/2014 at 05:11

I've updated the articles with HD pics, and Peugeot say it is indeed 2WD (probably RWD, then).

Howdy Harrell > Kookanoodles
04/15/2014 at 11:09

I know I know.... i'm just being a pain.

Dusty Ventures > Kookanoodles
04/15/2014 at 12:26

Definitely RWD. There's still something hinky about those photos. From some of those angles we should be able to see a hint of a control arm, especially sitting that high (looks like the suspension is close to fully extended, take a look at the Gordon , EVR , or SMG cars to see how a buggy normally sits when stationary). The suspension should also be visible in the wheel well, so they're hiding that.

On a different note I find the rear exhaust location very interesting. If it were front engine I'd expect the exhaust to come out the side. Could it be mid-rear mount? Hmmmmmm...

Kookanoodles > Dusty Ventures
04/15/2014 at 13:09

I suspect it shares a lot of stuff with the 208 T16 since Peugeot are trying to do this on a budget, so it might be mid-engined.

Dusty Ventures > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
04/15/2014 at 18:04

Hey, bud. Can I make a shoop request?

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > Dusty Ventures
04/15/2014 at 18:05

Yeah.

Dusty Ventures > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
04/15/2014 at 18:13

I'm intertested this rally clock shooped (first image), but with the newer clock face (second image, with lights around the edge). -3 on the countdown, which would be all the red lights and two of the yellow lights. Is this doable?

Kinja'd!!!

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > Dusty Ventures
04/15/2014 at 18:37

So, something like this?

Kinja'd!!!

But the lights need all red but with two yellow lights at two before midnight?

I'm sorry if I'm not quite grasping the concept, I sorted about 500 springs today and my brain and body hurt.

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > Dusty Ventures
04/15/2014 at 19:26

Is this getting close?

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Dusty Ventures > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
04/15/2014 at 20:40

Looks good. Red lights start at the 35 second point and go to the 54 second point. Yellow from 55-57, and the rest of the lights grey/off. Also, can you set the hour hand to 2 PM

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > Dusty Ventures
04/15/2014 at 20:49

Kinja'd!!!

Dusty Ventures > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
04/15/2014 at 21:02

There we go. Can you put the hour hand to 2 PM, change the "21" to "3", and give the rest the standard color-flattening shoop treatment? If it's easier you can take the lettering out of the Tag Heuer logo and just make it green rectangle over red pentagon.

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > Dusty Ventures
04/15/2014 at 21:17

Kinja'd!!!