Peugeot RCZ minor change

2013 Peugeot RCZ

2013 Peugeot RCZ interior

So, Peugeot's sports coupe, the RCZ, may have been more of looker but when it take par against an entry-level Audi TT or a Mini Cooper (not the S variant) on it, you should have seen the look on your face that when you saw that on Top Gear Korea two years ago, the RCZ is much quicker than the entry-level TT and the Mini.

One thing I didn't like about this car was its double bubble roof and thanks for being in such size, I can't even fit myself at the rear seats. I would bump my head from fitting myself in it. Being a 2+2 sports coupe, it would be better to have two people fit inside because the rear seats have little legroom on it, unless you are sitting on it instead at the front passenger seat.

Anyway, for this minor change, the new RCZ is getting more of an emotional feast rather than being just a nuisance to the city streets. Thing is though, that horrible face of the RCZ when it first came in 2010 is now changed and whoa! Check this baby out! That fresh new face of the RCZ is looking a bit even more sexier than a high-school girl in a body of a 25-year-old supermodel. Welcome to the choose-your-poison swimming club cafe! He he he...

While the new exterior look of the RCZ's minor change has the appeal of a high-school girl in a body of a 25-year-old supermodel, the interior is pretty much the same and because it still has this rubbish double-bubble roof, I still have the hassle of fitting myself at the rear seats. Well, I could just forget about the rear seats anyway because the number of people you can fit on this 2+2 seater RCZ was only two. What's the use with those rear seats? Well, you can make patong-patong with your date's shopping bags or her purse or your personal stuff, whatever. He he he... Maybe unless if I can seat on those rear seats while the front passenger seat has been folded for a while but it would bump my head trying to fit myself in...Oh boy....

Engine choices? Let's have a look...

• 1.6-litre THP 200; 147kW (200bhp) Euro 5, 275Nm, 6-speed manual - CO2: 155g/km and 42.1mpg (6.7 l/100 km)
• 2.0-litre HDi 163 FAP; 120kW (163bhp) Euro 5, 340Nm, 6-speed manual - CO2: 139g/km and 53.2mpg (5.3 l/100 km)
• 1.6-litre THP 156 manual; 115kW (156bhp) Euro 5, 240Nm, 6-speed manual - CO2: 149g/km and 44.1mpg (6.4 l/100 km)
• 1.6-litre THP 156 automatic; 115kW (156bhp) Euro 5, 240Nm, 6-speed automatic - CO2: 168g/km and 38.6mpg (7.3 l/00 km)

Color Choices?

• Blanc Opale
• Noir Perla Nera
• Gris Haria
• Bleu Tuanake
• Gris Sidobre
• Brun Guaranja
• Rouge Erythree
• Blanc Nacre

Prices?

• 1,6L THP 155ch BVM6 - 29,900 Euros
• 1,6L THP 155ch BVA6 - 31,100 Euros
• 1,6L THP 200ch BVM6 - 32,500 Euros
• 2,0L HDi FAP 160ch BVM6 - 32,500 Euros

2013 Peugeot RCZ

Well, that really clears it up but it seems that Peugeot reworked the RCZ's suspension a little bit further. The ride height's been lowered, the center of gravity's been lowered, widened track and when I get over it, the reworked suspension's brewed like mild coffee. It's getting milder and milder, making it easy enough to get through even if you're not concentrating. I have to say that for a school girl with the body of a supermodel, that new RCZ's really know how to memorize The Frog poem without spilling a cup of mild coffee that I bought from Starbucks'. Well, isn't that wizard! Sadly, I'm afraid that is not sophisticated wizardry applied, that's old-fashioned Peugeot goodness. Despite the gearbox being too rubbish, the handling wasn't quite bad and it's not that desperately impractical. 

If that wasn't put you off, it seems that Peugeot is planning an even more powerful version of the RCZ, which will be introduced to the range at the end of 2013.

Photo: PSA Peugeot Citroen