The Peugeot 20Cup is a concept car built in 2005 as a reverse trike, with two wheels in front and one behind. It combined a two-seater cockpit with the front end of the Peugeot 207 and a motorcycle rear.
Peugeot 20Cup at a glance
| Type | concept car, reverse trike |
|---|---|
| Built | 2005 |
| Layout | two front wheels, one rear wheel (tadpole) |
| Structure | carbon fibre |
| Seats | two |
| Front end | Peugeot 207 |
| Rear | motorcycle |
| Engine | 1.6-litre turbo petrol, four cylinders, 16 valves |
| Power | 170 hp |
| Engine partners | BMW and PSA Peugeot Citroën |
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History of the Peugeot 20Cup
A racing-inspired shape
The 20Cup was built in 2005 around the “tadpole” layout: two wheels at the front, one at the back, the reverse of the classic three-wheeler. Peugeot built it on a carbon-fibre structure, which carried a two-seat cockpit. The front end came from the Peugeot 207, while the rear was taken from a motorcycle, so the car sat with the driver between a car nose and a bike tail.
The engine
The purpose-built 1.6-litre engine was made in a collaboration between BMW and PSA Peugeot Citroën. The turbocharged four-cylinder sixteen-valve petrol unit produced a maximum of 170 hp. It was the same cooperation that later supplied the turbocharged 1.6 engines for production Peugeots, Citroëns and Minis.
What it was for
The 20Cup was a show car rather than a production project. It took the shape of the 207, which was about to replace the 206, and reduced it to a two-seat machine with a motorcycle rear, a format Peugeot had already explored with the 2001 Moonster design competition. The car appeared at the 2005 Frankfurt Motor Show and was later shown in Brazil.
Design and features
- Reverse trike: two wheels in front, one behind, the “tadpole” arrangement.
- Carbon-fibre structure: a lightweight chassis carrying the cockpit.
- Mixed body: 207 front end and motorcycle rear.
- Turbo 1.6: 170 hp from a four-cylinder sixteen-valve unit.
- BMW cooperation: the engine came from the PSA and BMW joint programme.
Peugeot 20Cup versions
- 20Cup (2005): the single concept car, shown at Frankfurt and later in Brazil.
The 20Cup used the front of the Peugeot 207 and followed the design-contest ideas of the Moonster. More in the Peugeot collection.
Video: Peugeot 20 Cup
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Sources
- Peugeot 20Cup, English Wikipedia: layout, structure, engine, body
