FIRST LOOK: Peugeot 9X8 - 600HP Hybrid Hypercar With No Rear Wing | Top Gear

This is Peugeot’s finished 9X8 endurance racing Hypercar, and yes, there’s still no rear wing. Peugeot reckons it can generate enough ground effect with clever under-body aero alone. Pretty impressive considering the 9X8 is a 671bhp endurance racer that weighs just over a tonne…

The 9X8 conforms to the ACO and FIA’s Le Mans Hypercar (LMH) class and is four-wheel drive, with a 2.6-litre twin-turbo V6 powering the rear wheels and a bespoke, high performance electric motor on the fronts.

Join Top Gear magazine’s Tom Ford for a look around the wingless 9X8 at Fuji Speedway, and find out more about the exciting new Le Mans Hypercar race series that has already attracted entries from BMW, Alpine, Ferrari, Porsche, Toyota and more…

Chapters
00:00 Intro: Welcome to Japan
00:51 The Peugeot 9X8
01:34 Le Mans Hypercar Series Benefits
03:20 9X8 Walkaround
04:48 Q+A with Director of Stellantis Motorsport
07:20 Q+A with James Rossiter, 9X8 Driver
09:47 9X8 on Track
10:37 Outro

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[IllusArt]

Always liked Peugeot's car designs. Definitely a beautiful machine.

[syedbilalnafees]

2023 and 24 will be such big years for prototype racing in both IMSA and WEC. So many brands all with distinct designs, and hopefully much closer racing and competition. Exiting times ahead

[nicholasstocker]

The 9X8 looks so alien compared to the other cars on the track. Well done Peugeot!!!

[bucketslash]

slight correction, LMdH has to use a chassis from another manufacturer (ie Multimatic), for LMH the car manufacturer themselves can manufacure their own chassis

[apophisstr]

Definitely one of the top 5 best looking race cars in decades.

[docantec]

Je pense que l'on peut tous se réunir sur un point : cette voiture est MA-GNI-FI-QUE !

[ttba_]

I love the fact that the rules have allowed the cars to be so different while in the same class. Hopefully this isn't a repeat of the Nissan entry from a few years ago but a real success. WEC looks like it could be really interesting next year.

[floridamankyle]

I am so excited to see Peugeot and Ferrari back in the WEC!! 2023 is gonna be GOOD!!!!

[MXR_Sparky]

By the way, it’s the LMDh’s that must pick from 4 chassis’s which are based on LMP2 chassis’s whilst LMH doesn’t. Those 4 P2 chassis’s are :

Dallara
Multimatic
Ligier
Oreca

Please don’t spread misinformation for new fans coming into our wonderful world of WEC & IMSA.

[TheCarKrazeOfficial]

Looks so much better than all the other Le Mans hypercars

[itslife]

I love this car... and I love that a manufacturer takes risks... congratulations Peugeot 👏👏

[connorbesson]

I'm so happy Peugeot is getting back into the game properly and taking it seriously

[topikbagusid]

9x8 is a tie fighter compared to other cars on the track, so unique looking

[jackchallis]

I'm really looking forward to the future of endurance racing, by 2024 it's going to be amazing

[Charlie]

The LMH manufacturers do NOT have to pick a chassis, that would be the LMDH cars...this was a major reason ferrari chose to develop an LMH, as they wanted to design the whole car.

[sheldoncooper]

Amazing that THIS Car Shows that You can build a FAST Hybrid Car that weighs under 1000 kg. 2023 is going to be a Great Year for Racing almost like 1989 and 1992 was in the Past.

[AXXeYY]

Thanks for this. LMDH and LMH is going to be Epic

[marcosdoyter]

Peugeot car is definitely the most beautiful of this season. Great design. Well done.

[mcred]

"it is necessary to win and it is necessary to be beautiful." correct not just fast but also the way it looks. 😎

[Its_Quash]

The LMH cars can only have one ajustible aro device. Most teams chose to do a wing as theirs, but Peugeot chose to put it in the spoiler I believe.