Welcome to Peugeot's new Le Mans car. Well, a close approximation of it at any rate. The 9X8 - '9' references the Le Mans-winning 905 and 908 prototypes, 'X' is for hybrid all-wheel drive and '8' links it to Peugeot's road cars - is still very much in development, but we're promised it'll look almost exactly like this when it goes racing next year. And no, it won't suddenly sprout a rear wing. Peugeot claims nothing in the rulebook says it has to run with a wing, and that clever aero trickery means the 9X8 doesn't really need one. Stellantis' motorsport boss Jean-Marc Finot called the decision to forgo a wing "a major innovative step". He said: "We have achieved a degree of aerodynamic efficiency that allows us to do away with this feature. Don't ask how, though. We have every intention of keeping that a secret as long as we possibly can!"
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