
If the Paris Motor Show - where 64 new cars were launched in the Autumn - was the day the industry fought back against the recession, then the release of the RZC earlier in the year was the day Peugeot stuck two fingers up at collapsing sales and slumped profits.
The French giant, once famed for making fantastic driver's cars, have been criticised in recent years for churning out one yawn-a-minute car (308) after another (307). No longer!