The WRC engine was mated to a WRC gearbox ... This four-door luxury EV's lap time of the Nordschleife was 7:07.55 minutes, just ten seconds off the Subaru.

While Subaru hit the ground running, Peugeot had the benefit of a completely clean sheet of paper to design its new 206 WRC, maximising all the advantages hidden in the small print of the rules.