Ahead of its debut on the race track later this year, Peugeot Design Director, Matthias Hossann, has placed their new 9X8 hybrid hypercar in brutalist architecture to showcase its revolutionary design. This created an opportunity for the fashion and supercar photographer Agnieszka Doroszewicz, to play with the light, patina, and contrasts of the concrete surroundings. Her photographs are a metaphor for the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the legendary race in which the light changes as the hours go by.

As for the new 9X8 Hybrid Hypercar, the Peugeot Design team went all out, fusing contemporary aesthetics specific to the brand; a feline stance, fluid lines enhanced by sporty cues, sleek and structured flanks and, of course, the characteristic three-clawed luminous signature of the Lion.

The Peugeot 9X8 is a radical departure from previous generations of racing cars. The most striking feature of this concept, and one that for many sums it up, is the absence of a rear wing, which gives it its unique profile. The rear wing first appeared in endurance racing at Le Mans in 1967 and has since become the prevailing standard. No car has won without a rear wing since 1971.

Peugeot has already won at Le Mans with two cars of two different generations: the 905 with a V10 petrol engine in 1992 and 1993, and the 908 with a V12 HDi-FAP engine in 2009. Can they do it again with the technology used in the 9X8? Its four-wheel drive hybrid propulsion combines a V6 2.6-litre twin-turbocharged 680 hp internal combustion engine at the rear with a 200 kW (270 hp) electric motor / generator in the front.

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