simplicity that betokens a true artist's hand. Big headlamps and bulgy bumpers combine with its feline delicacy to form a mix-and-match gender bender of aesthetics.

According to reports from the few who have driven it, the RC Z also seems to perform as well as it looks, with driving dynamics that may not match a sports car but equal most racy hatchbacks.

All in all, therefore, this may be the most desirable Peugeot of the decade and one of the few in modern times to live up to the company's honourable past. But Peugeot is shilly-shallying about manufacturing it because they are not convinced it will sell enough to make a profit.

It is up to us to persuade them. The moment has arrived for a Chartists' rising.