
Peugeot RC Carreau Concept Red Solido 1:18

About the Peugeot RC Carreau Concept Red Solido 1:18
TL;DR: Solido's 1:18 diecast Peugeot RC Carreau in Red reproduces a second livery from Peugeot's early-2000s open-top concept study, sharing its underlying shape with the Pique version in the same range. A themed pairing built around a single design study rather than two separate cars.
Card-suit names rarely turn up in a car collection, but Peugeot's RC concept liveries lean into exactly that playful naming, and Carreau, French for diamond, marks this red-liveried sibling.
A Second Livery for Peugeot's RC Concept
The RC concept's open-cockpit, low-slung design served as Peugeot's exploration of a sportier visual language at the turn of the millennium, and manufacturers commonly present the same concept in multiple liveries across different motor shows to keep press and public interest fresh. Carreau's red scheme gives this version a bolder, more assertive presence than the black Pique livery, even though the underlying design study is identical. That naming convention, tying each livery to a card suit, suggests a small themed family of concept presentations rather than a single one-off show car.
Building a Concept-Car Pair in 1:18 Diecast
Solido's diecast build carries the RC's sculpted surfacing and open cockpit through in Red with the same fidelity as the Pique version, letting a collector display both liveries side by side as a genuine matched pair rather than unrelated purchases. The contrast between Red and Black highlights the concept's flowing body lines from two different visual angles. For anyone drawn to design studies over production cars, owning both RC liveries captures more of Peugeot's early-2000s styling exploration than a single example could on its own.















