Sleek SR1 Hints At Peugeot’s Future Style
While we can usually count on French automakers to present a truly wacky concept at European auto shows, Peugeot instead offered the relatively practical SR1 to attendees of this year’s Geneva Motor Show.
Leaving the high concept design exercise to Bertone’s Pandion, the SR1 is an incredibly attractive convertible coupe that reminds us as much of an Aston Martin as it does the classic 504. According to the automaker, the SR1 revisits “great traditions of grand touring cars of the past: a large bonnet, flowing wings and a very low center of gravity.” If it worked for Pininfarina and Sir William Lyons, we think it’ll work for Peugeot.
Though Peugeot calls it a “dream car par excellence,” there’s a very good chance that the brand’s future products will bear more than a passing resemblance to the SR1. “More than ever, the aesthetic traits of this concept show the general design trends of the Marque’s future products, renewing Peugeot’s strong stylistic identity,” the company said. The SR1 also debuts the restyled Peugeot lion, the face of the brand since the 1850s.
The concept has a hybrid drivetrain borrowed from a real-world car: the upcoming 2011 Peugeot 3008. HYbrid4 technology combines a gas engine in the front and an electric engine in the back to achieve about 48 MPG with four wheel drive and over 300 hp on tap, which Peugeot says “offers convincing proof that driving pleasure can be combined with environmental friendliness.”
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While we can usually count on French automakers to present a truly wacky concept at European auto shows, Peugeot instead offered the relatively practical SR1 to attendees of this year’s Geneva Motor Show.
Leaving the high concept design exercise to Bertone’s Pandion, the SR1 is an incredibly attractive convertible coupe that reminds us as much of an Aston Martin as it does the classic 504. According to the automaker, the SR1 revisits “great traditions of grand touring cars of the past: a large bonnet, flowing wings and a very low center of gravity.” If it worked for Pininfarina and Sir William Lyons, we think it’ll work for Peugeot.
Though Peugeot calls it a “dream car par excellence,” there’s a very good chance that the brand’s future products will bear more than a passing resemblance to the SR1. “More than ever, the aesthetic traits of this concept show the general design trends of the Marque’s future products, renewing Peugeot’s strong stylistic identity,” the company said. The SR1 also debuts the restyled Peugeot lion, the face of the brand since the 1850s.
The concept has a hybrid drivetrain borrowed from a real-world car: the upcoming 2011 Peugeot 3008. HYbrid4 technology combines a gas engine in the front and an electric engine in the back to achieve about 48 MPG with four wheel drive and over 300 hp on tap, which Peugeot says “offers convincing proof that driving pleasure can be combined with environmental friendliness.”
Read More http://www.wired.com/autopia/2010/03...#ixzz0hD1bHJ4R
Source: Autopia.com
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