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I will try my best to provide detailed info on various cars and what is like to live with them, I have already produced a few for Jaguar-car-forums, I will do my best to be unbiased, but it will be hard for some cars. I will re-produce press releases and copy from other motoring news.

Sunday 23 August 2015

Peugeot, the concepts and how they have evolved over the years.

Translated by Google - Apologies for all the errors caused - some i can not fathom out.

By their very nature, forward concept cars technical innovations, global design or adapt to future product.Peugeot has more than 80 concepts presented throughout its two centuries of history and some of them have involved real anticipate turning points for years to the automotive trend.

The 1994 Peugeot iOn ...


More than fifteen years before the start of the marketing iOn, Peugeot and imagined the future of urban mobility. Therefore, in the Paris Salon of 1994 he showed the world the concept Peugeot iOn a highlight ultracompact vehicle, with a colorful and original design and a high technological component. 

Both the electric motor as its advanced equipment for the time (CD player, LCD) made it a futuristic exercise.Curiously, this ion gates opened automatically with a sensor reflecting its urban spirit. This feature was designed to not having to ever fight with shopping bags when finding the keys in his pockets.

206 Escapade, anticipating urban crossover


The concept Escapade collected 206 witness 20 ♥: show variations of the saloon silhouette Peugeot 206. The spirit of the 206 Escapade is the same as inspired, years later, 2008. On a current B-segment vehicle, offering a variation SUV more robust, but compact with optimal indoor livability and its original design codes recognizable aesthetic. The goal was reached with a single model to all types of clientele.

806 Runabout: the nautical world and the car, hand


The Peugeot 806 Runabout has been one of the most advanced conceptual Peugeot bets. Developed in 1997 by the Office of Advanced Design Peugeot, this concept car is a hybrid vehicle and the nautical world. Its design is the reinterpretation of a car under the principles of a boat. 

To this end, it has design features inspired by this universe and its quality put him in the high range. Its silhouette ultimately emulated that of a boat. 

Eventually, beyond its spirit, this concept emphasizes the use of new types of materials such as wood or seeking maximum occupancy: the rear of the vehicle hiding a row of folding seats and the front could turn to lead to a cabin type games. -the Philosophy of making a life on board the vehicle in a experience- is now a maxim in all Peugeot vehicles.

Curiously, years later, Peugeot Design Lab (the current global design studio Brand) led this union between automobile and nautical further and Peugeot Yacht Design Concept, a sailboat with an original architecture.

Peugeot SR1: present and future


One of the most important concept cars of the brand for all that advanced. And this prototype anticipated the current aesthetic codes implanted Peugeot throughout its range of vehicles. Thus, the same year that the brand celebrated its 200th anniversary, also showed the world the Peugeot SR1 Peugeot and introduced in the third century, both of his own history as the car. 

The front of the SR1 is over implemented in the current range. The most characteristic feature is the emblem of the lion scratched on the hood and that seems to be sculpted on it. And as the Peugeot 308 models make use of LED optics to draw a look that the SR1 and forward. The current range can not be understood without this Peugeot SR1 concept.

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