Peugeot Sport Cars Concept 20Cup

Peugeot Sport Cars Concept 20Cup

The 20Cup was designed highlight the sporty nature of the Peugeot brand and draw references between the production car derived styling of the front end and the rest of the car which has racing pretensions, with a carbon fibre chassis based around the 2 seater cockpit and a single rear wheel held by a motorcycle style swinging arm. This design should mean that the front end grip of the tyres far exceeded the rear, allowing the car to develop oversteer which is considered more the preserve of rear engined cars.

Peugeot Sport Cars Concept 20Cup

In 2006 World Car manufacturer Peugeot has successfully excluded Products new concept car, the car with the name Peugeot 20Cup Concept. Verily Car Interior and Exterior Design luxury very firmly attached to the Peugeot 20Cup Concept Car. Color Black Fitted tightly Exterior Design Peugeot Sport Car 20Cup Concept Car, makes it look luxury car Peugeot. Unique design looks seen on the Peugeot Sport Cars Concept 20Cup is, like the rear wheel Cars there only 2, and can only be driven by a maximum of 2 people, this makes Peugeot Sport Cars Concept 20Cup looks unique and cool when we use the road.

Peugeot Sport Cars Concept 20Cup

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Peugeot Sport Cars Concept 20Cup

The Peugeot Sport Cars Concept 20Cup was designed by Peugeot to promote the new turbocharged 1.6 Petrol engine that is to feature in the fastest versions of the recently introduced 207 production car. The engine was a joint development between the brand and BMW, who will also use the engine in the top spec Mini Cooper S.

Peugeot Sport Cars Concept 20Cup

The Peugeot Sport Cars Concept 20Cup, in a more conventional form but drawing much of its inspiration from the Frankfurt concept car, will give Peugeot the basis for the development of a presence on the racing circuit. Prefiguring the stylistic characteristics of a future model through its front aspect, the 20Cup announces a Peugeot style that is even more incisive and feline. Radical by dint of its low ride height and engineering solutions taken from the world of motor sport, this concept car is built around a one-piece carbon chassis incorporating a separate two-seater cockpit located at road level.

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Peugeot Sport Concept Car 308 RCZ

Peugeot Sport Concept Car 308 RCZ

Unveiled to critical acclaim as a concept car at the Frankfurt Motor Show in 2007, the RCZ will soon become a production reality. Peugeot New Zealand has confirmed that it will be bringing Peugeot’s exciting new sports car, the Peugeot Sport Concept Car 308 RCZ, to New Zealand in 2010. Peugeot’s stylists and engineers have worked to ensure that the RCZ that will hit New Zealand’s roads will be keeping with the expectations created by the stunning design of the original concept.

Peugeot Sport Concept Car 308 RCZ

The objective behind Peugeot’s sports car is for it to become an exclusive vehicle, full of emotion, aimed at enthusiasts who are particularly discerning with regards to driving enjoyment. Divisional Manager of Peugeot New Zealand, Simon Rose, says “I have been fortunate enough to have had the privilege to see and drive the new Peugeot Sport Concept Car 308 RCZ in the flesh last week in Paris.” “It is an outstanding example of Peugeot’s stand point and position regarding producing innovative and stylish looking products. Its also testament to the last few years of investment and the position taken in terms of money continuing to be channelled into research and design, all be it in the middle of a challenging world economy.”

Peugeot Sport Concept Car 308 RCZ

Peugeot continues to produce and design market leading product which will make for an exciting future for our customers. In short, the Peugeot Sport Concept Car 308 RCZ is the epitome of the brands future. “The finished product looks like a work of art and drives and handles like a dream in terms of the rewarding road handling and chassis, in a way that makes you want to keep driving and driving” said Mr Rose. Subject to overseas demand, the Peugeot Sport Concept Car 308 RCZ will likely launch in NZ as early as mid 2010 and will be the brands image car in terms of profiling both HDi and Diesel technology, as well as the unique styling you see coming through on all future models in the range.

Peugeot Sport Concept Car 308 RCZ

Set to make its debut in Frankfurt this September along side the all-new Peugeot 308 3- and 5-door, the Peugeot Sport Concept Car 308 RCZ concept car makes a serious play for the Audi TT. The Peugeot Sport Concept Car 308 RCZ manages to take the TT's design a small step further with more aggressive stance while still making it distinctively Peugeot with the signature front end and 207 CC like rear boot overhang. Aiming to be a driver's car, the Peugeot Sport Concept Car 308 RCZ concentrates on keeping the vehicle's weight down. By using aluminum suspension components, carbon fiber trim and a polycarbonate rear window amongst other weight saving tricks, the Peugeot Sport Concept Car 308 RCZ weighs in at a respectable 1200 Kg (2645 lbs).

Peugeot Sport Concept Car 308 RCZ

Engine specification includes the world Engine of the Year award winning high performance 1.6 petrol and 2.0 High Pressure Direct Injection diesel versions which will be mated with a 6 speed automatic gearbox. The Peugeot Sport Concept Car 308 RCZ gets the same 1.6 liter THP engine from the 207 RC. However, this concept gets revised engine management giving 43 more horsepower from 175 (128 kW) to 218 (160 kW). With 300 Nm of torque available at full boost, the 308 RC Z sprints up to 100 km/h in 7.0 seconds and reaches a maximum speed of 235 km/h.

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Peugeot BB1 Electric Concept Car

Peugeot BB1 Electric Concept Car

The Frankfurt Motor Show has given the creative French automaker Peugeot the platform to unveil the innovative Peugeot BB1 Electric Concept Car - a "full green electric vehicle that reinvents the automobile in every way: architecture, style, interior design, drive, connectivity – while all the time respecting the environment." The Peugeot BB1 Electric Concept Car was originally launched at the Frankfurt Motor Show and is now being promoted as a concept in a number of cities around the World.

Peugeot BB1 Electric Concept Car

In London Peugeot have launched the Peugeot BB1 Electric Concept Car that seats four people in a vehicle just 2.5 meters long. Inspired by Peugeot’s electric VLV from the 1940s, the new all-electric BB1 represents the car firm’s view for the future of electrical-based urban mobility. The Peugeot BB1 Electric Concept Car, a cross between a scooter and a car, is powered by two electric motors which are mounted in the rear wheels.

Peugeot BB1 Electric Concept Car

The Peugeot BB1 Electric Concept Car is a fully electric vehicle with the road footprint of something the size of a Smart car, yet it is a full 4 seater designed to take 4 full sized adults for urban commuting in the worlds larger cities. The electric motors are built into the wheels and designed in conjunction with Michelin, and the chassis itself was designed by Peugeot’s motorcycle department. At just 2.5m long, the bubble-shaped BB1 can amazingly seat four people in saddle-like seats and its packaging miracle is achieved by rethinking the driving task.

Peugeot BB1 Electric Concept Car

Access to the vehicle is gained via the reverse opening doors, while the load area access is through an innovative tailgate design. The body is made up of a very light carbon fibre structure, designed to wrap around the passenger compartment. Inside, the car has an extensive range of interactive technologies, including a colour multi-function display and audio system with telephone, navigation, Internet access, radio, MP3, USB connector and 12V power socket if necessary.

Peugeot BB1 Electric Concept Car

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Peugeot 908 RC Luxury Saloon Concept Car

Peugeot 908 RC Luxury Saloon Concept Car

Peugeot explained the purpose of the Peugeot 908 RC Luxury Saloon Concept Car in its press release in typical Gallic style: “The original idea was to create a limousine with an imposing style that offered its four occupants a new driving sensation. The final design, however, is an uncompromising car that combines dynamic performance, comfort, luxury and environmental protection. In short, it is an exclusive four-door vehicle that will capture the imagination of both occupants and onlookers.”

Peugeot 908 RC Luxury Saloon Concept Car

The Peugeot Luxury Saloon 908 RC Concept Car was produced to highlight the future design direction of the brand’s larger saloon cars such as the forthcoming 408 and 608. As diesel is becoming a more and more popular choice for fuelling European saloon cars, Peugeot decided to fit the car with a 5.5 litre HDI V12 turbo diesel engine, with the concept apparently capable of 300 km/h.

Peugeot 908 RC Luxury Saloon Concept Car

This engine will power the racing version of the 908 that the brand enters into Le Mans. The Peugeot 908 RC Luxury Saloon Concept Car also features a huge panoramic roof with the windscreen extending in one complete glass section of over 3m2 which gives the driver a fantastic view and allows a lot of light into the interior.

Peugeot 908 RC Luxury Saloon Concept Car

The Peugeot Luxury Saloon 908 RC Concept Car was produced to highlight the future design direction of the brand’s larger saloon cars such as the forthcoming 408 and 608. As diesel is becoming a more and more popular choice for fuelling European saloon cars, Peugeot decided to fit the car with a 5.5 litre HDI V12 turbo diesel engine, with the concept apparently capable of 300 km/h. This engine will power the racing version of the 908 that the brand enters into Le Mans.

Peugeot 908 RC Luxury Saloon Concept Car

The 908 RC also features a huge panoramic roof with the windscreen extending in one complete glass section of over 3m2 which gives the driver a fantastic view and allows a lot of light into the interior.

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Peugeot Electric Car EX1 Concept Cars

The French carmaker has revealed today the Peugeot EX1 concept cars which will have its world debut at the 2010 Paris auto show next month. The Peugeot EX1 concept is an all-electric vehicle powered by two motors which output a total of 250 kW (340 bhp) and 240 Nm of constant torque. The power of the Peugeot EX1 concept goes to all four wheels of the car. Each of the two electric motors of the Peugeot EX1 powers one of its axles.

At a time when the electric motor once again becomes 100% real for Peugeot, with the i0n about to go on sale, the Peugeot Electric Car EX1 Concept Cars propels us into a new dimension of raw emotion. Efficient styling The pure styling of this two-seater roadster is in keeping with its mechanical design, like a kind of 'exoskeleton' highlighting the light-weight nature that guided the vehicle's creation.

Peugeot Electric Car EX1 Concept Cars

The design of the body incorporates Peugeot's new stylistic design codes, first seen on the SR1 concept car earlier this year, with its 'floating' front grille and flowing contours. Polished aluminium components adorn the door surrounds in a reference to the RCZ and BB1.

Peugeot has created an all-new electric sports car bearing the alphanumeric appellation EX1, which it will show at the upcoming Paris Motor Show. This car and the images are real. The 100% electric sports car Peugeot’s latest concept car is a visually striking two-seater roadster with a futuristic styling and an original architecture, designed to offer intense driving sensations.

The electric motor is a potential source of new driving sensations thanks to its exceptional acceleration capabilities, but also because it is silent in operation and makes the car very easy to drive (no need for a gearbox). On the EX1 sports car concept, two electric motors are used, one on each axle, each with a peak output of 125 kW (250 kW / 340 bhp in total), and an immediately available constant maximum torque of 240 Nm at the front and rear.

The Peugeot EX1 Concept car benefits from characteristics that give it a high enough level of performance not only to leave behind the city centre, the preferred territory of electric vehicles, but also to challenge acceleration records. Its lightness, weight distribution and aerodynamics, the torque and power of its two electric motors and its high-output lithium-ion battery are just some of the characteristics that make this a car capable of lightning acceleration: the latter can exceed 1G of gravitational force.

Indeed the Peugeot Electric Car EX1 Concept Cars has already broken the following international records (approved by the International Automobile Federation) for an electric-powered terrestrial vehicle. This series of records was established, by Nicolas Vanier, the famous French explorer and film-maker ("The Last Trapper", "Wolf") who drove the EX1 concept car.

Peugeot Electric Car EX1 Concept Cars

Between now and the end of the year, China, the world's largest cars market, will be the setting for the EX1 sports car to pursues other world records.

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2010 Peugeot Concept Cars Peugeot HR1 Concept

The new 2010 Peugeot HR1, unveiled today at the Paris motor show. The 2010 Peugeot Concept Cars Peugeot HR1 Concept is an exclusive and innovative urban concept car that blends together a number of genres (city run-around, coupé and SUV). It is helped by its particularly compact dimensions (a length of 3.67 m and very short front and rear overhangs) but also an original system for getting into and out of the vehicle. The HR1 is an exclusive and innovative urban Concept car that blends together a number of genres (city run-around, coupé and SUV). It is targeted at active young city dwellers smitten with design and innovation who are in search of a vehicle that matches their profile.

Power is provided by a 110 hp (82 kW / 112 PS) 1.2-liter three-cylinder petrol engine and a 37 hp (28 kW / 38 PS) electric motor. Like the other HYbrid4 models, the HR1 can operate in EV mode, petrol mode, and four-wheel drive mode (which uses the petrol engine and the electric motor). Thanks to this technology, the car has a combined fuel consumption rating of 81 mpg and CO2 emissions of 80 g/km.

2010 Peugeot Concept Cars Peugeot HR1 Concept

Peugeot HR1 Concept has a structured design, with a “High-Tech Coupé” driving position, providing a special ambiance through the combination of style, quality of finish, equipment and ergonomics. The technology controlled includes the audio, satellite navigation and air conditioning systems. The driver can also select, at his discretion, the preferred type of information to be displayed in the instrument panel: rev counter, water and oil temperature during “dynamic driving”, or tourist information when “cruising”.

In addition, the electronically-controlled 6-speed manual gearbox coupled with this power train is designed to offer maximum control. The driver can also opt between two modes of operation, sequential or automatic.

It is designed to make urban travel easy and pleasurable even in the busiest or most confined urban areas. It is helped by its particularly compact dimensions (a length of 3.67 m and very short front and rear overhangs) but also an original system for getting into and out of the vehicle. Based on the Marque's experience in this field, the Peugeot HR1 Concept cars has two electric "scissor" doors to facilitate access under all circumstances (restricted parking, small garage, etc...). To improve visibility and manoeuvrability and provide a dominant driving position, the ride height of the vehicle has been raised, also improving ground clearance.

2010 Peugeot Concept Cars Peugeot HR1 Concept

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Peugeot Hybrid Epine Concept Car by Daniel Schumpert

This Peugeot ride relies on the Epine system, with an innovative seating arrangement and the drive-by-wire technology, as far as steering is concerned. The energy source of the vehicle is placed at the back, while the storage area is at the front of the cars. The major technical feature of this car is the Epine system that allows a complete seating arrangement by adopting the drive-by-wire technology to run the steering system.

Peugeot Hybrid Epine Concept Car by Daniel Schumpert

The concept car was created by Daniel Schumpert. Peugeot Epine was basically a project that was supposed to turn into an environmentally friendly hybrid vehicle, but eventually it turned into a “consumer’s racing car”.

Peugeot Hybrid Epine Concept Car by Daniel Schumpert derived from a project to create a hybrid eco-friendly vehicle. The Peugeot Epine Concept design study was developed to have a sportscar-like performance while creating a new way to get in touch with nature. Inspired by Formula One cars and motorcycles, Epine features a whale skeleton, as a tribute to Mother Nature.

The rear-engined sportscar is minimalistic with an exposed frame, Peugeot Hybrid Epine Concept Car by Daniel Schumpert uses the Michelin Tweel concept airless wheels, with a positive impact on the suspension system.

Peugeot Hybrid Epine Concept Car by Daniel Schumpert

Turns out that the wheel spokes are able to compress and decompress, thanks to the materials they’re made out of, allowing a wide variety of car motions. This futuristic Peugeot measures 4,260 mm (length), 1,882mm (width) and 1153mm (height).

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2010 SR1 Concept Peugeot Concept Car

These ideas find their fullest expression with the Peugeot SR1, the dream car par excellence. 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. In short, this concept car creates a new design language. Through the Peugeot SR1 Concept, the Marque reveals the stylistic design trends for its future models.

At every moment it makes a great play on contrasts: purity and technological sophistication, authenticity and advanced technologies, expressiveness and understatement. Making it a car that is quite simply. Overall the Peugeot SR1 concept car gives the impression it has been carved from a solid block of material, monolithic, protective, sculptural and dynamic.

Peugeot has presented its latest concept car, the SR1, which will make its debut at the 2010 Geneva Motor Show and will preview the design future products. The concept car embodies the new world of Peugeot, reflected by the new Lion badge which adorns its body. Dynamic, balanced, sensual, with an exclusive high-tech interior, this “dream car” explores and reinterprets the theme of the “Grand Touring Car”.

The Peugeot SR1 Concept is a design study of a car with classic proportions and a sculpted body that hints at the future design direction for the brand. Among the features are the 2+1 seating layout and the hybrid powertrain with a front engine and a rear electric motor. Peugeot SR1 Concept Using HYbrid4 technology, elegance, purity, dynamism, allure, controlled power.

The interior ambience blends colours and materials, with strong references to "a past motoring era" combined with "the latest advanced technology". Inside the vehicle, patinated leather and different grained wood are examples of the use of authentic and natural materials, warm, sensual and charged with history, that blend seamlessly with, "high tech" materials such as nickel and satin-finished chrome.

2010 SR1 Concept Peugeot Concept Car

Power is supplied by HYbrid4 technology consisting of a 1.6-litre THP petrol producing 160kW (218hp) and a rear electric motor of 70kW (95hp). Total system output is 230kW (313hp) and AWD is engaged when the two systems are working together. Average fuel consumption is 4.9 litres per 100km while C02 emissions are pegged at 119g/km.

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