Right now with the Detroit Motorshow coming up real soon, you’d think that the car manufacturers would be all about Detroit, but Peugeot is already setting up the stage for its more Euro-centric Geneva exhibit coming up soon. Understandably, as it has no North American presence whatsoever.
And Peugeot’s Geneva exhibit is a very important exhibit indeed, as the new Peugeot SR1 concept car will be shown to the public for the first time, a car which features Peugeot’s new design direction for the new decade!
And there you have it. The huge wide mouthed grille is now gone, replaced by a slimmer and sleeker version. The car also features a restyled version of Peugeot’s logo, shown on the left. It’s a very good looking coupe indeed, and the hard top can be taken off for open top driving pleasure. Looks like some sort of a baby Aston Martin with an inverted grille.
Powering the SR1 concept is a combination of motors, producing a total of 313 horsepower peak output. It is a hybrid, using HYbrid4 technology that combined a 218 horsepower 1.6 litre THP turbo engine at the front and a rear electric motor (yes, all wheel drive) making 95 horses. The SR1 can also run on the electric motor alone, turning it into a zero emissions vehicle. Peugeot claims 57.7mpg on the Euro combined cycle.
The SR1’s chassis is built with a one piece body incorporating a tubular structure. The mechanical components and suspension bits are then mounted onto this tubular chassis. You get double wishbones with drop links at both front and rear, and there is also four-wheel steering using motorised links on the rear suspension wishbones to control the rear wheel angles.
Look after the jump for hi-res photos of the new SR1.
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looks like an aston martin… sweet…
like the front bonet..
BTW seem to be new SLR rival
got a hint of SL there , but the car is simply gorgeous!
it just look like an Aston Martin .. but i dun think the car will have the performance of Aston Martin ..
Yea, it does look like Aston Martin from side view.
cool… now many manufacturer give us sports cars with engine below than 2.0 litre… but the power still there… look at Mazda rx8 1.3, and miata, also lotus with 1.8… and many more…
BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
nice design. really like the new design language. still have the ol' skool big mouth design….only sleeker
an inverted aston martin…
looks like toyota ft-86.. bwahaha
Naza Boleh !!!
awesome!! the best part is it's a hybrid car. the design concept is wayyyy better then current big smiling grille
just wait for Naza to CKDed, sure cheapo… mmmm in 10 yrs time maybe
the specs sounds good !
OMFG….
Finally a worthy 406 Coupe successor….
The front engine and read electric motor is a neat touch, it just do away with the complex drive train coupling for hybrids like Prius and Insight, I believe it save some weight as well. The draw back is probably a less compact packaging.
at 1st glance, the front does look a bit like the upcoming CRZ
nice…
nice sharp looking car. new logo also kinda cute too!
this is very nice
Great! Finally peugeot turns into a beautiful babe… Muacks.
looks great man…
proton bring back the putra!
y they steal the toyota FT coupe design
the curves look like BMW'ish and the front looks like Aston martin got a gay marriage with Maserati. awesome looking though. just not looking Peugeot'ish.
nice car!
Looks like the 1.6 THP engine can be very flexible, Hope our THP engine can be tune to that level easily~ as it seem the 1.6THP is the ultimate engine for PUG now~ appear in many car. RCZ too
The lion logo looks like kung fu or boxing fight lah!
whoa, thats nice. for someone who wants aston martin design but no need for the power.
i like! but its a concept. maybe will dumb down a little.
like the new logo. looks more like a leo rather than a lion now.
and cleaner look. note the tongue is no longer there. =p
and nice new font too.
with some cue from the bmw 8-series concept …
This what we call 'Dare to change"!
By not waiting the current design language getting "old", they getting the new one.
eheemmm.. unlike some other car manufacturer.. dare to change.. the steering, bumber???
1st look at the side look like aston martin..
front grille look a bit like aston martin, but never mind, facelift it nex time to develop own identity, a beautiful car indeed. this is the first time i like peugeot, after so many Jeremy's negative comments! keep up the good work!
the front grile looks like an aston.
can't really see the ass, but i'm not liking it.
very aston martinish dont you think?
wah…breathe taking. wonder how much it is when naza bring in.
it is not planned to be built at all. just a design study.
mmg sempoi. harap2 proton dpt hasilkan teknologi baru dlm pembuatan enjin yg mana menjimatkan minyak malah performance menyamai racing. Mungkin ini imposible tapi kita jadikannya sebagai cabaran utk direalisasikan. biaq injin kecil tapi betoi2 powerful dan menjimatkan..berbaloi-baloi amy search kata.
Tapi kalau nak sempoi lagi,buat RND how to built batery yg kecil (ringan)dan berupaya menyimpan tenaga elektrik dlm jumlah yg byk dan tahan lama supaya boleh digunakan pada kereta elektrik.
TQ from Penang With LoVe.
naza just waiting to take over even come with this model jsut to up thier saham.LOL
Aww… the logo kinda like the cat trying to meowing with its friend. How cute.
Lovely sensuous curves!
BEAUTIFUL!
So far, everyone in this thread loves this car… including me…. If Naza brings it in…. what do you think the price it should be sold? 1.6 engine means RM 90 roadtax a year…. woah!!
Kung Fu Lion..
The mouth is a bit of Lotus-ish.. but hey, the overall design looks original and refreshed!
emm…
the first thing that struck me is .. it doesn't feel gallic anymore. it ain't bad looking, its 'fresh' or rather different (for a Peugeot) that is clear… but…
citroen goes teutonic, and peugeot seem to go british. what happened to french design flair & some little quirkiness? even the logo seem to be a 'miss' to me. Well, maybe they wanted to express 'dynamism' or elegance in the the design 'that much'.
the design clearly is alien to previous peugeot. rather too alien. right now, my heart say its a miss. disappointed? yes, a little and worried. but these feelings might change. we'll never know.
but probably it will augur well with the automotive media, which is heavily controllled by the British (and people how prefer such design).
in turn, (if they praise it), mean positive review and image from the motor journalists that matters. which means one thing, better prospect at getting better / more sale. Worse, they might lambasted Peugeot for copycat design.
Seen many more great design car / concept just by browsing the monthly TG magazine. as mentioned above, the brit might hail the concept design as better that the big mounth grille corporate identitiy, but this doesn't look like its managed to show & create a recognisable and unique identity (at all).
you can slap a vauxhall (as an example) badge on the nose, make a claim that its the new vauxhall design language and many will not protest.
this seem to be a direction to join the bandwagon of similarly looking sport / concept car. it might look good on it own, as many have commented above, but if we place it amongst other sport car, it will just gone 'missing' in a sea of commonly-looking car/design.
granted, this is just a concept showcase, but i do hope their new design will produce at least good looking car that still standout and differ from the rest. which seem wishful thinking, as the concept rather point to a "we want to design car that looks similar to everyone else, or at least the brit".
if they continue on this path, i might as well just go and buy toyota in the future. they are the king of commons. why should i buy from a 'pretender' when it come to buying the best commonly-looking product?
wow…aston copy….grille oso looks like aston but only upside down…^^
beautiful sleek lines. i especially like the vented rear lights, the extended part in front of the side mirrors and the front LEDs.
but left rear wheel looks like it's out of axis
Awesome…
smart crazzy…
Hell, I'm having a mighty hard-on looking at this babe!