Friday, September 5, 2014

Peugeot will present an updated version of the concept car Exalt

Company Peugeot will present at the Paris motor show an updated version of a hybrid concept car Exalt, the first version of which debuted in April at the Beijing Motor Show. 




In the design of the machine is still used a material called "sharkskin", and the distinctive feature of the new version of the prototype was the presence of a folding electric scooter in the luggage compartment. 


Folding electric scooter is stored in a special niche, located under the luggage compartment floor. According to the developers, the scooter would be useful for use in large cities with traffic congestion, as an alternative to the car. 

Tailgate has a hinged panel and opened by means of a special device, based on the work of the pantograph mechanism that ensures maximum opening angle. 

Overall length is 4.7 meters Exalt, and height - 1.31 meters. Weight trends, equipped with 20-inch wheels of crude steel is 1700 kilograms.


As in Beijing prototype front end is made of untreated steel and the back - of the material called "sharkskin". Due to its granular structure optimized airflow through, decreases the drag coefficient and, accordingly, improves the fuel economy. 

In the design of the cabin is used and an antique ebony skin naturally. The center console located two touchscreens, providing access to the navigation, audio system, trip computer and a new system of air purification Pure Blue. 


In the absence of passengers in the car Pure Blue sprays inside the bactericides and fungicides, helps clean the interior. During the movement of activated filters that prevent harmful particles penetrate into the cabin. 

Exalt concept equipped with a hybrid power plant, consisting of a 270-strong petrol "turbo four" 1.6-liter, 50-kilowatt electric motor on the rear axle and six-speed "automatic". Total return units - 340 horsepower. 


Powerplant independently adjusts to the driver's driving style, automatically choosing between an all-electric, petrol or hybrid modes. Furthermore, it has the function recovery of kinetic energy during braking. 


Exalt prototype is the ideological successor supercar Onyx, shown at the Paris Motor Show in 2012. The design of the concept car used copper, carbon, felt and pressed paper. The structure of the hybrid power plant coupe went 600-hp eight-cylinder diesel engine in volume of 3.7-liter and six-speed sequential gearbox.

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