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Geneva 2010: Peugeot SR1 Concept excites our inner Francophile

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by Jonny Lieberman (RSS feed) on Mar 2nd 2010 at 7:00PM

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When we first saw the Peugeot SR1 Concept, we were less than impressed. Why? The press photos just didn't do the car any justice. But here in person at the Geneva Motor Show, the SR1 Concept has us drooling. First of all, the proportions are spectacular. Long hood, short deck, wide, low – just a great, potent stance coupled to classic proportions. Also, this here Peugeot is one of the rare convertibles that looks just as good top on or off.

There's a boat load of fancy tech that comes with this concept car (all of which you can read about here). The long story told short is the SR1 Concept is a turbo-diesel hybrid that makes 313 total horsepower and gets 48 miles per gallon. It also has a four-wheel-drive, through-the-road HYbrid4 tech, The plastic roof uses sailboat technology and the instruments are displayed via crystal tubes. But as most of the SR1 Concept's bells and whistles won't ever see production, we'll just go ahead and enjoy this stunning show car for what it is: beautiful.

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Peugeot Debuts New Design Language With SR1 Concept

By Viknesh Vijayenthiran
January 10th, 2010

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French automaker Peugeot is in the midst of a design transition, having recently appointed a new design director Gilles Vidal and now revealing the SR1 hard-top convertible. Peugeot claims that its striking concept car reveals the stylistic design trends for its future models, and to top it all off it even features a new take on the automaker’s Lion badge.

The SR1 concept also features the latest iteration of Peugeot’s HYbrid4 powertrain technology. First revealed last year, the HYbrid4 powertrain uses an electric motor to drive one axle and an internal combustion engine to drive the other, in essence forming an all-wheel drive system.

In the case of the SR1, the HYbrid4 powertrain consists of a 1.6-liter gasoline engine rated at 218-horsepower driving the front axle and a 95-horsepower electric motor driving the rear. The end result is a healthy 313-horsepower and a fuel-economy of 48 mpg.

The Peugeot SR1 will make its official debut in March at the 2010 Geneva Motor Show.

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