The Malta Independent 16 May 2024, Thursday
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The PEUGEOT EXALT concept

Malta Independent Wednesday, 4 June 2014, 13:02 Last update: about 11 years ago

Directly inspired by the ONYX concept, the PEUGEOT EXALT concept car achieves an alliance of differences for a completely original result. Its specification includes traditional and technological materials and know-how from French and Chinese cultures.

In homage to the art of the French motor car from the twenties and thirties, its bare steel bodywork is hand-formed by a master panel beater. A unique item, it seizes the historical codes that excite automobile passion.

The vehicle presents a clear cut: separating bare steel from an innovative material, Shark Skin, which is red and which covers the whole rear end of the vehicle.

The interior of this exceptional hatchback, with four doors and four individual seats, offers the traditional Chinese craft of working in wood, a quite exceptional field for expression. Accordingly, Macassar ebony, selected for the area in Asia where it grows and its warm colour, which covers the upper parts of the door panels, has been worked on by a pair of Chinese artists. The PINWU Design Trio agency created a motif combining a lion with bamboo stems and leaves. A Chinese craftsman sculpted it using a traditional technique for creating prints on fabric and paper.

Secure in their bucket seat, the driver has the use of the PEUGEOT i-Cockpit, designed for complete driving enjoyment.

PEUGEOT EXALT is equipped with a plug-in HYbrid4 drive train with a total power of 340 hp, made up of a 1.6 litre THP 270 hp engine, coupled to a 6-speed automatic gearbox and a 50 kW electric motor in the rear axle, allowing four-wheel drive.

Peugeot presented a video of breathtaking beauty, touting the greatness of this concept with an amazing post-production.
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