I would rock the livin' daylights out of this thing!
http://www.autobloggreen.com/2009/04/15/leave-the-emissions-at-home-electric-peugeot-capsule-concept/
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Peugeot also made the previously coolest Pod car ever back in 2000, with the Moonster.
http://www.diseno-art.com/encyclopedia/concept_cars/peugeot_moonster.html
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Now THAT looks neat!
I like it,it looks to be a little top heavy though.
That is frickin' cool.
I've oft wondered why nobody has ever bothered making a streetable ATV. There would be a big market for it, I think (imagine a motorcycle that could be driven year round, gets about 60MPG, and costs under $10k). I imagine the 4-wheel thing is a big hindrance, since that would classify it as a car for safety/emissions standards.
that thing has a freakin winch on it.....
it looks like a golf cart with a single seat and a body....
I think its sorta stupid. It could be fun if you lived in the middle of nowhere. I don't see any point in a one person car though.
The point of a one person car is that most people drive alone, and most of the time it's to work and back, when you don't need any more cargo space than a suit-case will afford. If and when Pod cars take off, you can expect cheaper parking for them as well. Besides, the more cars like this on the road, the more oil there is to burn in our boats. ;)
Hell that is the first car Peugeot has (i guess prototyped?) that i would buy. Mainly Peugeot is in my opinion an ugly throwback to earlier European cars circa 90's.
I don't know...I think there's some interesting stuff in there lineup as of late.
http://www.peugeot.com/en/products/cars.aspx
http://www.peugeot.com/en/products/engines.aspx
http://www.peugeot.com/en/products/vans.aspx
http://www.peugeot.com/en/products/motorcycles.aspx
yeah, I was thinking "atv with an egg on top"
now there is a pod I would drive!
That 407 Coupé is pretty sharp. Take a look at that interior. Really nice buckets for the front AND rear passengers. I always liked the 206, from watching them in WRC for so many years, and the 308 looks like a more attractive bigger version.
Peugeot has a long history of building some incredible concept cars over the last ten or fifteen years. I've got to say their design contest produces some impressive machines, and highlights a lot of talent from unknown designers.
http://www.conceptcarz.com/view/model.aspx?makeID=118&showThumbs=1
It's incredible that a company like Peugeot can make so many different models that fill every possible passenger car niche, yet they're still operational. If this were a US car company, they would have tried building five different cars to broadly cover three or four needs at a time. How do they not compete with themselves? And that's considering that they don't sell any trucks or SUVs. A coupe, sedan, a convertible, and wagon version of every car, barring their smallest one and their MPVs. GM can't even have a Grand Prix and an Impala at the same time without worrying about cutting off their own legs.
The pod needs to be lifted, with some serious bys if i were going to get one!!!!
And there are a lot more than these. I always thought Peugeot had some of the most inventive designers in the industry.
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TWIN TURBO DIESEL V12 FTMFW!
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I like Peugeot but they have one major problem IMO, they all have the same basic design. All the headlights look the same, all the griles look the same, all the cars basically lok the same. This ruins it for me, theres really no way to look different in a Peugeot.
And this is different from other car manufacturers how?
Pontiac is just as guilty to name one.
There ARE a few different variations on the headlamps FWIW...
Yeah, most automakers have a common design element in their front and rear treatments. Look at Porsche or even moreso Aston Martin. Other than Korean car makers, who basically just copy everything from everywhere, I can't think of an automaker who doesn't have a universal look. Well, Ford is kind of all over the place with their NA designs, but their European design house keeps things pretty tidy.
Just the mere fact of DRIVING a Peugeot in the US is different...
BTW...it's not like ALL Ford grilles/headlights don't look the same these days either....
But when your most expensive car resembles your cheapest car it ruins the appeal. Pontiac does do this but I think they look more appealing.
OK, that made no sense...
Yes I agree a Peugeot in the US would be cool, I think the pod vehicle would make it even cooler. A normal Peugeot is just an odd looking car IMO. You are right, Pontiac did this pretty bad (I.E. GTO, Grand Prix, Grand Am, Montana) but honestly I find all of those cars to be a bit more attractive than a Peugeot, they are quite ugly. This is just my opinion.
SO technically it has nothing to do with the front-end treatment being the same, it's just that you don't like Pugs.
Then again, it's hard to "cheapen" the look of a Pontiac any more than they already are, so having a similar front treatment wasn't going to have any effect ;)
Agreed. 2 people need to be strung up an quartered.....The person who designed that abomination of a front end, and the other one who approved it.
You mean the twin-kidney grille? I kind of like the look of it, in certain executions. I find the worst ones being used now are on Acuras, Hondas, and What is Lincoln thinking of with that hairlip design?
THIS is exactly the kind of vehicle I was talking about. If a motorcycle can be road legal why can't this? And the sad thing is, it's so doable! It would require only minor modifications to an existing ATV to make it streetable (emissions control equipment, bigger brakes, street-oriented tires & wheels, lighting, horn, etc).
The world NEEDS this. It is a true crossover, not like those silly jacked-up station wagons that weigh just as much as the truck-based SUV's they're supposedly replacing. This one is a crossover between two completely different classes of vehicle. Imagine commuting on this thing, or driving it around town. It certainly isn't any less safe than a motorcycle or scooter...
Something like that is street legal in the U.S. It has 3 wheels.... I've seen them on the road registered and insured.
http://www.gizmag.com/go/3535/gallery/
They have an open top version which I've seen as well.
Those are actually built in Montreal. There's a Harley powered roadster they build too.
The company's called Campagna.
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