If the French made a Prius, it would look something like this. Pardon our French, but Peugeot has just dropped a bunch of new videos of the 208 HYbrid FE concept, the concept car they released earlier this year and which they promise delivers 2.1 l/100km and super-low emissions of 46 g/km.
Anybody can build a clean car if they fill it with batteries, but because they filled the HYbrid FE with racing car technology, it’s also quite fast, going from 0 to 100 km/h in 8 seconds. Power comes from a 1.2-liter VTi engine downtuned to 68 hp and an electric motor good for 40 hp (30 kW).
That’s not a lot, so the 208 has shed weight to make the best of this setup. The concept uses a single blade of carbon fiber as its rear suspension, has carbon fiber and composite body panels and even a polycarbonate windshield. All this results in 20% of its already low weight being shed off.
Mihnea's favorite cars have already been built, the so-called modern classics from the '80s and '90s. He also loves local car culture from all over the world, so don't be surprised to see him getting excited about weird Japanese imports, low-rider VWs out of Germany, replicas from Russia or LS swaps down in Florida. Full profile
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