{"id":31678,"date":"2018-11-15T20:00:17","date_gmt":"2018-11-15T19:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/autodesignmagazine.com\/?p=31678"},"modified":"2018-11-15T22:33:01","modified_gmt":"2018-11-15T21:33:01","slug":"peugeot-e-legend-eredita-per-il-futuro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/autodesignmagazine.com\/en\/2018\/11\/peugeot-e-legend-eredita-per-il-futuro\/","title":{"rendered":"PEUGEOT E-LEGEND, FUTURE HERITAGE"},"content":{"rendered":"

When is a neo-retro design not retro? When the styling serves as a gateway to future technologies, a philosophy that Peugeot designers followed when they created the E-Legend concept. Unveiled to the public at the Paris motor show in October, recalls Pininfarina\u2019s 504 Coupe from 1969, but it is not a homage. Rather, the E-Legend is meant to signify that motoring excitement and passion can co-exist with autonomous and electric mobility. \u201cWe didn\u2019t mean to do a remake of the 504 Coupe,\u201d said Gilles Vidal, design director at Peugeot. \u201cWe wanted to make the point that the future can be exciting.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>

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\u201cThere are some aspects and details that connect it to the 504 Coupe \u2013 but it\u2019s not neo-retro,\u201d Vidal said. \u201cThere\u2019s nothing vintage anywhere.\u201d The E-Legend\u2019s exterior styling is by Nicolas Brissoneau. Points of reference to the 504 include a sloping hood, badging on the nose and tail, sharp edged fender lines, a velour interior with H-shaped seats, an expansive greenhouse and black trim at the base of the C-pillar. But instead of a static piece of molded plastic, the trim piece incorporates a small screen that greets the driver by name and indicates that the E-Legend is charged and warns pedestrians that the car is in autonomous mode.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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The E-Legend has a classic long hood\/short trunk shape that is easily recognizable as signifying a grand touring car, Vidal said. \u201cIt\u2019s imprinted into everybody\u2019s mind,\u201d he said. The creased fenders and sharp angles relate to recent best-selling Peugeots including the 3008 and 5008 SUVs, as do the \u201clion\u2019s claw\u201d tail lamps. \u201cIt\u2019s pushing our form language into the future,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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As designed, the E-Legend is equipped with 100 kWh batteries and an electric motor with 340 kW \u2013 which would propel the car to 100 km\/h in less than four seconds, with a maximum speed of 220 km\/h. Theoretical range is 600 km, with 500 km available in a 25-minute recharge.<\/p>\n

Christophe Pialat\u2019s interior updates organic materials such as velour, wood and metal in a high-tech way. Turquoise-hued seating surfaces combine silk velour with synthetic mesh for strength; sustainably harvested paldao wood door trim \u2014 meant to suggest 1960s ebony or rosewood, is combined with virtual \u201cgrain\u201d projected on screens throughout the car.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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On the question of screens \u2014 an issue for autonomous cars \u2014 Peugeot has settled on one large 49-inch infotainment screen that spans the front footwell.\u00a0 \u201cWe don\u2019t want to impose too much content on the user,\u201d he said, noting that passengers will bring their own devices with them, and that technology and operating systems will change constantly.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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(Full article in A&D no. 233)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>

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