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PEUGEOT E-LEGEND CONCEPT REVEALED AT PARIS MOTOR SHOW

Peugeot is proud to announce the e-LEGEND CONCEPT in honour of 120 years in the automotive industry.

Peugeot e-LEGEND CONCEPT is not just a technological manifesto. It is the vision of the Peugeot Brand actively looking towards an optimistic and ultra-desirable future. For Peugeot, electric and autonomous are synonymous wit even stronger sensations, and boredom is clearly not part of the Peugeot Brand's DNA.

Throughout the project, the Peugeot Style team were guided by a desire to offer a rich aesthetic, technological and immersive experience in a compact coupé. It is this realism in terms of space and proportions that makes Peugeot e-LEGEND CONCEPT so dynamic and enables it to embody the Peugeot Brand's ambition with so much modernity and energy.

Peugeot's sole objective: to feel as comfortable in your car, however you drive it, as you would in your own home. A subtle combination of high-tech components and refined materials.

Under the retro styling, the e-Legend is intended to showcase future technologies. It is designed to an electric powertrain featuring twin motors – located on each axle – that produce 456bhp and 590lb ft, delivered to all four wheels. It has a 0-62mph time of less than four seconds, with a top speed of 137mph. It features 100kWh of battery capacity, located under the floors, which offer a range of more than 370 miles.

Two driver modes are available. The Legend mode features three smartphone-sized driver display screens that mimic the three dials on the 504 coupé dashboard. There is also a Boost mode, which uses a single driver information screen and projects images from the car’s cameras onto digital surfaced inside the car to offer a more immersive experience. The seats are clothed in a blue interwoven velvet, which also echoes the 504 coupé.

The e-Legend is also designed for level four ‘hands-off’ autonomous driving. It features a new version of Peugeot’s i-Cockpit system that retracts away from the driving into the minimalist dash to offer more space.

Much of the dash is replaced by a Focal soundbar, under which sits a large 49in curved screen, which functions as a information display during normal mode and a screen for watching film of using media in autonomous mode. It also has a built-in video game: a version of Pong, which was developed around the same time as the 504 coupé.

Houssan said he hoped the e-Legend could “reassure people who are not comfortable” with autonomous technology. He added: “When you see this, it still looks likes a more driver-orientated car. And the interior is designed to be warm and comfortable, and easy to switch from autonomous to driving mode.”

The e-Legend has been developed purely as a concept machine, with no plans to put it into production. However, Housssan said that “many elements” on the car could be used on future production models.

“Nothing is free when we design a concept car,” he said. “We develop them in the same studio as the production cars, so it feeds all our other projects.”