Peugeot 5 Concept Car Update

By Alborz Fallah | February 22nd, 2010

More details have emerged about Peugeot’s “5″ concept car ahead of its official unveiling at next Month’s Geneva Motor Show. The French company says the 5 concept is a showcase of Peugeot’s history in producing large touring cars as well as its ambitions in the luxury sedan market.

This will be of the first cars that will once and for all put an end to the debate about hybrids vs diesel as it’s, a hybrid diesel! It will have the best of the two worlds as it’s powered by Peugeot’s HYbrid4technology, which we will first see in Europe on the 3008 from 2011.

The power-train is similar in concept to petrol hybrids, but instead of a petrol engine, a 2.0-litre HDi diesel engine makes the Peugeot move. It produces 120 kW and powers the front wheels while a 27 kW electric motor drives the rear. This results in a total power output of 147 kW and an amazing fuel economy figure (given its size) of 3.8 litres of diesel per 100km. It also puts out just 99 g/km of CO2 emissions or 0 g/km when driven in all electric mode.

Similar to the Toyota Prius, the Peugeot 5 can run in full electric mode at low speeds. Peugeot says the 5 is a representation of its intent to amalgamate the “large saloon” (M2) and “luxury” (H) segments.

From the outside, it certainly is a looker, but that’s what we have come to expect from Peugeot lately.

5 BY PEUGEOT DIMENSIONS (mm)
Overall length 4,860
Overall body width 1,880
Kerb height – with full tanks 1,420
Wheelbase 2,815
Front/rear overhang 974/1,071
Front/rear track 1,643/1,614

Brussard

What an ugly backside

Mal

You can’t be serious. Right now I’m dreaming about gliding the chamois over it’s bum on a lazy Sunday morning.

insomniac

This thing really does look fantastic, just like their other recent concept(s).
steve

wow, 3.8L/100 is amazing for any car that size, and it looks great, lets hope price tag is not that great sadly peugeot in australia seems to me to be in nomans land, not cheap enough to compete with the vw etc and not optioned up as standard to compete with the big boys.

F1 Addict

I agree. I was shocked when I recently compared the price of a 308 to a Golf. Its not right that the inferior product (I hate to be blunt but it is) was priced higher. When you factor in purchase price, resale and reliability, its hard to choose a Pug over a VW.

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Steve has a point – the larger Peugeots were recently switched to all diesel – very wise because otherwise, with the demise of Volvo as anything much more than a maker of station wagons and 4 wheel drives – they were facing price pressure from Honda Accords and Nissan Maximas which appealed to the same demographic, but at 10K to 15K cheaper.

Look at the hapless 607 – technically $79,900 but always available as a “no k’s demonstrator” for $59,900.

Peugeots are nice cars, but not at German brand prices.
Baddass

I can’t wait to see the production 508.

Mal

I can’t wait to see a “5″ in a Peugeot badge, (again) full stop.

Jinsei

This car looks sharp and sleek. I hope the production version wouldn t be too far off the concept. This looks awesome! I like the back of it.

The front overhang is much shorter than other peugeots in the market, it looks very un-peugeot. Nice!
Omale

What about all the CO2 used to create the electricity?

insomniac

regenerative braking? The CO2 created by the burning of 3.8L of fuel every 100k

Other than that, charging plugin hybrids, even with fossil fueled power generation, is still MORE efficient than the average internal combustion engine. So even factoring in the CO2 output from generators, it would still have a noticeable reduction on total CO2 output – especially the case during stop start city driving.

Shak

Please Peugeot put this into Production and show Toyota what they should have done all along. A hybrid should be diesel to make up for the lost power from the weak battery.