Peugeot 4002.
Peugeot introduced a web-based amateur style competition at the 2002 Paris Motor Show inviting aspiring designers to create a completely unhinged retro-futurist design that incorporated distinct styling features of a historic Peugeot model. A total of 2800 proposals from 90 countries were registered and Stefan Schulze a 32-year-old German graphic artist was selected as the winner. At the 2003 Geneva Motor Show Schulze was awarded a trophy and €5000 and it was announced that Peugeot would create a full-scale version of the design.
The completed design was shown at the 2003 Frankfurt Motor Show. It featured a body of aluminum and fiberglass, and 21-inch wheels. The 4002 incorporated headlights hidden behind the grille itself, as a stylistic nod to the streamlined Peugeot 402 from 1936. As merely a show car, it was not powered and not road-legal. As a styling experiment, the car was considered dynamic, glamorous, and supremely daring, but probably too extreme to predict any real influence on future Peugeot designs.
The most outstanding feature of this prototype is its front grille, which has the particularity to leave the presence of concealed headlights. Both the front and rear views show a marked symmetry. Inside, the cabin is presented as innovative advanced.The symmetry accorded to the front and rear, and its architecture which assigns a very forward position to the passenger compartment, make the project particularly original. The overall effect is paradoxical: soft, elegant contours and seamless transitions produce a highly resilient car, resting solidly on its 21 inch wheels.
Specifications:
front brakes Discs w/4-Piston Calipers
f brake size 430 mm / 16.9 in
rear brakes Discs w/4-Piston Calipers
rear brake size 430 mm / 16.9 in
Front tires Michelin Pilot Sport 295/30
Rear tires Michelin Pilot Sport 295/3
wheelbase 2706 mm / 106.5 in
front track 41504 mm / 1634 in
rear track 43282 mm / 1704 in
length 4325 mm / 170.3 in.
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