Does It Look Like An Accord Now ?

"Kookanoodles" (Kookanoodles) 04/10/2014 at 03:16 • Filed to: Peugeot Exalt, Peugeot 408 GT, Beijing Auto Show

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Well, here it is. Peugeot have officially unveiled their Exalt four-door coupé concept, and I dare all of you buzzkills to say it looks like a Honda Accord.

As expected, the car is bare steel up front, will-never-reach-production textile at the back. It also sports the 270bhp turbocharged four-cylinder from the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! mated to the 70bhp electric motor of PSA's Hybrid4 system, so that's good for 340bhp and 4WD. It also looks fantastic, and like the Onyx features innovate uses of natural materials for the interior (as Top Gear Magazine !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! , "no carbon here, thanks").

Duurtlang, 505 Turbeaux, watch the video below and tell me you don't feel something.

If it doesn't !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! next year slightly toned down and rebadged 408 GT, I'll eat my hat. I don't even have a hat.

Source : Peugeot.

CRider > Kookanoodles 04/10/2014 at 03:35

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Eh, Peugeot will surrender the idea before it reaches production.

Manuél Ferrari > CRider 04/10/2014 at 03:51

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If they did being it to the US I'd buy it. I wouldn't care what it looked like or how it drove. It would just sound cool to say "my car is French, heah heah heah" in a French accent

Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy > Kookanoodles 04/10/2014 at 04:00

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Front end is Accord-ish. it also looks like it took a Mustang rear-end and changed some things here and there.

CRider > Manuél Ferrari 04/10/2014 at 04:22

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Are you going to pull over and stop every time a BMW, Audi, Mercedes or Porsche is behind you?

Mikeado > Kookanoodles 04/10/2014 at 04:30

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The whole painted-arse thing Peugeot's started doing (308R Concept) looks bad, but paint and weird rear windscreen aside, that's a handsome thing.

Kookanoodles > Mikeado 04/10/2014 at 05:14

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They've gone one step further here, it's actually a different material. I kind of like it, at least it looks well thought out and not half-arsed like on the 308 R.

AthomSfere > Kookanoodles 04/10/2014 at 06:15

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Pretty much a dead ringer of an Accord, headlights! Griil! Logo, all on the front like that...

Kidding aside, too bad we will never get it, that does look great.

shop-teacher > Kookanoodles 04/10/2014 at 06:44

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Ohhhh, thats puuuurdy

duurtlang > Kookanoodles 04/10/2014 at 07:19

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Duurtlang, 505 Turbeaux, watch the video below and tell me you don't feel something.

I... I feel something. I've been relatively negative about what PSA released in the first decade of the century, but they seem to be making quite a strong comeback to relevance.

I just returned home from picking up my E30 325i Touring. While I like that BMW I'm not afraid to admit I prefer my 406 Coupe.

Kookanoodles > duurtlang 04/10/2014 at 07:32

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Good man !

Mikeado > Kookanoodles 04/10/2014 at 08:11

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Is there any reason why? Is it heavier stuff at the back for weight distribution?

Kookanoodles > Mikeado 04/10/2014 at 08:14

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I think it's just bullshit pseudo-aerodynamic concept car stuff, and it makes the connection to the Onyx more obvious.

Victorious Secret > CRider 04/10/2014 at 08:31

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You're assuming the French car would work in the first place

Fistacufs > Kookanoodles 04/10/2014 at 09:20

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Am I the only one who sees a little bit of 2015 mustang in the rear of that Poo-Goat?

Kookanoodles > Fistacufs 04/10/2014 at 09:43

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There's a bit of 'Stang in the lights and the black bar, yeah.

expectaburnout > Kookanoodles 04/10/2014 at 13:49

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Why not just put the textile over the whole body? If it truly helps aero that why only the back? ANSWER ME PEUGOT!

Seriously though i like the bare steel look but if the cloth can get me 35-40 mpg give it to me now like now...

Kookanoodles > expectaburnout 04/10/2014 at 14:19

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I don't think it actually improves anything, they probably just think it looks cool.

expectaburnout > Kookanoodles 04/10/2014 at 14:35

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well my knowledge comes from the article yesterday on it. the red cloth is supposedly a special textile that improves aero and mpg. I haven't researched it any further than that so you might be right.

expectaburnout > Kookanoodles 04/10/2014 at 14:37

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My knowledge is from the jalop article yesterday that talked about it. The red cloth supposedly improves aero and mpg. I haven't researched any farther than that so you may be right.