Peugeot has revealed a new SUV concept at the 2014 Paris Motor Show this week.
The Quartz is described as the SUV of the future with innovative design and materials in addition to a powerful engine.
The lighting system features LED units for improved efficiency.
As with all new Peugeots, the lion badge stands in the center of the grille.
But on the Quartz it’s brought to life by a pattern that shifts depending on the angle you view it from.
A glass roof flows toward the rear wings and incorporates two spoilers to further enhance its aerodynamic design.
The Peugeot Quartz uses a plug-in hybrid drive train comprising a petrol engine supplemented by two electric motors.
The bonnet houses the 1.6-liter THP 270 power plant developed by Peugeot Sport.
Mated to a six-speed automatic transmission, the four-cylinder engine delivers torque of 330Nm, with a specific output of nearly 170hp per liter, making it one of the world’s best performing engines.
The Quartz concept is the first-ever vehicle to employ digitally woven textile.
This innovative process can create large and complex components that can be used as soon as they come off the machine. No cutting is required meaning no waste.
The textile is woven with polyester fiber from recycled plastic water bottles.
Peugeot unveils Quartz concept SUV at Paris Show
Peugeot unveils Quartz concept SUV at Paris Show
Price cuts drive sales of Saudi-owned electric car
- Lucid delivers more vehicles than expected as it prepares to launch luxury new Gravity SUV
RIYADH: The majority Saudi-owned electric car maker Lucid delivered more vehicles than expected in the past three months as price cuts helped boost demand.
The company delivered 2,394 cars from April to June 30, above analysts’ predictions of 1,940.
Lucid produced 3,838 vehicles in the first six months of 2024 and needs to make more than 5,162 cars by end of the year to meet its annual output forecast of 9,000. It made 8,428 cars in 2023.
“I think at this point everything is shaping for them to achieve that,” said Andres Sheppard, senior equity analyst at Cantor Fitzgerald. Lucid will produce and deliver more cars in the second half of the year because of the usual seasonal effects on the industry, he said.
Demand for electric vehicles has grown more slowly than expected pace in the past year, under pressure from high borrowing costs, economic uncertainties and consumer preference for hybrid alternatives.
Lucid and the market leader Tesla have responded by slashing prices and offering incentives such as cheaper financing options. Lucid, which is 60-per-cent owned by the Public Investment Fund, the Kingdom’s sovereign wealth fund, cut the price of its flagship Air model by 10 percent in February.
Its new Gravity SUV model, a rival for Tesla's Model X, goes into production this year and will cost about $80,000.
