PEUGEOT SQUALE 2010 DESIGN

The "Peugeot Squale" is a recent concept modeled for a near future midsize family car target, with the next highligted features:

- Exterior style inspired in shark body shape, in respect with Peugeot brand style heritage, such as strong not windowed C-pillar, cabover body or agressive "feline" but elegant aspect.

- Exterior shapes composed by clean combination of convex and concave surfaces in a disposition that increases interior headroom and space feeling for the passengers.

- Reasonable exterior size, avoiding the continuous size increasing of cars, and making the concept confortable for city and parking spaces.

- Opposite opening doors to increase passenger access with less required exterior space. 

- Interior space and modularity are similar to a small MPV, with five independent seats and good baggage capability.
- Interior dashboard has made with soft skin and big glass surfaces. Displays or tactile buttons are located below the glass, reducing the number of parts and components, and gaining easy aspect and configuration change capability, without special buttons or plastic covers for reserved spaces.

- Vehicle packaging optimised for extended range hybrid layout, with electric motors in rear wheels, and batteries under the seats with secondary structural function. In combination with a front mounted small electric generator, moved by a petrol engine, make possible zero emission daily movements and reasonable range and low fuel consumption in travel use. Economy comes with the reduction of rolling energy consumption and studied efficient aerodynamics with closed front surfaces and movable wheel spokes for variable air intaking.

The concept was developed in 2010, starting from initial sketches to a complete 3D parametric design modeled using CATIA v5, and rendered with Bunkspeed tools.