Peugeot e-Legend

Peugeot e-Legend
Overview
Manufacturer	Peugeot
Production	2018
Designer	Christophe Pialat (interior)[1]
Body and chassis
Class	Concept
Body style	2-door coupé
Layout	Dual-motors, Four-wheel drive
Doors	Conventional
Related	Peugeot 504
Powertrain
Electric motor	Synchronous Electric Motor
Power output	462 PS (456 hp; 340 kW)
Transmission	Direct-drive
Battery	100 kWh
Range	600 km (373 miles)
Dimensions
Length	4,650 mm (183 in)
Width	1,930 mm (76 in)
Height	1,370 mm (54 in)

The Peugeot e-Legend is a concept electric coupé produced by French car manufacturer Peugeot and presented at the 2018 Paris Motor Show.^[2][3]

Presentation

Peugeot logo of 1960.

Peugeot lion's claws.

The Peugeot e-Legend concept (code name P18) is a neo-retro coupé paying homage to the Peugeot 504 Coupé which celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2018. It was unveiled on 20 September 2018, before its public exhibition at the 2018 Paris Motor Show, in a gray color tinged with champagne. It receives on its grille (and its steering wheel) an illuminated logo recalling the logo of the Peugeot of the 1960s, surmounted by the name "PEUGEOT", like its elder 504 and taken over by the 508. There are many references to the 504, such as floating bumpers composed of a metal blade, square double optics, or even velvet seats, as in the time of the original model.

Rear view

On the occasion of the Paris Motor Show, a petition was launched online to ask the manufacturer for the mass production of the Peugeot e-Legend.^[4] Then in March 2019, the manufacturer deposited the name "504 Legend".^[5] But on 25 April 2019, Carlos Tavares, CEO of Peugeot, announced at the manufacturer's general assembly that the e-Legend will not pass through the series stage. Putting it into production would cost €250 million euros and, for the project to be financially viable, 20,000 copies would have to be made at a rate of €80,000.^[6][7]

The concept car was on display from 24 to 26 May 2019 at the Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este in Italy,^[8] presented by the Peugeot style director Gilles Vidal.

Technical characteristics

The e-Legend is designed on a specific platform of the Groupe PSA. It is an autonomous car of level 4, it is equipped with a retractable steering wheel which retracts from the dashboard after the upper part thereof, incorporating a sound bar Focal, half-opened. The dashboard consists of a digital screen 49 in (1,200 mm) diagonal, allowing access to vehicle settings, infotainment or navigation, and is completed in the doors with 29 in (740 mm) screens, while the sun visors are each equipped with a 12 in (300 mm) screen.^[9] The concept car receives a total of 16 screens in its living space.^[10]

References

1. "Rencontre avec Christophe Pialat, designer intérieur du Peugeot E-Legend concept - Le Nouvel Automobiliste". lenouvelautomobiliste.fr. 20 September 2018. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
2. Benoit Alves (20 September 2018). "Peugeot e-LEGEND Concept : le come-back de la 504 coupé". La Revue Automobile.
3. "Peugeot e-Legend Concept : quand le passé se conjugue au futur" (in French). 20 September 2018.
4. Mathieu Demeule (10 October 2018). "Pétition Peugeot e-Legend : 50.000 signatures".
5. Benoît Alves (5 April 2019). "L'e-Legend portera le nom de Peugeot 504 Legend". La Revue Automobile.
6. Florent Ferrière (25 April 2019). "Peugeot e-Legend : c'est confirmé, il n'y aura pas de production". Caradisiac.
7. François Lemaur (26 April 2019). "Peugeot e-Legend : Carlos Tavares met fin au rêve".
8. Julien Maron (21 May 2019). "Peugeot : Quand on reparle du e-Legend sur les rives du Lac de Côme". Autonews.
9. Mathieu Demeule (20 September 2018). "Peugeot e-legend : voici la 504 coupé de 2018 !".
10. Jacques Chevalier (20 September 2018). "Mondial de l'Auto. Peugeot e-Legend Concept : passé recomposé".