Peugeot Exalt to be reinvented for Paris show

Peugeot design director Gilles Vidal has confirmed to Car Design News that the Exalt concept, which debuted at the Beijing auto show earlier this year will be shown at October's Paris motor show.

However, while the car shown in China featured color and trim materials specific to the region, the Exalt that will grace the show stand in France will be different.

"The car was presented at the Beijing auto show, and all the materials used in this car are sourced in China or Asia," says Vidal. "They had to be sourced as close as possible to China so they didn't travel too far, so the global CO2 score is low. But it's meaningful at the same time. Even though it's a French Peugeot, at the level of the materials we adapt it, culturally, to our clients in China.

"[The concept] will appear again at the Paris auto show, but the color and trims will be entirely different and will be all sourced in France or Europe. This completes the story."

We're interested to see how Peugeot will reinvent the Exalt for its home motor show debut. The mondial de l'automobile begins on 2 October.

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By Tom Phillips