Peugeot Motocycles wants to reaffirm its commitment to thinking about the sustainable future of mobility with its products, while also emphasizing its history. From this desire, it announced the conception of a “concept” called SPX, which announces an upcoming vehicle, an urban two-wheeled vehicle that decisively points towards the years to come, but at the same time, wants to carry with it the brand’s heritage. This is how Peugeot’s press release recalls the legendary “tubone” 103, which in France, in 1971, became one of the quintessential urban vehicles in the turbulent years that followed May 68 and, in its own way, became a sort of declaration of independence for many young people of the time.
Many things have changed since 1971 and who knows how many more will follow. Here, the SPX draws on that legacy of individual freedom, economy, and functionality and translates it to current needs. It is an electric scooter and that seems to be a given, but its shape and technical solutions are not so obvious, about which, however, we can only speculate a little.
For now, we can only talk about the design, since the company has not disclosed any actual technical data. We know that the frame will have a monocoque structure in aluminum and that the faceted shapes reflect the brand’s style suggestions. Certainly interesting and original is the choice of a parallelogram front suspension and a single-sided rear suspension. It is worth noting the final belt drive and the central positioning of the motor, all choices that meet the demand for a certain sporty dynamics.
We hope to learn more about this model in the near future, but for now, it seems to be a very promising project.
