Peugeot Motocycles wants to reaffirm its commitment to thinking about the sustainable future of mobility with its products, while underlining its history. Based on this desire, it has announced the design of a concept called the SPX, which heralds an upcoming vehicle, an urban two-wheeler that points decisively to the years ahead, but which, at the same time, wants to carry on 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 urban vehicles par excellence in the troubled years following May ’68 and which, in its own way, became a kind 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, SPX is taking that legacy of individual freedom, economy and functionality and translating it into today’s needs. It’s 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, as the company hasn’t released any real technical data. We do know that the frame will have an aluminum monocoque structure and that the faceted shapes reflect the brand’s style cues. Certainly interesting and original is the choice of a parallelogram front suspension and a single-sided rear suspension. It’s worth noting the belt final drive and the central positioning of the engine, all choices that meet the demand for a certain sporty dynamic.
We hope to find out more about this model in the near future, but for now it looks like a very promising project.