Friday, March 4, 2011

PhoeniX Saab Concept at Geneva Motor Show 2011

The Saab Phoenix, concept that seems straight out of a science fiction film, celebrates the Geneva Motor Show 2011, the revival of the House after the Swedish financial mishaps that occurred during the era of General Motors. Born from the eclectic creative designers Jason Castriota, this show car is the result of the style "Aeromotional" extremes that the concept of aircraft-style has always been a source of inspiration for models of the House of Trolhattan.

PhoeniX develops in the car very slender body, with a long bonnet - incattivito many ribs - which results in a passenger compartment from the windscreen and roof merge into a single glass element. The most interesting part of the car is distinguished from the side view with doors opening to "Butterfly Wings" and the items that leave from the aerodynamic side mirrors and the rear end of the car, the latter by the truncated form, it is noted for the many details of the great scenic effect as the LED headlamps and the central exhaust air incorporated into the extractor.

The result is a very good Cd value of 0.25. The cabin designed for two people melee minimalist design with a lot of technology. In the center console of the car are the multimedia system which uses the open-source Android operating system, used by many smart phones and tablet PC of last generation, which allows access to the Internet, the ability to make telephone calls using a satellite navigation system Perform the most diverse multimedia applications, but also can handle the hybrid system of the car.

In fact, the Phoenix Concept to move using a hybrid scheme based on an internal combustion engine supercharged 1.6-liter four-cylinder engine capable of delivering 200 hp and 250 Nm of torque dumped on the front axle and a 25 kW electric motor connected to the rear wheels and powered by lithium batteries from 1.1 kWh.

The batteries can be recharged through a system of energy recovery, the car also uses a device of the latest generation Stop & Start. Aerodynamics treated, refined mechanics and numerous electronic devices allow the Swedish concept of consuming only 5 l/100 km and emit just 119 g / km of CO2, compared with performances of 250 km / h top speed and 5 , 9 seconds to accelerate from 0 to 100 km / h.

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