Peugeot is set to unveil this, the SXC concept car, at the Shanghai motor show next week.
The new SUV-alike concept, which has been designed entirely in China at Peugeot Style Studios of the China Tech Centre in Shanghai, is a 313bhp petrol-electric hybrid.
It's been designed specifically with the interests of the Chinese market in mind. So if you don't get how its style expresses "strength and power, without being pretentious," (to quote the press release) or how its lines "subtly emphasise the athletic, even muscular, character of the vehicle", we'd understand. Unless you live in Shanghai, of course...
But the 'crossover' vehicle is increasingly popular in China, so Peugeot's choice of concept is perhaps understandable.
Beneath the bodywork lies a 1.6-litre turbocharged 218bhp motor driving the front wheels, with a 95bhp electric motor working the rears. Peugeot hasn't revealed any performance figures for the SXC, but it does claim a combined fuel economy figure of 48.7mpg and CO2 emissions of 143g/km.
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