Peugeot has unveiled the Polygon, its latest concept car with a fighter jet cockpit and lots of bold styling cues. Although partly inspired by the company’s retro classics, it will inform its production car design language from 2027 onwards.
Smooth lines and sharp edges come together to form a rather sporty exterior and to fool the viewer into thinking they are looking at a fairly large car. In reality, the hatchback is under four meters (156 inches) long and thus falls into the subcompact category.
Three horizontal LED stripes in the headlights come to replace Peugeot’s signature “claw mark” pattern. The c-pillars house tiny LED screens displaying the current charge level, and the ultrawide doors swing open upwards like a gull’s wings.
Another innovation comes in the form of a windshield that stretches much farther forward than most modern designs. It doubles as a projection screen of sorts, displaying instrument readings and multimedia content. You’d think we have dedicated touchscreens for that, but the Polygon Concept has none. The visible size of the projected picture amounts to 740 x 240 millimeters, or roughly 28.9 x 9.4 inches.
The screen represents a part of what Peugeot calls “the next-generation i-Cockpit”. Another part of the same arrangement is a steering wheel known as the Hypersquare. Resembling a rounded rectangle more than a wheel, it has actual car controls installed in all four holes, although the company has yet to explain which ones and how they work. What we do know is that the steering is implemented via “drive-by-wire” to eliminate vibrations and allow for easy gear ratio selection.
Elsewhere, the futuristic car has Styrofoam seats installed on hard frames, adaptive ambient lighting and a fully transformable interior. It rides on electric power with Cruise, Fun and Hyper modes to switch between, but further details are unknown.
Last but not least, tire manufacturer Goodyear chose the Polygon Concept to showcase its latest technology known as SightLine. The system analyzes the current road surface quality and tire condition and feeds this info to the car in real time. A similar feature was announced by Pirelli not long ago.
