PEUGEOT 2008 DKR (VIDEO) - The muscular, thoroughbred yet beastlike forms of the Peugeot 2008 DKR provide a vivid indication of the new cars serious desire for success. It is behind the wheel of this purpose-designed machine that Carlos Sainz and Cyril Despres will defend the colours of Team Peugeot Total on next Januarys Dakar. The chief difficulty resided inadapting the models styling cues to the different technical constraints dictated by the hostile terrains visited by the discipline, notes Giovanni Rizzo, the 2008s exterior designer. There were two ways we could have approached this task: either by taking a standard 2008 and grafting on bespoke parts, or else by drawing inspiration from the 2008s defining overall forms to design a car that covered the constraints inherent in its mission. We eventually decided to go down the second path to produce a fresh take on the 2008! For example, the 2008 DKR doesnt have rear doors, so its more like what a coupé version of the model might be. Carrying over the road cars styling cues to the rear of the new Dakar challenger turned out to be relatively straightforward, but the front proved more taxing for the design team, as Michaël Trouvé, Peugeot Design Manager, relates: Due to the off-road capability needed, the approach angle had to be very high. This meant a very short overhang, which in turn resulted in a front-end design that was quite different to that of the production version. Happily, the technical team didnt hesitate to listen to our arguments and accepted to reposition certain parts which could have been a problem for us. That gave us a little freedom to design a front end that resembled the look of the road car as closely as possible.
Posted on: Wed, 23 Apr 2014 19:34:52 +0000
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