Frankfurt Preview: Peugeot mixes car with scooter to create the BB1 Concept
by Jeremy Korzeniewski on Sep 14th 2009 at 6:35PM 
Peugeot BB1 Concept - Click above for high-res image gallery
If a scooter is too small, dangerous and uncovered for your tastes but you'd still like to have as minimal an impact on your surroundings as possible, Peugeot has just the concept car for you. Called the BB1, the French automaker says of its Frankfurt Motor Show-bound machine, "Its mother is a scooter. Its father is a car." Right.
So, the unholy offspring of a mini two-wheeler and a city car would look something like a cartoon car that's straining to stop before smashing into a brick wall. Good to know. One thing is for certain: you won't mistake the Peugeot BB1 for anything else on the road. With its exaggerated forward-pitched stance, solar cell-covered glass bubble roof and protruding head and tail lamps, this is one concept that stands apart from the rest of the crowd.
Amazingly, Peugeot has found a way to cram four human beings inside the BB1, and those occupants gain access to the cabin via a pair of reverse-hinged doors with mini roll-down windows. Driving the diminutive machine would surely be an experience, and the controls are more akin to those from a motorcycle than a car. See for yourself in our gallery below, and stay tuned for more details as the doors in Frankfurt officially swing open in the morning.
Gallery: Peugeot BB1 Concept
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 5)
Guneenya 6:39PM (9/14/2009)
ROTFLMAO!
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geo.stewart 8:14PM (9/14/2009)
more character than a smart 4two. looks like a Chevy Nomad penny racer.
dont believe in getting 4 people in it but i'll hold judgement.
not bad. with these microboxes, style is hard to come by. congrats on what they came up with
Quantumphysics 8:26PM (9/14/2009)
I wouldn't want something that had been in so many car accidents.
tyler 9:20PM (9/14/2009)
why would anyone waste their hard earned, or just their money in general on....this?
CarsOrNothing 10:33PM (9/14/2009)
It looks broken.
GOT 2:41AM (9/15/2009)
If it weren't for all the strange nooks & crannies that'll collect dirt, mud, snow and filth, I think I might like the strangely designed thing. It has a cute aggressiveness about it.
nony 6:40PM (9/14/2009)
>.< .oO ( My Eyes!!!! )
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220v 2:10AM (9/15/2009)
Not even the French think this thing is beautiful.
Jim 6:40PM (9/14/2009)
Finally, something that makes the Fiat Multipla look good in comparison.
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Farmboy 9:47PM (9/14/2009)
I think there is inspiration from the Crosstour and Aztek.
future-autos.blogspot.com 6:40PM (9/14/2009)
Strangest looking concept I've ever seen in my life - and I've seen the Lincoln C Concept before.
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zamafir 7:29PM (9/14/2009)
bravo sir!
philliesfanscott 7:52PM (9/14/2009)
oh thanks autoblog i just barfed all over my self:(
absolutely hideous!
Shiftright 10:05PM (9/14/2009)
The Concept C is very well resolved with nice tension in the lines and minimal adornment. I'd buy one in a second. This thing is...uh...don't know what to make of it, but it isn't good.
Hondaman Calgary 11:34AM (9/15/2009)
Thanks Philliesfanscott! You took the words (and the spew) right out of my mouth!
gbgcarguy 6:41PM (9/14/2009)
OMG!! ELEPHANT MAN MEETS CAR HEAD-ON!!!
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auto.design 6:42PM (9/14/2009)
Where do Citroen and Peugeot find their designers?
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Yaroukh 7:10PM (9/14/2009)
i wonder where they lost them
Jose 7:59PM (9/14/2009)
Most halirious comment section I've EVER read on autoblog. I'd rather take the bus then be seen driving this hideous thing, can't belive they want to label this thing in the same category as an automobile. HAHAHA WOW
Thanks y'all for the laugh, keep them coming!!
FThorn 6:43PM (9/14/2009)
LMAO
I said I laughed my arse off.
No freaking way.
Can't be serious.
Kill yourselves, designers. Please save us from ANY other influence you might have that could even POTENTIALLY be seen by another human being.
Seriously.
Leave town.
Become a movie theater usher.
Or, just clean bells for a living.
NOTHING. Absolutely NOTHING you guys did with that rolling piece of crap. It's like Sondra Bernhard after a face plant. backwards.
Ok. those are just my first thoughts immediately after being heimliched for choking to death.
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