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The 2008 Peugeot Design Contest is the 5th edition of this competition and this year the theme is to “imagine a Peugeot in the worldwide megalopolis of tomorrow.” This year will be a tough competition as there are 29 finalists with great concepts.

Here are some of the best concepts (in our vision) and which contain the aspects that Peugeot is looking for. There are four main aspects that the participants had to include in their concepts: environmental awareness, social harmony, interactive mobility and economic efficiency. The first car that caught our attention is the Peugeot Stylight designed by Ognyan Bozhilov from Bulgaria.

The Stylight is a three-seater car powered by a hybrid engine placed above the rear wheels. Mid-engine cars have a better weight distribution which means that heavy mechanics can be forgotten and the car will be more aerodynamic.

Ognyan Bozhilov said that he got his inspiration from the nature and that he made the car safer thanks to the tail-lights which will light up more when you press the brakes harder therefore the driver behind will be aware of the danger and that he has to break harder too.

Rugir was designed by Onur Güvenc from Germany and it was inspired by Peugeot’s symbol, the lion. The structure of the Rugir resembles the strength and the stature of a lion, and the sound of the engine mimics a lion’s roar.

Rugir will be powered by an electrical motor and will feature two front wheels and you might be wondering what’s at the rear. Well, in the back you will find an independent spherical system which increases the mobility of the car. The Rugir concept is destined to be a city car for two people.

Another interesting concept car is the RD which is based on a special articulation that provides direction and that keeps the rudder permanently anchored to pan although the vehicle remains low at high speed and compacted during times of high traffic and low speeds. RD was designed by Carlos Arturo Torres Tovar from Colombia and it’s a car to enjoy.

The following concept was designed to continue the legacy of Peugeot’s sporty coupés like the 406 or 407 and it’s called Peugeot Rayo. Although the designer, Ivan Kraljevi? from Croatia, said that he “tried to avoid too futuristic appearance” I think that this is a really futuristic car thanks to its hi-tech features.

The Rayo will feature all kinds of gadgets like cameras, touch-screen controls and self cleaning glass. This concept is among the favorites to win the first prize because it has a design that could be easily introduced on the streets. Rayo will be a two-seater car powered by a hybrid engine and it will be made of carbon fiber, aluminum and polyurethane.

The last concept car that we are going to present you is probably the most futuristic of all as it will be based on magnetic energy. It’s called the Peugeot Magnet and it was inspired by the MagLev (yeah, those magnetic trains).

The designer, Tolga Metin from the United States, envisioned the wheels as two eccentric cylindrical parts where the inner parts of the outer cylinder consists of magnetic tubes that are the same pole as the magnetic tubes of the inner hub. This means that the inner hubs will elevate thanks to the same polarity magnetic field and the Magnet will float a few inches above the ground.

The car will be maneuvered through a steering wheel which will also control the magnetic field in the wheels and “when the driver wants to turn to right, the rotational manner of electromagnetic force in the right wheel decreases,” which makes the Magnet to turn right. Thanks to this function the car can the turned around with 360 degrees and the braking system will be also based on electromagnetic force.

Well, we can only wish the best to all of the designers and we can’t wait to see who is going to win the 5th edition of the Peugeot Design Contest. Check the photos below of the other participants and maybe if you like these more than you can vote for them (name of the cars and designers are listed below the photos).

SVP by Mickael Soubabère, France

Module by Cristian Fabio Di Filippo, Argentina

Peugeot 888 by Oskar Johansen, Norway

Streamlife by Liang Tian, China

Opus by Soheil Ghotbi Ravandi, Islamic Republic of Iran

OPENA by Jaroslaw Koziel, Poland

Peugeot Pure by Pierlot Damien, Belgium

MoVille by Woo-Ram Lee, France

ego by Emre Yazici, Turkey

GLOBE by Varun Gopinath, India

Seed by Yann Terrer, France

OXO by Lou Ke, China

P.R.O by Ke Guo, China

Peugeot Alegro by Alexandre Raad, Brazil

xtreet by Esteban Peisci, Argentina

Peugeot 50x by Gustavo Hernandez, Colombia

Peugeot Blade by Ying Hui Choo, Singapore

facile by Thierry Dumaine, France

[E cube] by Seung Hoon Yoo, Republic of Korea

Echo by Sun Rujun, China

GALapagos by Igor Yastrebov, Russian Federation

Peugeot Verde by Michael Witus Schierup, Denmark

Peugeot 1009 Concept by Edwin van der Mark, Netherlands

Vision by Shinji Nukumi, Japan