Saturn Flextreme Concept This is an installation in a collection of posts recalling
on program vehicles that we feel deserved a little bit even more focus than they obtained. If you have a pointer for a ForgottenConcept subject, please shoot us a line or leave a remark below. Saturn Flextreme Shown: 2008 Detroit Auto Show Description: Plug-in hybrid portable cars and truck Sales Pitch:”Flextreme reveals that non-traditional thinking can result in fantastic cars and trucks.”More Forgotten Concepts Saturn Flextreme Information: First seen at the 2008 Detroit Auto Show, the Saturn Flextreme Concept was a digital clone of the Opel Flextreme
Concept which had been unveiled
at the 2007 Frankfort Auto
Show just a few weeks previously. The Flextreme concept was a 4-door compact automobile including a plug-in serial-hybrid drivetrain similar to that introduced in the Chevrolet Volt Concept introduced at the Detroit Show a year previously. Unlike the Volt Concept, which featured a little gas engine, the Flextreme was powered by a tiny 1.3-liter diesel. When completely charged, the Flextreme was claimed to take a trip up to 34 miles on electrical power
alone, after which the diesel motor took control of. Saturn declared a combined electric/diesel series of 444 miles. The Flextreme included center-opening side doors which, when opened with each other, created a usefully large passage to the automobile’s interior. Instead of a back hatch, the Flextreme incorporated a pair of gullwing-style doors located on the vehicle’s back bodyside. For city explorers, a pair of Segway Personal Transporters were kept under the car’s cargo area as well as could be accessed from outside of the auto. No word on if the Segway batteries were billed while in storage space under the auto.
Forgotten Concept: Briggs & Stratton Hybrid Saturn Flextreme CG Says: The Chevrolet Volt Concept was introduced to much excitement back in 2007, but the hoopla might have come primarily from the car press, which seemed to recognize the E-Flex plug-in crossbreed system far better than the public. When the production Volt got here for 2011, public response was lukewarm at best, as General Motors handled public and also media hesitation, especially that from Fox News. Therefore,
Volt variants like the Opel and also Saturn Flextreme never developed into complete production models. Regretfully, the E-Flex idea– which is vary just like Nissan’s e-Power system– never ever saw life beyond the Volt, unless you count the brief, and also very rare, Cadillac ELR
. Test Drive: 2014 Cadillac ELR Saturn Flextreme Pay attention to the Consumer Guide Car Stuff Podcast Follow Tom onTwitter Saturn Flextreme Concept Gallery(Click below for bigger photos)
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