Peugeot i-Cockpit: 10 years of revolution in the driving position

With the launch of the first-generation Peugeot 208 in 2012, a new way of understanding the driving position emerged.

In 2012,
heThe first generation of the Peugeot 208 It did not go unnoticed and although it seemed that it would be destined for its small models: it was the first production car to be equipped with the Peugeot i-Cockpit. Of course, this disruption did not come out of the blue: the brand’s concept cars played an important role in the reflections that gave rise to this driving position, especially the Peugeot SR1, launched two years earlier. In fact, they fulfilled their role as laboratories of ideas.

On the last
Two decadesall driving positions of the brand’s concept cars have presented innovative visions of the Peugeot i-Cockpit that were eventually incorporated into series models.

The Exalt has strongly inspired the dashboard of the Peugeot 508. In the new Peugeot 208, the architecture of the PEUGEOT i-Cockpit
comes directly from the Fractal concept car. As for the 3D instrument panel, it comes from the Quartz. Fortunately for everyone, we can say that the concept cars of the French brand “never give a sting without a wire”.

So the
Peugeot i Cockpit It has not stopped evolving at the pace of the brand’s creations, while retaining its main elements: a compact steering wheel, to offer more driving sensations and, according to its research, to increase agility.

A
increased instrumentationwhich, since the launch of the SUV 3008, has become a high-resolution digital print, a high-definition touch screen, always within reach and sight, and a series of switches, the “toggle switches” that imitate the keys of a piano and provide direct and permanent access to the most important comfort functions.

Source: La Verdad

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