Saturn Flextreme Concept This is an installation in a series of posts looking back
on program cars that we really feel was worthy of a bit more interest than they obtained. If you have an idea for a ForgottenConcept subject, please shoot us a line or leave a comment below. Saturn Flextreme Shown: 2008 Detroit Auto Show Summary: Plug-in hybrid compact automobile Sales Pitch:”Flextreme reveals that unique reasoning can lead to excellent autos.”A Lot More Forgotten Concepts Saturn Flextreme Information: First seen at the 2008 Detroit Auto Show, the Saturn Flextreme Concept was an online duplicate of the Opel Flextreme
Concept which had actually been introduced
at the 2007 Frankfort Auto
Show just a few weeks earlier. The Flextreme idea was a 4-door portable automobile featuring a plug-in serial-hybrid drivetrain similar to that presented in the Chevrolet Volt Concept presented at the Detroit Show a year earlier. Unlike the Volt Concept, which included a little gasoline engine, the Flextreme was powered by a tiny 1.3-liter diesel. When fully charged, the Flextreme was declared to travel approximately 34 miles on electrical power
alone, after which the diesel motor took control of. Saturn claimed a combined electric/diesel range of 444 miles. The Flextreme featured center-opening side doors which, when opened together, created a usefully large flow to the vehicle’s interior. Rather than a back hatch, the Flextreme incorporated a pair of gullwing-style doors located on the vehicle’s back bodyside. For city travelers, a pair of Segway Personal Transporters were stored under the automobile’s cargo area as well as could be accessed from outside of the vehicle. No word on if the Segway batteries were charged while in storage space under the vehicle.
Forgotten Concept: Briggs & Stratton Hybrid Saturn Flextreme CG Says: The Chevrolet Volt Concept was unveiled to much fanfare back in 2007, yet the hoopla may have come mostly from the car press, which seemed to comprehend the E-Flex plug-in crossbreed system better than the public. When the production Volt got here for 2011, public feedback was lukewarm at best, as General Motors managed public as well as media apprehension, particularly that from Fox News. Because of this,
Volt variations like the Opel as well as Saturn Flextreme never grew into complete manufacturing designs. Regretfully, the E-Flex idea– which is vary similar to Nissan’s e-Power system– never ever saw life beyond the Volt, unless you count the brief, and also extremely uncommon, Cadillac ELR
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