The Peugeot Flux was a

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from

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that won the 2007 Peugeot International Design Competition after being unveiled at the

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that year. The car was designed by a 20-year-old Romanian, Mihai Panaitescu. It was intended to be a sports car, but was flexible enough to be used for light

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The vehicle was powered by

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and constructed of plastic body panels, polyurethane seats and an aluminium chassis. The Flux also featured as downloadable content for ''

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'' (2007), in which an

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console can be seen on the right-hand side of the dashboard. Peugeot auctioned the car in September 2020.

References

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