Peugeot Exalt Concept Sports Saloon revealed early

The Peugeot Exalt Concept – a new Sports saloon concept evoking the Peugeot Onyx Concept – has been revealed early ahead of a Beijing motor Show debut.

Peugeot were busy teasing the arrival of a new sports saloon concept for the 2014 Beijing Motor Show back in January, said to evoke the styling and materials of the impressive Peugeot Onyx Concept.

Now, a couple of weeks ahead of the Beijing Show, we get the first photo of that concept – the Peugeot Exalt Concept – which seems to have been sent out a few days earlier than Peugeot intended in an overnight press release dated 10th April. Oh, well.

What we can see is a swoopy four-door saloon as promised with something of the Onyx about it and powered by a Hybrid4 4WD powertrain combining a petrol engine and electric motor for a combined 335 bhp all wrapped up in a body that looks like shark skin.

If you ignore the obvious concept bits – like the body made of crude steel and textile to mimic shark skin and an interior likely to be as off the wall – the Exalt Concept does look and appealing prospect for production.

Although Peugeot tends to do concepts that go nowhere.