Saturn Flextreme Concept This is an installment in a collection of posts recalling
on program automobiles that we feel should have a little bit more attention than they got. If you have an idea for a ForgottenConcept topic, please fire us a line or leave a remark below. Saturn Flextreme First Shown: 2008 Detroit Auto Show Description: Plug-in crossbreed portable car Sales Pitch:”Flextreme reveals that unconventional reasoning can result in terrific vehicles.”Extra Forgotten Concepts Saturn Flextreme Details: First seen at the 2008 Detroit Auto Show, the Saturn Flextreme Concept was a virtual duplicate of the Opel Flextreme
Concept which had been revealed
at the 2007 Frankfort Auto
Show only a few weeks previously. The Flextreme concept was a 4-door portable auto including a plug-in serial-hybrid drivetrain similar to that introduced in the Chevrolet Volt Concept presented at the Detroit Show a year previously. Unlike the Volt Concept, which featured a small gas engine, the Flextreme was powered by a tiny 1.3-liter diesel. When completely charged, the Flextreme was declared to take a trip up to 34 miles on electrical power
alone, after which the diesel motor took over. Saturn declared a mixed electric/diesel range of 444 miles. The Flextreme included center-opening side doors which, when opened up with each other, created a usefully large passage to the vehicle’s inside. Rather than a rear hatch, the Flextreme integrated a pair of gullwing-style doors located on the automobile’s back bodyside. For urban travelers, a pair of Segway Personal Transporters were saved under the automobile’s cargo area and could be accessed from outside of the cars and truck. No word on if the Segway batteries were billed while in storage space under the automobile.
Forgotten Concept: Briggs & Stratton Hybrid Saturn Flextreme CG Says: The Chevrolet Volt Concept was revealed to much fanfare back in 2007, yet the hoopla might have come mostly from the car press, which seemed to recognize the E-Flex plug-in crossbreed system far better than the general public. When the production Volt showed up for 2011, public response was lukewarm at best, as General Motors dealt with public and media apprehension, especially that from Fox News. Therefore,
Volt variations like the Opel and also Saturn Flextreme never ever matured right into complete production designs. Unfortunately, the E-Flex idea– which is differ just like Nissan’s e-Power system– never saw life beyond the Volt, unless you count the short-term, as well as exceptionally rare, Cadillac ELR
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