PGO Cevennes Ultimate Black, 2011

 

•  PGO Cevennes Ultimate Black, 2011

The PGO Cévennes is a neo-retro style two-seater roadster with centrally mounted engine. Its three main features - An ingenious mix between a traditional line, a modern look and a sporty style. Choosing the PGO Cévennes is affirming the desire for a classic car with resolutely dynamic aesthetics.

Incited by its mechanical architecture, its lightness and its suggestive line, you will discover the handling precision of an authentic roadster. Taking the wheel of a Cévennes is an invitation to drive with complete freedom and safety. The sensations you will feel also come from this harmonious distribution between reconstructed past and assumed modernity. The position close to the road preserves every element of a pleasure that was thought to be no longer attainable.

Driving the PGO Cévennes also allows to enjoy an interior where traditional instrumentation is combined with full grain leathers and varnish paint, thus creating an atmosphere to the "image" of its owner who will have chosen its colours among the many colour charts.

As with any PGO, the Cévennes, through its rarity and originality, provides its owner with the certainty of possessing a unique car.

Technical Specifications
    Engine
        Position: transverse mid engine
        Number of cylinders: 4 aligned
        Cubic capacity: 1997 cm3
        Bore x stroke: 85 x 88 mm
        Number of valves: 16 (twin overhead camshaft)
        Maximum power: 103 kW (140 PS; 138 hp) @ 6000 rpm
        Maximum torque: 195 Nm @ 3000 rpm
        Compression level: 10.8:1

    Transmission
        Gear box: manual, 5 speed + reverse (automatic gear box 4 speed in option)
    Frame and body
        Frame: multi-tubular and crash test structure
        Body: composite moulded bodyshell
        Suspension: Mc Pherson system
        Brakes: 4 ventilated discs
        Wheels: 7x17 alloy wheels
        Tyres size: 205/40 ZR 17
        Steering: assisted rack-and-pinion
        Turning circle between kerbs: 9,40 m
    Weight and dimensions
        Kerb weight: 980 kg
        Fuel tank capacity: 42 litres
        Trunk capacity: 110 dm3
        Length: 3700 mm
        Width: 1735 mm
        Height: 1320 mm
        Wheelbase: 2261 mm
        Front / rear track: 1440 mm / 1430 mm

    Performance and consumption
        Maximum speed on track: 215 km/h
        Acceleration 0-100 km/h: less than 7 s

    Fuel consumption (According to EEC directive 80/1268 modified 004/100/CE)
        Manual gear box
            Urban: 11.0 l/100km
            Extra urban: 6.5 l/100km
            Combined cycle: 8.2 l/100km
        Automatic gear box
            Urban: 11.5 l/100km
            Extra urban: 6.6 l/100km
            Combined cycle: 8.4 l/100km
    CO2 emission (according to EEC directive 80/1268 modified 2004/3/CE)
        Manual gear box: 185 g/km
        Automatic gear box: 199 g/km

    Equipments
        Leather interior trim: seats, inside of doors, dash-board and control lever
        Air conditioning
        Radio CD/MP3, 2 FOCAL loudspeakers
        Analogical instrumentation, retro enlightened, 8 meters (speedometer, RPM indicator, fuel gauge, water temperature gauge, oil pressure gauge, oil temperature gauge, voltmeter, clock)
        Electrically operated side windows
        Heated windscreen
        Remote control central locking
        Electrically operated outside mirrors
        Leather trimmed steering wheel
        Height adjustable steering column
        Aluminium trimmed gear knob and pedals
        Aluminium thresholds doors
        Matched front carpets
        Rolling code transponder immobiliser
        Varnished Paint
        17" Alloy wheels
        Dual chromed exhaust outlet

    Options
        Leather interior trim in the expanded range of colour
        Nappa leather interior trim
        Alcantara interior trim
        Two-tone leather interior trim
        Special leather interior trim
        Expanded leather interior trim: steering column box, dash-board under boxes
        Differentiated coloured overstitching
        Differentiated dashboard colour
        Embroidered matched front carpets
        Metallic varnished Paint
        Pearly varnished Paint
        Specific paint (except colour chart)
        Alpaca hood, beige or two-tone
        17" alloy wheels "SpeedsterII"
        17" alloy wheels "Cévennes"
        17" alloy wheels "classic"
        17" alloy wheels "sport"
        Automatic gear box
        Parking aid
        Alarm

    Accessories
        Luggage rack
        Chromed roll bar
        Aero Kit
        "club" exhaust (not for highway use)
        Cover of protection
        Double stripes

Pininfarina B0, 2010

 

 

 

 

 

 

•  Pininfarina B0, 2010

Bolloré and Pininfarina have entered into a partnership featuring all the expertise required to launch serial production of an electric car which, thanks to its technical characteristics and its attractive styling, is bound to make waves in motoring circles.

This car will not be a prototype. It will be a mass production model, with the first units coming off the production line at the end of 2009, after which production will be ramped up gradually based on the availability of the batteries. Built in Turin by Pininfarina-Bolloré, a joint venture formed by the two family-owned groups, the Pininfarina B0 electric car will be powered by Bolloré's proprietary LMP technology, using a combination of batteries and supercapacitors manufactured in Bolloré's plants in Quimper, France and Montreal, Canada. The Pininfarina B0 will be a fully-electric vehicle without any carbon dioxide production, having been designed from the ground up with that aim in mind. Its batteries will be housed in a compartment specially designed for that purpose and located under the car, between its axles, lowering its centre of gravity and providing it with outstanding road-holding properties.

With its superb body styled by Pininfarina, Italy's renowned vehicle design shop, the Pininfarina B0 electric car will be an elegant four-seater, four-door hatchback with an automatic gearbox. Its LMP battery, which will be rechargeable in a matter of hours from a standard domestic main socket, will provide it with a range of 250 km (153 miles). The Pininfarina B0 will have a top speed that is electronically limited to 130 km/h (80 mph) and will feature potent acceleration, reaching 60 km/h from a standing start (0 to 37 mph) in 6.3 seconds. The Pininfarina B0 will also feature solar panels on its roof and hood, so as to help recharge its electrical power reserves.

LMP: revolutionary battery technology
At the heart of any electric car, lies the battery. Bolloré is a highly diversified group of companies with a combined yearly turnover of 10 billion US dollars and 35,000 employees. For the past 30 years, the group has been the world's leading producer of components for capacitors. Thanks to its acquired know-how in extruded polymers and the storage of electrical energy, Bolloré has been working for 15 years through its subsidiary, Batscap, to develop a solid-state lithium polymer battery. This battery is able to store, weight-for-weight, and it can be recharged in just a few hours. The battery does not require any maintenance and has a lifespan of around 200,000 km (125,000 miles). Another key benefit is its unmatched safety while in operation. Added to that, the Pininfarina B0 electric car does not emit any exhaust gases, nor any fine particles. The car's LMP batteries thus help combat air pollution. The batteries of the Pininfarina B0 also contribute to reducing noise, another nuisance which affects people's quality of life in urban environments.

Supercapacitors: boosting acceleration and recycling power
Supercapacitors are sophisticated energy storage components developed by the Bolloré Group. In an electric car, supercapacitors draw and store energy generated while the car is braking and feed it back into the system when the car moves off again. The result is greater acceleration, increased range and a longer lifespan for the car's battery. The electric cars powered by BatScap's LMP batteries and supercapacitors have a range of over 250 km. They are fast (with a top speed of 130 km/h), pleasant to drive, safe, and long-lasting.

Natural energy from solar panels
Because it is 100% electric powered, the Pininfarina B0 does not generate any pollution. But the process of generating the electricity which the car uses must also, as far as possible, not have produced any atmospheric pollution. That is why the creators of the Pininfarina B0 have designed it to incorporate every possible solution designed to optimise the car's energy efficiency and use of clean energy sources. For instance, the Pininfarina B0 electric car is fitted with supercapacitors, which enable it to store and recycle the energy that is generated while braking. Similarly, the car's roof and part of its hood are covered with highperformance solar panels which help power some of its equipment. It goes without saying that a responsible environmental approach must be coherent throughout. Which is why all the materials used to build the car's body, battery and interior trim have been carefully selected for their low environmental impact. All are recyclable or reusable. The Bolloré Group is also in the process of developing straight-forward panels of photovoltaic cells which might be installed by individuals or in public places to fully or partly recharge the Pininfarina B0 electric car's batteries using solar energy.