Halloween may be over, but fright night has just begun in five European countries that are due for visits from the ghastly Peugeot BB1 electric concept.
After it’s September debut at the Frankfurt Auto Show, Peugeot took the eight foot long, four-seater concept on the road. The car just finished an whirlwind appearance in Paris where it attracted more stares than Grace Jones, and now is headed on a grand tour of Europe from Covent Garden to Milan. The tour begins at Berlin’s Sony Center, and continues to what Peugeot says are five other “places that will draw crowds.”
As much as it haunts our nightmares, we can’t fault Peugeot for an intentionally avant garde design that’s meant to draw attention to the future of electric cars. The car is a natural conversation starter, with its scooter-like steering mechanism, side-view cameras and an outward appearance that suggests a Smart fortwo that’s seen a few minutes in the microwave.
It appears that Peugeot’s strategy is working. The company claims that 15,000 Facebook users are fans of the BB1, and in a short film at t