Just announced in Paris - the Peugeot Metropolis 3-wheeler will finally go on sale in the Spring. Full production details in a few weeks at the Cologne show.

They also showed a concept called Onyx. Just another style exercise probably, but one detail is interesting. The motor is Peugeot's own new 400cc teamed up with electrickery. And so puts out 61hp and 58nm. It'll do 30km (18miles) at 50kph (31mph) in electric only mode, but max range is 500km (310miles) at a rate of just 2 litres per 100km. In English, that's 138mpg for a 3-wheeled scooter weighing well over 200kgs. Impressive.

Obviously if 3X gave a damn, we could well have seen Satelis 400cc hybrids with 61hp and 138mpg on sale within a year. But no, it just won't happen, will it.


