{{Infobox automobile | image = Peugeot4002(2003)1.JPG | name = Peugeot 4002 Leon | manufacturer = [[Peugeot]] | aka = | production = 2003 | assembly = | predecessor = | successor = | class = | body_style = 2-door | layout = [[Rear_mid-engine,_rear-wheel-drive_layout|Rear mid engine, rear wheel drive]] | platform = | engine = 6.0L PSA EP9 V12 | transmission = | wheelbase = {{convert|2706|mm|in|abbr=on}} | length = {{convert|4325|mm|in|abbr=on}} | width = {{convert|2028|mm|in|abbr=on}} | height = {{convert|1214|mm|in|abbr=on}} | weight = | related = | designer = Stefan Schulze | caption = Front view of the 4002 Leon }}
The '''Peugeot 4002''' was a bespoke [[show car]] created purely as a stylistic exercise at the behest of [[Peugeot]] in 2003.
==Design competition== Peugeot introduced a web-based amateur style competition at the [[2002 Paris Motor Show]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/car/1722/Peugeot-4002.html |title=2003 Peugeot 4002 |publisher=Ultimatecarpage.com |date=2004-12-01 |accessdate=2008-06-15 }}</ref> inviting aspiring designers to create a completely unhinged [[Retro-futurism|retro-futurist]] design that incorporated distinct styling features of a historic Peugeot model. A total of 2800 proposals from 90 countries were registered, and Stefan Schulze, a 32-year-old German graphic artist, was selected as the winner. At the [[Geneva Motor Show#2003|2003 Geneva Motor Show]], Schulze was awarded a trophy (La griffe) and €5000, and it was announced that Peugeot would create a full-scale version of the design.
==Creation== [[File:Peugeot4002(2003)2.JPG|left|thumb|250px|Rear view]] The completed design was shown at the [[Frankfurt Motor Show#2003|2003 Frankfurt Motor Show]]. It featured a body of aluminum and fiberglass, and 21-inch wheels.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.motortrend.com/auto_shows/coverage/112_0309_peugeot_4002_photos/index.html |title=Peugeot 4002 Photo Gallery |publisher=Motortrend.com |date= |accessdate=2008-06-15 }}</ref> The 4002 incorporated headlights hidden behind the grille itself, as a stylistic nod to the [[Streamliner|streamlined]] [[Peugeot 402]] from 1936. As merely a show car, it was not powered and not road-legal. As a styling experiment, the car was considered dynamic, glamorous, and supremely daring,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.automobilemag.com/auto_shows/2003_fms_4002/index.html |title=Peugeot 4002 |publisher=Automobilemag.com |date= |accessdate=2008-06-15 }}</ref> but probably too extreme to predict any real influence on future Peugeot designs.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.seriouswheels.com/cars/top-Peugeot-4002-Concept.htm |title=Peugeot 4002 Concept |publisher=Seriouswheels.com |date= |accessdate=2008-06-15 }}</ref>
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