The trend, for several years now, has been for automakers to reinvent that most basic of car features, the steering wheel, with ever more odd and unnecessary shapes. Enter , which recently unveiled its rectangular “Hypersquare” steering wheel in a new that the brand says is “reinventing the wheel.”

The Polygon Concept’s steering wheel is more of a rectangle, with rounded-off edges and holes, to improve grip. Overall, the Polygon Concept is said to preview Peugeot’s design philosophy for its next generation of , and, specifically, the 208. Future production cars from the marque likely won’t have the Hypersquare steering thing, nor the gullwing doors on the Polygon Concept, but may look quite a bit like the flashy, LED-encrusted car Peugeot debuted in Paris.

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