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Peugeot 205 GTI - the lightweight fast sports car for every day
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Created on May 31, 2016
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Summary
From 1984 to 1995, Peugeot built the compact 205 GTI and won the hearts of many sports drivers who were looking for a lightweight yet powerful car that was convincing in everyday use and on weekend cornering. The Peugeot achieved this like no other and at a popular price. For many, the Peugeot was the true successor to the VW Golf GTI Mk1. This driving report characterizes the French front-wheel drive car and shows it in historical and modern illustrations as well as in the advertising and sales literature of the time.
This article contains the following chapters
- The surprise in 1983
- Production version in March 1984
- Learning from the master
- Fast and economical
- Cleanliness written in capital letters
- More displacement, more power
- Long build time
- The true successor to the Golf GTI Mk 1?
- The new class leader!
- Even at the wheel
- Creatively advertised
- The likeable speedster
- Replaced by a compact SUV?
- Further information
Estimated reading time: 9min
Preview (beginning of the article)
It was a perfect start. Anyone who has seen the movie "Subway" will hardly forget the opening scene . Actor Christopher Lambert flees from bad guys in a Mercedes S-Class through half of Paris in a ("borrowed") silver-colored Peugeot 205 GTI and finally "parks" the speedy runabout rather elegantly at the bottom of a staircase to the Métro. Cut! In August 1983, selected representatives of the press were given the opportunity to test drive a hot Peugeot 205 for the first time. The basic model had already been on the market for six months as a four-door model with engines up to around 80 hp. Even then, it was clear that the three-door sports version would be called the "GTI" and that the Golf GTI would be the benchmark.
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