Vehicle Description
The Peugeot 205 was produced between 1983 and 1998 and was declared
'Car of the Decade' by CAR magazine in 1990. The styling of the 205
is often thought to be a Pininfarina design; however Gerard Welter,
Peugeot's chief designer, claims it as an in-house design. The car
is often credited as the car which turned Peugeot's fortunes
around. The GTi version came in 1.6 litre and 1.9 litre engine
derivatives and is considered one of the very best hot hatches of
all time. The 205 GTi is still known to offer a very rewarding
driving experience and is still mentioned to this day in group car
tests of the newest GTi models or equivalent. Peugeot itself never
truly recreated this success in subsequent GTi models, although
they came close with the highly regarded GTi-6 variant of the 306.
Increasingly stringent emissions regulations meant the 1.6 GTi went
out of production in 1992 whilst the 1.9 was sold for a couple more
years thanks to re-engineering of the engine enabling it to work
properly with a catalytic converter.Finished in Graphite Grey with
a contrasting red and black interior, this 1.9 litre example is
described by the vendor as being exciting to drive and benefits
from having had a comprehensive Peugeot and specialists service
history. With only one former keeper, the car is supplied with a
V5C registration document, a full year's MoT test certificate and
has covered just 71,000 miles from new. This timeless modern
classic was way ahead of its time and has since rightly secured its
place in motoring history.* Interested parties should note that
this is a library image of the car. For sale by auction on Saturday
23 September 2017 with Historics at Brooklands, Brooklands Motor
Racing Circuit, Weybridge, Surrey, Call 01753 639170
