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Peugeot 205 GTI 1.9. When cars were all about pleasure and fun.
Light, powerful, funny to drive, very living on the road, you had the feeling you were driving, not just moving from A to B point.
Credit picture: Argus.
It had another big advantage: It was not very expensive to buy AND to maintain...
A bygone era, as these kind of cars are on to disappear, soon.
Let's enjoy them as long as we can.
Best,
Nicolas
Peugeot 205 GTI 1.9. When cars were all about pleasure and fun.
Light, powerful, funny to drive, very living on the road, you had the feeling you were driving, not just moving from A to B point. Credit picture: Argus. It had another big advantage: It was not very expensive to buy AND to maintain... A bygone era, as th...
The 205 GTI ...
Started life as a 1.6 and evolved into the 1.9 with some interesting results. The 1.9 had a reputation for going backwards off the road in wet weather. The T-16 was something else as I found out one February morning ! ...
I had a red one. 1.9 GTI.
It was light, fast for its day and fun. The back parcel shelf would rattle like hell and there was a feeling that if you hit something- it would be the end. A by gone era as you say. Best R
I can remember the sound as it were yesterday...
It was everywhere in Rome when I was at high school! I still drive another success from the same time, but much heavier and slower! Thanks for sharing Nicolas! ...
I have very fond memories in a silver 1.6
Driven to the max by a smoking woman, driving in high heels... around 1987 I was just a boy then but remember very well Here are some ultimate versions of it ...
Ah those days!
Watching other people drive by in their 205 gti or r5 gt turbo while I was lumping along in my 104 as a young student, you do learn the meaning of envy quickly as a young student
Great car... my brother and i were more focused on the renault clio williams swiss champion. It was a small beast and extremly reliable (maybe because my brother was a mechanic working for renault?) :).
The peugoet is a great car. I was just more attached to renault
Wanted one of those when i got my license
That didnt happen but have driven a 205 GR thats still in the family quite a bit. Not a GTI but you can still have some fun with it on a tight twisty road.
Lovely example.
Hold onto this as long as you can. I also have cars from this era including a Golf GTI mk1.
It was sold to a Peugeot mechanics who converted it.
His plan was to put in the engine from a 405 Mi16. I saw some work in progress pictures but never the final version. That was after a really serious flooding hit Queensland. That was years ago.
My dreamcar that i will own one day.
Apparently the 205 GTI seems to be that unreachable grail for me, in 2014 i was lucky to find a 205 XS .... so for the moment i am good. If it weren’t for my Clio and Megane i would have bought a GtI. ...
Tough choice.
Maybe, maybe not. Much depends on the situation, in my current situation i’d go for the gti as i don’t see any reason i could have fun with an A110. Maybe times will change, maybe one day i’ll have a 205 GTI, an A110 and my Clio on the driveway, 3 very im...
Nice reminder!
my second car was a black 205 GTI 1.6 a really quick drive for that time and for my skills; sold it for an Alfa later on....