When the 205 arrived in 1983, it quickly turned Peugeot’s fortunes around. Although the firm was not in a perilous financial state, it had acquired a somewhat stuffy image thanks to a back catalogue of…
Read MorePeugeot produced the 205 T16 with the sole intention of delivering Driver and Manufacturer titles in the World Rally Championship. At the time, rallying was even more popular than Formula 1 with huge…
Read MoreFollowing three wins from its final three WRC outings of 1984, Peugeot’s 205 T16 look the car to beat heading into the 1985 season; Lancia’s replacement for the ageing rear-drive 037 was not expected…
Read MorePeugeot’s 1984 World Rally Championship programme kicked off at the French manufacturer’s home event: the Tour de Corse in early May. Although the T16 had been homologated a month earlier (on…
Read MoreOf all the manufacturers that created Group B specials between 1982 and 1986, none invested more than Peugeot. In addition to the scratch-built 205 T16, a completely new competition…
Read MoreIn its many guises, the 205 was arguably the most important Peugeot of modern times. Prior to its arrival, the firm was teetering on the edge of bankruptcy owing to a combination of bad…
Read MoreAfter several months of rally accidents, things came to a head with a grim burst of fatalities in the spring of 1986. As a result, the FIA announced Group B cars would be banned from the beginning of…
Read MoreBy the early 1980s, Peugeot had acquired the image of a rather stuffy auto maker; their cars were technically conservative and visually unexciting. Peugeot’s first foray into the Supermini segment…
Read MoreAfter the 205 GTi and T16 exploded on the scene in 1984, Peugeot continued to work on overhauling their stuffy image. Even though the company had been around since 1896, it was…
Read MoreGroup B regulations permitted manufacturers in possession of homologated machinery to produce further uprated batches of 20 Evolution variants every twelve months. The T16 Evolution 1…
Read MoreFor 1982, the FIA introduced a simplified motor sport framework designed to attract a new wave of manufacturers. The existing regulations split vehicles into one of six main categories. Group 1 was for…
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