Although Peugeot had debuted the updated T16 Evolution 2 on the Tour de Corse at the beginning of May 1985, thereafter the firm continued to run the old Evolution 1 for reliability reasons until late…

Chassis C17 was used in two events by the factory Peugeot Talbot Sport squad (PTS). It debuted on the 1985 Acropolis Rally (May 27th to 30th) which was round six of that year’s World Championship.

Chassis C16 was used for just one event by the works Peugeot Talbot Squad. It was wheeled out as part of a three-car team for the 1985 Tour de Corse which took place over 1122km of tarmac surface

Chassis C11 was one of 20 T16 Evolution 1s built, nearly all of which were reserved for use by the factory Peugeot Talbot Sport team and its various satellite squads. The Evolution 1 made its debut…

Chassis C12 was one of the 20 Evolution 1-spec. 205 T16s used by the works team between 1984 and 1985. It was registered 323 EXA 75, a plate also appeared on chassis C1 and C11. C12 made its debut…

Chassis C10 was one of the most extensively rallied 205 T16s during 1985. On all four of its outings that year, the car was allocated to Timo Salonen and his navigator, Seppo Harjanne. C10 first…

Held on nearly 5200km of gruelling gravel tracks, the Safari Rally (round four of the 1985 World Championship) was possibly the toughest motor sport event of the year. Peugeot headed to Africa…

Peugeot went into the 1985 Safari Rally having won the opening three events of that year’s World Championship. The French team had also taken victory at the last three rallies they contested in 1984…

Although it took three attempts for Peugeot’s number one driver, Ari Vatanen, to translate the T16’s raw speed into a WRC victory, the Finn then won five rallies back-to-back between late 1984 and…

At the 1000 Lakes Rally in August 1984, Ari Vatanen secured the 205 T16’s maiden WRC win. On the back of this historic result, the victorious car (chassis C4) was retired from competition duty. Four cars…

As Peugeot had to build 20 examples of the T16 Evolution 1 for it to be homologated, the works team had an abundance of cars at their disposal. Each chassis was typically used for between one…

On the T16’s debut at the 1984 Tour de Corse, Ari Vatanen demonstrated the new Peugeot had rally-winning potential. Unfortunately, after leading for the first two days, he had a major crash and…

Chassis C2 was one of the original 20 Evolution 1-spec. T16s built for Peugeot’s works World Rally Championship attack. Alongside the sister car (C1), C2 was present for the T16’s competition debut at…

Chassis C1 and C2 were the T16 Evolution 1s used by Peugeot for the model’s competition debut. This took place at round five of the 1984 World Rally Championship: the Tour de Corse. A tarmac…