Peugeot 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 MoreAlthough Lancia were first out of the blocks with a purpose-built Group B rally car, the Italian company’s failure to equip their Abarth-designed 037 with all-wheel drive for reasons of complexity…
Read MorePeugeot’s Group B rally programme of 1984 to 1986 along with the firm’s class-leading 205 GTi hot hatch transformed the firm from maker of rather stuffy unexciting machinery to market leader. While…
Read MoreWhile Audi temporarily gained an edge in top flight rallying thanks to the revolutionary four-wheel drive Quattro, Lancia subsequently created the even quicker 037: the sport’s first Group B supercar.
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 MoreAs the most successful rally car of the Group B era, the Peugeot 205 T16 needs little introduction. Suffice to say, in the face of incredibly stiff opposition, it won back-to-back Driver and Constructor…
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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