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 MoreIn addition to the official works cars, Peugeot Talbot Sport also supplied a quintet of T16 Evolution 1s to trusted satellite operations for 1985. The Peugeot importers for Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK…
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 the 20 T16 Evolution 1s built, Peugeot Talbot Sport (PTS) allocated four for domestic rally programmes: C13 ran under the PTS Deutschland banner, C14 PTS Espana, C15 PTS Italia and C20…
Read MoreAlthough 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…
Read MoreChassis 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.
Read MoreChassis C14 was one of the four T16s allocated to Peugeot Talbot Sport’s factory-supported distributor teams for the 1985 season. This particular machine was campaigned under the PTS Spain…
Read MoreIn addition to those cars campaigned in a works capacity, four T16 Evolution 1s were allocated to Peugeot’s distributor teams for Germany, Spain, Italy and the UK. A variety of national and…
Read MoreChassis 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
Read MoreOf the 20 cars built by Peugeot Talbot Sport (PTS) to Evolution 1 trim, four were allocated to the company’s distributor teams for Germany, Spain, Italy and the UK. These cars appeared in the works…
Read MoreChassis 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…
Read MoreChassis 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…
Read MoreChassis 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…
Read MoreHeld 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…
Read MorePeugeot 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…
Read MoreAlthough 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…
Read MoreAt 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…
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