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Year of manufacture1990
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Car typeSaloon
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SunroofYes
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DriveRHD
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ConditionUsed
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Exterior brand colourSilver
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Interior colourOther
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Location
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Exterior colourOther
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GearboxManual
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Drivetrain2wd
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Fuel typePetrol
Description
COYS Auction - 'The Jaguar Legend'
Blenheim Palace,
Woodstock,
Oxfordshire OX20 1PX
Saturday 17th July 2010 at 1pm
Registration Number: G161 EPL Chassis Number: VF320CD6223725164
The chic styled 205 is widely regarded as a modern classic and was declared ‘Car of the Decade‘ by CAR magazine in 1990. The most desirable version, the GTI came in 1.6-litre and 1.9-litre, in-line four cylinder configurations, and is considered one of the very best hot hatches of all time, if not the best. Once mastered, or in the hands of a skilled driver, these cars are still known to offer a very rewarding driving experience. The 205 GTI was certainly one of the first front wheel drive cars said by many motoring experts to be as rewarding to drive hard as an equivalent rear-wheel drive car. The 205 is still mentioned to this day in group car tests of the newest GTI models or equivalent. Peugeot itself has never truly recreated this success in future GTI models, although they have come very clos