Project M24 - Peugeot 205

[RossD 44]

I've had this a year now and I've kept quiet - I wanted to see if anyone has seen anything like this before?

 

I found it at the Beaulieu autojumble last year. It's the journalists pack supplied by Peugeot back in 1983 to the journalists at the launch of the 205. It's in perfect condition. It describes the development story of the 205, from the VERA experimental project, through to the M24 project which started in 1977 which later became the 205.

 

It's got plenty of pictures of development mules, the actual original design drawings, prototype testing and pictures of manufacturing.

 

I'm not really keen on scanning this in and publishing it on here really as it cost me quite a bit of money and as far as I'm aware nobody else has got this, unless they are sitting on it too! It'll just find it's way all over the internet etc etc if I do.

 

Being 1983 there is no mention of the GTi, but it's still interesting none-the-less!

 

By the way I can confirm the 205 was an inhouse design - Apparently 2 design studies were created, on in-house and one by Pininfarina but the in house design was used.

 

A couple of preview pics. (All clicky)

 

 

 

[RossD 44]

First page from the press release booklet.

 

 

Some other quick facts from the books:

 

The bodyshell weighs 194Kg bare.

The design was paper based but transposed onto a CAD system with 10,000 refernce points (Pretty advanced for early 80's!)

The design was to have an economical car and weight saving was a major design brief, with thin metal structures, lightweight windows etc which used thinner glass than previous designs

The rear suspension was carried over from the VERA project which was an environmental study. A lot of effort has gone into boastin about zero intrusion into the boot from the rear suspension!

Edited November 6, 2010 by RossD

[cRaig 273 1 Cars]

Looks like a facinating read

 

If at some point you would consider scanning it in at a high resolution and selling PDF copies I would certainly be interested

[ade 4wd 11]

Is it this -

 

http://www.planete-205.com/files/brochures...ntation-205.pdf

[Miles 331 1 Cars]

I've got one of those in my files somewhere too

[RossD 44]

Is it this -

 

http://www.planete-205.com/files/brochures...ntation-205.pdf

 

Yea this is it, but mines in English

 

I'll scan the press release document in later.

Edited November 7, 2010 by RossD

[CaptainK 11]

Looks like a fascinating read there, congrats on getting it. Very envious.