Where Were Our Cars Built?

[ian010778 21]

Hey everybody,

 

Thought it might be nice to have a look and see if I can find out where our cars were all built.

 

My Dad used to work at Ryton and has always lead me to believe the 205 was assembled at Villaverde, Madrid but he's not 100% sure.

 

There are other factories in Spain and I'm wondering if anyone knows for definite where they were all built or if they were built in a number of locations?

 

I quite fancy the idea of driving mine back to wherever it was assembled (Villaverde is about 1200 miles from the middle of Leicester), taking a photo and driving back

 

If anyone has any info' on the assembly location(s) I'd be grateful to hear it.

 

 

Ian.

[dcc 855]

my old car originated from spain, halfrauds told me, but no idea on this one.

[welshpug 1,657]

most were built in France, CTI's in Italy afaik.

 

Sochaux springs to mind.

[ade 4wd 11]

AFAIK all later (92 on) 205s were built in Spain.

[BlueBolt 156]

AFAIK all later (92 on) 205s were built in Spain.

 

What about the earlier ph1 and 1.5's??

 

(what does afaik stand for?? Never worked it out...)

 

Edit:: got it as soon as I posted lol

Edited March 20, 2012 by BlueBolt

[Anthony 1,003]

Sochaux, France as Welshpug mentioned.

 

Remember that manufactured date and registered date are two different things though, sometimes just weeks apart, sometimes months or even over a year. That's why you get loads of non-CAT 92/93 K-reg 205's for example and why you'll come across other oddities that don't make sense on the face of it.

 

AFAIK = As Far As I Know.

[ade 4wd 11]

afaik = as far as i know.

[2-Pugs 57]

Late 205s including 1FMs were built in the Madrid plant.

[sensualt101 31 1 Cars]

Late 205s including 1FMs were built in the Madrid plant.

 

would my 92' 1.6 gti qualify as late or do you mean after production of 1.6's was stopped?