Peugeot 205 Gt 1985 Road Test

[Tesstuff 222]

Had an idea it might be worthwhile sharing some of the road tests I have collected over the years with the community, allowing people to see information sadly lacking these days.

 

I have thousands so this may run for a year or two I might even think about taking requests.

 

I thought I would start off with a small test of the Peugeot 205 GT in 1985.

 

 

 

[johnnyboy666 195 1 Cars]

good read that quite glad that they decided to update the engine/gearbox and that front valance. Makes the GT a great little car to rag about.

(not that I'm biased or anything )

[Tesstuff 222]

Sorry that the car used wasn't as mint an example as yours John

 

I like information that you can't Google. The exact percentage the suspension was stiffer than the GR and all that.

Edited June 25, 2012 by Tesstuff

[Tom Fenton 1,542]

An interesting article, it is talking about the early engine though, the XY I think it is, not the more modern TU. A friend and I owned a "GR" version of the 1360 XY engined 205 (5 door, red), bought for £40 from the car auctions we thought we had a bargain, until we tried to drive it home and discovered the head gasket had failed monumentally. Suprisingly we were not even put off by the fact that the engine and box had to be removed complete to change said head gasket. It met its end when my mate drove it onto a crop sprayer.

[timmsy19 3]

very good read! have you the XS and GTi road tests?

[Tesstuff 222]

Yes have them all.

 

Uploading more as we speak

[johnnyboy666 195 1 Cars]

Sorry that the car used wasn't as mint an example as yours John

 

 

such an example does not exist!!

[Henry Yorke 269 3 Cars]

There are loads of these scanned in on the PSC downloads area :-)

[Tesstuff 222]

Different forum Henry, few would see them over there.

 

Mine are scanned better too

[dandanger 12]

a friend has a gt and still drives it everyday a rare sight tho these things

[Normski 1]

A good read, keep them coming.

My first car was an early XS with the same XY8 engine, what a great noise it made from it's twin carbs ( Webers on this version ), when I ran it with no air filter pipework.