Peugeot’s history is much broader than the famous 205 GTI. This guide brings together unusual road cars, forgotten family models, lightweight Rallyes, four-wheel-drive sports saloons, competition-inspired builds and military oddities—plus the detailed buying and ownership information needed to understand them.
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Peugeot 205 history, models and specifications
The complete 205 story—from ordinary hatchbacks and diesels to the GTI, Rallye, CTI, special editions and the radically different Turbo 16—plus practical buying checks.
Peugeot 405 complete guide collection
Start with the full story of Peugeot’s award-winning family saloon, then explore the Mi16, four-wheel-drive Mi16x4, rare turbocharged T16, buying advice and detailed reliability guidance.
Rare & forgotten Peugeots
Discover cars that disappeared from ordinary roads, from the 305 estate and 309 GTI to scarce Rallye editions.
Buying and ownership advice
Practical, evergreen guidance for identifying cars, checking faults and understanding specialist drivetrains.
Latest Peugeot articles
The complete chronological archive, including dated sale discoveries and newly published guides.
All rare-car collections
Continue beyond Peugeot into forgotten Fords, rare Japanese cars, limited editions and obscure British machinery.
Peugeot 405 guides
Peugeot 405 history, models and engines
The best first read: the model timeline, Phase 1 and Phase 2, saloon and estate bodies, petrol and XUD diesel engines, UK trim levels and global production.
Peugeot 405 buying guide
What to inspect for rust, cooling-system neglect, suspension wear, electrical problems and missing parts.
405 common problems and reliability
A symptom-led reference covering engines, cooling, timing belts, rear axles, steering, brakes, electrics and preventative maintenance.
Peugeot 405 Mi16
The front-wheel-drive 16-valve performance saloon that became a late-1980s benchmark.
Peugeot 405 Mi16x4
Permanent four-wheel drive and self-levelling rear suspension made this rare derivative unusually sophisticated.
Peugeot 405 T16
The 1,046-car turbocharged flagship, with 220hp overboost and permanent four-wheel drive.
GTIs, Rallyes and lightweight Peugeots
Peugeot 106 Rallye history and buying guide
The complete guide to the lightweight Series 1 and Series 2 Rallyes, including specifications, identification, common problems and buying checks.
Peugeot 106 Rallye restoration guide
How to assess a project, plan the shell and mechanical work, preserve scarce Rallye details and judge a completed restoration.
Peugeot 309 history, models and buying guide
Start with the complete 309 story: its unusual place between the 205 and 405, the mainstream range, 1.9 GTI and rare GTI16, plus the key checks for anyone considering a surviving car.
Peugeot 309 1.9 GTI
The 205 GTI’s roomier relation developed its own reputation for balance, pace and understated appeal.
Peugeot 205 Rallye
A lighter, simpler performance 205 created with competition eligibility and affordable enthusiasm in mind.
Peugeot 205 CTI
The open-air member of the 205 GTI family, combining Pininfarina-built convertible bodywork with hot-hatch character.
Peugeot 205 Roland Garros
The tennis-inspired green special edition, offered in hatchback and Pininfarina cabriolet forms.
Modified and competition-inspired Peugeots
Peugeot 206 WRC replica and recreation guide
Understand the championship-winning original, donor choices, wide-body conversions, mechanical checks and the difference between a genuine WRC car, competition replica and road-going tribute.
Peugeot 205 rally-car guide
How to assess a competition-prepared 205, from shell and safety equipment to eligibility and documentation.
Peugeot 309 16v rally car
A competition-prepared 309 demonstrating how the practical hatchback became a serious club-rally platform.
Peugeot 205 DIMMA and wide-body cars
Period wide-body conversions became a distinctive branch of modified Peugeot culture.
Turbocharged Peugeot 205 GTI
How tuners transformed an already celebrated lightweight hot hatch with forced induction.
Military and forgotten Peugeot oddities
Peugeot P4: the French G-Wagen
A military utility vehicle developed through the relationship between Peugeot and the Mercedes-Benz G-Class—one of the least expected vehicles to wear a Peugeot badge.
Peugeot 305 estate
The 405 estate’s increasingly rare predecessor: practical, restrained and now far less familiar than Peugeot’s sporting cars.
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This hub prioritises durable guides and the site’s most distinctive Peugeot stories. For the complete chronological feed—including individual sale discoveries, projects and new additions—visit the Peugeot archive.
Editorial approach: Unusual Cars separates evergreen model information from time-sensitive adverts. Guides are updated and internally linked as the Peugeot collection grows.
