Tag: peugeot
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Peugeot 309 GTI Guide: History, Problems & Buying Advice
Peugeot 309 performance guide The Peugeot 309 GTI offered much of the 205 GTI’s character with a longer wheelbase, wider track and genuinely useful rear space. Its understated body concealed one of Peugeot’s most capable late-1980s hot hatches. Quick answer: launched in 1987, the original Peugeot 309 GTI used the 1.9-litre 130hp engine from the…
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Peugeot 205 GTI DIMMA Guide: History, Identification & Buying Advice
Wide-body Peugeot 205 guide The Peugeot 205 GTI DIMMA became one of the defining wide-body hot hatches of its era. Its dramatically extended arches echoed the Group B 205 Turbo 16, but genuine DIMMA road cars, dealer-approved conversions and later replicas are not all the same thing. Quick answer: DIMMA Design created a polyester wide-body…
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Peugeot 106 Rallye Guide: History, Specs & Buying Advice
Lightweight Peugeot hot-hatch guide The Peugeot 106 Rallye stripped a small hatchback back to the ingredients that mattered: low weight, a responsive engine, close gearing and an agile chassis. This guide explains its history, specifications, identifying features and the checks that matter when buying one today. Quick answer: Peugeot introduced the 106 Rallye in 1993.…
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Austin Mini, Peugeot 106 GTi powered
This is a very intriguing and unusual Austin Mini. We don’t recall ever seeing this engine swap before, but something about it just seems right. And with almost 400 watchers on the eBay listing, we are not on our own. This restored Mini has been entirely rebuilt and restored in 2023 Maybe it’s the price…