It doesn’t seem like anyone knew what they were setting in motion. After all, these were just rally cars, only faster. But something came unhinged under the Group B regulations, and the presence of ...

It couldn’t last. But while world rallying’s Group B was in play, the axis of global motorsport shifted firmly away from Formula One and onto the snow, gravel and desert stages that forced the drivers ...

The Peugeot 205 GTI never arrived to battle the Volkswagen Golf GTI on our shores. That's a shame because the ensuing hot hatch shootouts could've been the stuff of legend. Were it our money, we'd ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. It’s not the sight of a coachbuilt Ferrari or a Jaguar E-Type that brings the biggest smile to motorsport ...

An epic hot hatch that few seem to remember nowadays, the 205 T16 was an insane 1980s homologation special the likes of which you rarely saw on public roads during that exciting decade. It all starts ...

Homologation is a wonderful thing. It's what brings us street-legal, near race-spec versions of some of our favorite icons of motorsports. Today's example is no different, and it hails from the ...

Hot hatches: they’re fun, fast, and... practically extinct. So if you’ve got a fair bit of cash to burn and a craving for the good old days, here’s a mint Peugeot 205 T16 up for grabs over at Bonhams.

In a never-ending rivalry with the original VW Golf GTI, the iconic Peugeot 205 GTi was crowned “The Greatest Ever Hot Hatch” at the Performance Car Show. The small French car took home the award ...

RS200 and T16 are now back in use thanks to Tolman's expertise - and a 5 Turbo 2 is coming next... We all like to see classic cars being used. That is, after all, what they were intended for. But we ...

Modern-day car ads have nothing on this. Part stunt show, part Bond film, these two advertisements (desert and snow) were used to promote the launch of the legendary Peugeot 205 GTi hot hatch, in 1984 ...

With Seb Loeb about to debut the Peugeot 208 T16 Pikes Peak, we look back at the carmaker’s ads. Funny, we never noticed James Bond driving a Peugeot 205 GTi in any ...