As you may know, Peugeot produced the “serie 200” 205 T16 as a street-legal version of the Group B rally monster of the same name – part of the homologation requirements for the rally car. It has ...

As with Group B monsters like the Peugeot 205 T16 and Lancia Delta S4, this Citroën is based on a small front-wheel-drive hatchback, the ZX that was launched in 1991.

7. Peugeot 205 T16: The Mid-Engine Pocket Rocket Peugeot’s 205 T16 was another Group B car that made a huge impact on rallying, especially with its innovative mid-engine layout. The 1.8-liter ...

The Peugeot 205 was officially launched to the world on February 25, 1983. Over a 16-year production run (1983-1999), a total of 5,278,050 205s were built. + 14 Photos + 14 Photos + 14 Photos ...

The 205 T16 sort of drives like it, too. There’s almost nothing 205 in this car, but it does feel akin to the 205 GTi from Peugeot’s same lineup. It is a kind of floppy machine. No, that’s rude.

A specially adapted Peugeot 205 T16 won in 1987 and 1988. In 1998, after a long and rich career of 15 years, and 5 278 050 units produced, the Peugeot 205 was retired.

Some raced successfully in the grueling Paris-Dakar rally. Porsche won it with the 959, a car that never made it to WRC, while Peugeot did the same with a modified version of the 205 T16.

In 1986 it adapted the car as a Paris-Dakar entrant—and if the Group B spec T16 was like no 205 you ever saw, the Grand Raid version was still more extreme. The chassis was strengthened further and ...

Peugeot 205 T16 Grand Raid, 1987-88 Before making its huge comeback in 2016, first with the 2008 DKR and then the 3008 DKR rally raid trucks, Peugeot was dominant at the Dakar throughout the late ...

While the 43rd edition of this off-road endurance race unfolds, a video by Red Bull dug into the archives to take a look at five of the Dakar’s defining moments since the first run began in 1979.