In issue 343 of evo, we test iconic '80s hot hatches from Peugeot, Citroen and Renault – these are our favourite shots ...

Offered between 1984 and 1994 with 1.6- and 1.9-liter powerplants, the 205 GTI is one the greatest hot hatchbacks ever produced. Even though it’s a corner-carving machine by definition, the 205 GTI ...

Peugeot launched their ‘GTi Year’ with an exhibition at the Rétromobile show in Paris earlier IN 2026, where the public discovered the Peugeot 205 and 208 GTi models that shaped the legend, along with ...

Why is it that seeing a beat-up Peugeot 205 GTI parked on a Parisian side street melted my brain into goop and nearly pulled my heart out of my chest? It takes a little while to explain what's so ...

Here we go again. Yet another Peugeot 205 GTI spotted…yawn, yawn, yawn. I know we’ve written about these a million times, but here’s the thing: the Peugeot 205 GTI is one of the all-time classic hot ...

It’s all too easy to get caught up with numbers when it comes to modern performance cars. That’s not an indictment of the pursuit of power. Who can blame manufacturers for the one-upmanship? Whether ...

The Peugeot 205 is a design that endures, even if the actual cars themselves are becoming scarcer as time marches on – 5.3 million were built between 1983 and 1999. The most enduring 205 of all is the ...

But while there’s a huge back catalogue of French performance machinery to choose from, the country’s manufacturers are ...