The most enduring 205 of all is the 205 GTI, a two-door performance variant shaped in-house by Peugeot’s head of design Gerard Welter and his team. Around 333,000 GTIs were built. Highly praised at ...

With the introduction of the 1.9-litre GTI in 1987, the 205 took on a much more grown-up attitude, with significantly more punch than before. The smaller-engined and stripped out Rallye models ...

With its red paint almost glowing in the supernaturally clear light, the 205 GTI 1.9 looks so perfect it feels like I’ve stepped into a Peugeot brochure shoot, circa 1988. Up close, the ...