Right, it's 1985, & you've just won on Littlewoods Pools... - Page 4

Mick the cabbie · 26-11-10, 01:13 PM

In 1985, my local family run Peugeot dealer imported the very first 205 turbo 16 into the uk. I seem to remember it was initially up for sale at 26k.
It sat on display in his showroom for the next two years. The price kept creeping up and it eventually sold during 1987 for approx 40k

The bug has never gone away and I'd still love one of these now. Am seriously considering selling all of my toys sometime in the not too distant future to fund buying one... My only reservation being that in standard road spec, they're not astonishingly quick. 0-60 being around the 6sec mark (although being sat in the passanger seat at the tender age of 15 back in 1985, it felt very quick!!)

Isimmo · 26-11-10, 01:35 PM

Awesome (or shocking) I'm amazed they sold one, let alone 200. Look at the finish on that 'B' post...

Mick the cabbie · 26-11-10, 01:54 PM

Spot welds clearly in view there. Although to be fair, the build quality of all 1980's Peugeot's leaves a little to be desired.
These cars do have a very kit car-ish / one-off / hand built quality about them as thats essentially what they were. Most of the group B cars are the same in that respect..

john johnson · 26-11-10, 02:08 PM

you wanna see the build quality of the rs200.....mind you i am not surprised one or two were finished with three wheels

ZermattGT · 26-11-10, 02:44 PM

Had to do a little homework on this question.
25k British Pounds in 1985 would have been about 32K USD.

So....one of these, likely fall in that range.

Scirocco (all options) , The Mitsubishi Starion/Conquest, or the controvertial Mustang SVO ( 4cyl. turbo)

Martc · 26-11-10, 02:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by john johnson

you wanna see the build quality of the rs200.....mind you i am not surprised one or two were finished with three wheels

Not suprised there was the legend of the 3 door cortina that went all the way down the line at Dagenham only to be spotted at quality control

(2 door panel one side, 1 door panel the other!)

Kenquattro · 26-11-10, 03:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Martc

Not suprised there was the legend of the 3 door cortina that went all the way down the line at Dagenham only to be spotted at quality control

(2 door panel one side, 1 door panel the other!)

They were even worse at Halewood.

Micky · 26-11-10, 04:54 PM

this

a jag xjs v12

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C181899/

Kenquattro · 26-11-10, 04:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Micky

this

a jag xjs v12

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C181899/

I have a bit of a thing for the early XJS, as seen in 'Return Of The Saint' with the early alloys. The same with the very early Porsche 928s (There was a very nice silver 1978 928 at the NEC the other week). I think they looked worse as they got facelifted/updated.

Micky · 26-11-10, 05:19 PM

this was my mates

when i drove it i had more looks than any other car i have owned

26-11-10, 01:35 PM	#32
Isimmo 4 ring whore! Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Sissix-by-the-sea Posts: 15,218	Awesome (or shocking) I'm amazed they sold one, let alone 200. Look at the finish on that 'B' post... __________________ 1985 WR quattro, 1985 20vT RallyRep, 1993 MTM ABY S2 Avant. 2010 S3 Sportback.

26-11-10, 02:08 PM	#34
john johnson Moderator of sausages Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: sheffield Posts: 13,331	you wanna see the build quality of the rs200.....mind you i am not surprised one or two were finished with three wheels __________________ Mr OCD http://s159.photobucket.com/albums/t144/jsquatts/ Daily rs4 b7 with buckets that play havoc with my piles And if you are reading this as James may would say ' you're a cock '

26-11-10, 01:13 PM	#31
Mick the cabbie Grown up member Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 146	In 1985, my local family run Peugeot dealer imported the very first 205 turbo 16 into the uk. I seem to remember it was initially up for sale at 26k. It sat on display in his showroom for the next two years. The price kept creeping up and it eventually sold during 1987 for approx 40k The bug has never gone away and I'd still love one of these now. Am seriously considering selling all of my toys sometime in the not too distant future to fund buying one... My only reservation being that in standard road spec, they're not astonishingly quick. 0-60 being around the 6sec mark (although being sat in the passanger seat at the tender age of 15 back in 1985, it felt very quick!!)

26-11-10, 01:54 PM	#33
Mick the cabbie Grown up member Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 146	Spot welds clearly in view there. Although to be fair, the build quality of all 1980's Peugeot's leaves a little to be desired. These cars do have a very kit car-ish / one-off / hand built quality about them as thats essentially what they were. Most of the group B cars are the same in that respect..

26-11-10, 04:54 PM	#38
Micky Mr Fifty Thousand! Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Birmingham Posts: 8,738	this a jag xjs v12 http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C181899/

26-11-10, 05:19 PM	#40
Micky Mr Fifty Thousand! Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Birmingham Posts: 8,738	this was my mates when i drove it i had more looks than any other car i have owned