Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 Rally

The 205 turbo 16 is peugeot s group b world rally championship machine.

Peugeot 205 turbo 16 rally. A photograph showing the 200 cars was famously rumored to be a fake. While both the name and looks indicate that it s a 205 the race version is a completely different beast on the inside. Peugeot s first victory with the 205 turbo 16 was in the 1000 lakes rally. Vatanen lead 31 out of 51 ss and proved that the new 4wd torque split system used in the machine was performing well.

Share to homologate the 205 t16 turbo 16 in france group b rally car peugeot had to produce 200 road going examples. The production car s rear seats were ripped out and replace by a 1 8 liter dohc turbocharged inline 4 that pumps out around 345 bhp to all four wheels. The road variants shared the transverse mid engine four wheel drive layout of the rally car but had much less power at around 406 ps 299 kw. Models were constructed using modified bodyshells from 205 gtis that were mated onto a mid engine all wheel drive platform.