1996 Peugeot 106 GTi review from UK and Ireland

Middle pipe of the exhaust where the cat joins on snapped at 36,000.

This car is the best car that I have ever owned, it's so much fun to drive. The only thing that I will say about this car though is that it does not pull as well in 5th gear as all of the other's. I find that you have to take it near to the red line in 4th to get the similar pull in 5th. I have owned the car now for 8 months and have enjoyed driving it, for some reason the car makes you want to go faster. The handling of the car is amazing as long as you can afford to pay for the tyres, this is a problem as the sides tend to wear down a bit quick if you corner hard. I have put my car up against a lot of other GTI's and the 106 comes out on top in most cases. One problem with the car that I found being quite tall 6.2" is that the roof is quite low and you need to have the seat leaned back further than you would normally. The car is a nice car to drive and if the back end does come out it is very easy just to whip back in again and recover the situation. If you are looking at getting one of these cars I would strongly recommend it, Even Jeremy Clarkson rated it his 3rd favorite car just under the 355 ferrari because it was so much fun to drive. Recommended. Check the oil regular as it goes through the oil quicker than normal cars and also get a performance air filter as you will notice quite a lot of difference in the power.

Barry Robinson.