1989 Peugeot 205 GR from Norway - Comments

Nothing out of the ordinary.

Driveshaft on one side (180,000km).

The car is the best cars you can own if you look at petrol consumpsion, part prices, reliability and things like that. The car can hit 60 miles an hour (100 km/h) in 10 seconds! We tried the top speed (in Germany) and 105 mph(180 km/h) was no problem!

No rust at all (after 12 years with Norwegian roads). The original rust treatment is absolutely perfect.

Great car to drive to work with! It starts every day. Buy one now, take good care of it and save money! You will never regret it.

I've got a GR (carb version), but with slight modifications. The GR has the same engine as an XS except a smaller carb and longer gear ratios. I changed the carb to one off an XS which makes for a much quicker car, plus lower revs while going down motorways (about 3000 something rpm at 90mph). It pegs off the speedo at over 110mph no problem - going well past that by reconing from the rev counter I added.

Agree with the car's good handling.

Had to get the gearbox reconditioned, new starter motor, driveshafts are in need of replacement..

I have a GR for my first car, 0-60mph really is in 10 secs, 105mph with four people, no modifications as yet but with 1.9 GTi (15") alloys on it!

With standard wheels and a heavy foot watch out, a lot of rubber gets left behind.

Want to put an XS carb on after reading others comments.

Problems - Handbrake needs regular tightening :>

I've also got a 205GR (1990) with the 1.4 engine. Your top speed with 4 people is a bit optimistic - there's a 3 mile dead straight road not far from me and mine only touches 100mph. Only 70,000 miles, full Pug service history! What's wrong with it??

Brilliant handling, slingshot acceleration up to 80 mph and 40mpg. Unbeatable!!!

My pug is a 1.4 GR (g) standard. It's very nippy. I get some strange looks when I approach motorways, it's quicker than it looks.

I love it. 62k now. Paid £850 cash.

Fitting an XS carb soon, from what I've read from previous comments. Buy one!!!

Any leaky footwells (lift bonnet and fill punch holes in), it worked for me! Won't hurt either to fill the windscreen rubbers with a good waterproof filler!!!

My first car was a 205 GR and I must say it is a good car. It handles well and yes, you can get 10 sec 0-60 and 105 MPH on a good day (136 000 miles)!

I now drive a Clio RSi 1.8 which is a fast car, but it helps me appreciate how quick the 205 was for its size...

All in all a 205 GR is a good first car, easy to work on and reasonably quick. Stick some 1.9GTi wheels on it and you will never leave the road. Top marks.

PS... whoever added the review saying that the XS carb gives a higher speed at lower revs... I suggest you think about that.. the relationship between RPM and MPH is down to the gear ratio, not horsepower.. even if you managed to get 1000BHP out of the 1.4 power plant, that ratio wouldn't change.

I have a peugeot 205 gr and it is one of the fastest things I have ever driven I rekon that I could do 0-60 in under 10 seconds, and the top speed, well, I have had it off the clock easy.

I have a 205 gr with xs carb with bigger jets and want to no if I need the choke it runs, but I don't no if I need it.

My car is funky.

It's a 205, the seats were poor so I added leather interior stuff.

I could use like a paint job like.

Managed to scare my friends half to death with the nippyness.

0-62 in 10sec is pushing it though like.

Brakes are dodgy when car is full, but it means I can go faster.

I've got a 205 GR from 1990 and as crazy as it sounds, being only 1.1 litre engine (and not the 1.4),it really makes 0-100km/h in under those 10 seconds, and it does go off the clock even with four people on it (supposedly reaches 190 km/h), but my favorite feature is it's crazy 2nd gear that strethes up to 100km/h. I love that junk.

Hi, I've just recently got a Peugeot 205 GR '88 E reg. It's my first car and I'm just wondering how easy it is to fit a new carb (for an XS one)??

After lots of Citroen AXs, including some GTs, I'm now driving a 205 GR 1.4. It's 75hp, which is the same motor as one of the AX GTs I had (Citroen also do a 85hp, and a 100hp GT variants all using the TU engine). The above poster with the 1.1 saying 100mph no problem is unlikely as the specs for the 50hp 1.1 give 92mph as the top speed, the 1.4 having 25hp more, being 50% more, than the 1.1 GR.

So, I like the ride of the 205 after Citroen AX, still getting used to the steering quirks. Braking is like the AX and very average, cornering and suspension seem better than the AX, I think the wheelbase is wider?? The torquey motor is awesome to drive hard around the corners and accelerating off without the need to stay high in the rev range. The AX being lighter with lower CD is faster, but the 205 has something extra in the gear changing and cornering. Looks good.