1987 Peugeot 205 xs review from UK and Ireland

Water cooling pipe to the carb split.

Drive shafts lasted less than 12 months, when modified.

I bought the car from a lady who had it from new for £300 taxed and MOT.

I liked these cars as I used to work for Peugeot main dealer.

It is a cheap to run and insure.

I would get 100 miles to £10 of fuel, driven hard round town and 110+ on the motorway.

It's quite nippy standard, just 1/2 a second slower to 60 than a 1.6Gti. This is due to a lot less weight than the Gti, shorter ratio gearbox and a alloy block engine.

I put a race exhaust on it. Custom modified induction kit and a high lift cam.

This didn't affect the fuel economy of reliability, but it improved the acceleration a lot.

Power was up from 85Bhp to 105Bhp.

The only thing with more power was the driveshafts would go every 6 to 12 months.

Only cost me about £200 each year to get it through it's MOT, due to the driveshafts.

I sold it to a race team.