Auto Express proclaim return of 205GTi

[farrendahl]

Okay I know I shouldn't read it, the magazine that is home to "Our exclusive picture that the art department knocked up indicates what we think the next blah blah blah GTXI ferret edition looks like" but, and this is a big but, if the car that Peugeot gives us ends up even slightly resembling this picture I could be tempted. Thoughts? Random French Bashing? etc etc etc

[Negative Creep]

It's Auto Express, therefore as believable as the front cover of the Daily Sport

[LuS1fer]

As small and agile as a rhino and about as elegant.

[Bizzle]

When it's in Autocar, i'll take notice.

[farrendahl]

LuS1fer said:

As small and agile as a rhino and about as elegant.

I guess however part of me quite desperately wants Peugeot to make good and finally after god knows how long give us all a genuinely good car. I know a lot of people (including my other half - but this it the man who drives a A-Class so that says it all) rate the RCZ but after seeing a couple in the flesh it certainly doesn't make me have an instant WANT reaction.

[Marf]

[powwerr]

Marf said:

+ 4 gazillion

[DannyVTS]

More than likely 208cc concept

Cupid Stunts

They can't make another tin can, the time has gone

[Bill]

LuS1fer said:

As small and agile as a rhino and about as elegant.

Aside from the badge does it have (alledgedly, this is Auto Express) anything in common with the 205?

[clonmult]

powwerr said:

Marf said:

+ 4 gazillion

There's not enough vom in the world to cover this "thing".

Designers really are tending to go completely and utterly the wrong way with design.

The 205 was a sublime design, this is the polar opposite.

[Mr2Mike]

Not a bad looking car compared to the tediously bland blobs that are modern Peugeots. Hardly a 205 GTi replacement though, it's a 2 door coupe rather than a small, practical hatchback.

[flingstam]

Don't Auto Express or Autocar proclaim the return of the 205 GTi every year with every new small Peugeot? It's getting rather irksome, to be honest. Peugeot will never again design a car as light, agile and snappy as the 205. Get over it.

[LuS1fer]

Call it an Ocelot (Panther, Wildcat, Bobcat etc) and market it as a replacement for the old Ford Puma and it would have a better chance.

Labelling it a 205GTI will
(a) crap on their heritage and iconicity and
(b) raise unreasonable expecttations to be dashed.

I always wanted them to market a small coupe based on the flyweight AX. That would have been fun.

[farrendahl]

clonmult said:

powwerr said:

Marf said:

+ 4 gazillion

There's not enough vom in the world to cover this "thing".

Designers really are tending to go completely and utterly the wrong way with design.

The 205 was a sublime design, this is the polar opposite.

I did have to chuckle when the article states that Peugeot want to get their standing back as "design leaders"

Also just to clarify with regards to me being tempted by it, I would be expecting a production version to be a little less....flouncy shall we say. I guess what I'm tempted more by is the promise of a 2 seater coupe with fantastic handling and a bit of oomph to it

[KenBlocksPants]

Do you reckon it will be:

RWD
Stripped out
2.0 Turbo or V6
Super light weight and chuckable
none of the above

[bigweb]

It looks a lot like that Renault Wind thing but with a fixed roof.

[Marf]

KenBlocksPants said:

Do you reckon it will be:

RWD
Stripped out
2.0 Turbo or V6
Super light weight and chuckable
none of the above

It'll be an RCZ with a different body.

[NiceCupOfTea]

Agree with the others. I don't see Peugeot producing anything other than dull lardy diesels with woolly handling.

[trickywoo]

I thought that style of swage line went out with the TR7.

Horrid.

[clonmult]

trickywoo said:

I thought that style of swage line went out with the TR7.

Horrid.

Scary thought, the TR7 possibly even looked better.