Old Top Gear 1989 Peugeot 405 Road Test

[@MrTommeo]

This is Peugeot 605, not 405 !!!

[@tiadaid]

For a late 1980s car, the 605 sure look timeless.

[@Georgeous153]

As with everyone else I clicked on hoping for a 405 review but wasn't too disappointed when the 605 popped up. They really were some piece of kit, can't believe it had a 'sport' suspension button back in 89' My dads 407 coupe has a 'sport' suspension button and we thought it was some job for modern day lol. Not that its ever used like, you buy big peugeots for their ride and comfort. You want rock hard suspension and cornering go German lol

[@handasho8304]

Timeless model

[@reconforsales7708]

amazing cars- best cars ever made

[@pattYong]

Peugeot 605

[@TheKenjoje]

he said - three-door booted saloon - haha there is no such a thing

[@35300fougeres]

no 405 c est une 605

[@666rivnat]

Oh for the days when mainstream manufacturers made big exec cars

[@abbrag1]

In the cover photo, I wonder why 405 is look so larger room than I ever saw.

[@paulanderson79]

Because this video is incorrectly title. This is a Peugeot 605.

[@alfamonk]

SV24..always liked the look of this car..not that quick but looked cool..

[@TheGalacticEmperorOfLabels]

I always liked the 605 as a kid. If I'd been older, I'd have loved to have driven one - as a company car, though, since they depreciated like falling girders, as with most big French cars.

[@amopastorcanadense]

in brazil,a Peugeot 407 is almost cheaper(actually it is because nobody will buy it) than a Peugeot 206 from same year....

[@anthonyperkins7556]

It was a lovely car

[@brandoncrosbie8214]

I wonder how many of you people who say it is a shit car have ever actually driven or owned one?

[@VolvoMarkku]

Who has made the ”new Peugeot 605” in the beginning? It’s not in the original version. Btw, this is 605 and not 405!

[@Diesel8290]

Back when cars where good and made to last :) everything's computer controlled shit now especially Peugeot!

[@Barbwire367]

...and now I know why the old top gear went off the air.

[@manologallocalvo3748]

El 405 es el mejor carro tiene mucho punche donde balla su motor es inmortal

[@warren6815]

That armrest doesn't appear all that complicated....

[@whoohaaXL]

Hey! It's a....Oh wait, not less than 3 people have already told you...

[@boxstersjm69u]

No wonder 405 looks good as it is a designer's car.

[@paulanderson79]

This is a Peugeot 605. Not a 405.

[@simonmaasvolvo]

nice, except it's a peugeot 605 instead of a 405 of cource ;)

[@vvf97]

the chip is going to break down

[@AlexGreenwoodUkulele]

I'f anyone was intelligent, they can hear that it's a freaking 605.I've got a 405 GLD and it looks nothing like this hunk of crap

[@Salman-sc8gr]

What nonsense, 605 is a brilliant car.

[@lostwill86]

@choirboy1990 i know of several of these with 250,000 miles on the clock as does my 405, 306, and xantia

[@jasoncarpp7742]

I think this was the last model Peugeot sold here in the USA before they backed out.

[@pablogaray18]

Es como el 405 SRI que llegaba a Argentina pero acá no llegaba con esas butacas ni ese motor . Tenía un 2.0 . También tenía otras llantas muy lindas pero no esas . Si llegaba el 406 y 605

[@thihal123]

This is the 605, not the 405?

[@yuzhen87]

this video, car model 605.. not model 405...something wrong some where......

[@josephshaw5225]

Private buyers of the 605 (I think there were at least 2) lost thousands in instant depreciation as they drove their new car off the forecourt. I think that's why mainstream manufacturers don't bother with big barges any more.

[@Samspianopage]

Probably more because of the snob appeal and supposed prestige factor of the likes of say BMW, Mercedes, Audi and Jaguar. Not saying they were bad, had BMW's and Merc's in the family and they were all excellent. However if you judged a car on what it was like on it's own and weren't bothered by the badge on the front, then the 605, the XM ,the Lancia Thema , Saab 9000 ,the Alfa 164 and the Renault 25 were all very competent big barges in their own right. Couple of minor electrical and nit picky things maybe with each but as I say they were all very unique machines. Each had it's own distinct character (especially the Citroen and Alfa), hell everybody had Beemers and Audi's, there were very few adventurous buggers out there who took a gamble and hence why the depreciation was soo high, oh aye play it safe and go with a German big car. In Continental Europe they might've been more popular I dunno. As for the US, I think it was just Peugeot couldn't stand up well being a smaller manufacturer than say GM or Chrysler, but I've seen good reviews from Motorweek of the 505 and stuff. Plus they never launched the 205 or any Citroen other than the Ancient but still quirky and fun to drive 2CV, the 205 was probably way too small for American driver's tastes Peugeot figured, and Citroen didn't have a great dealer network either, so even though I think they sold the revolutionary DS in the US people just didn't quite get the French over there. Even Renault didn't succeed much with the Le Car (their version of the 5) or the AMC Aliance or the Feugo. Winnebago even tried to use Renault's J8S 2.1 Diesel engine and running gear for the LeSharro motorhome, dunno if they sold many because of the availability of parts and the reliability might've been an issue with some things (certainly not the engine LOL) I dunno.

[@07wmtc]

Do you know why? First of all, pretty much all brand new cars lose value once they leave the showroom. About the 605 and the Citroen XM which belongs to the same group, the first years production cars had a ton of reliability issues, PSA wanted to launch those cars way too quick, without doing a ton of testing, to counter the competitors. I know some customers who had those cars, and they replaced them by their German competitors. The models produced from 1995 till 1999 I believe, were sorted out, all the previous reliabilty issues were solved, but it was too late, to change the reputation.

[@AlexiaVon]

I hope he put the ECU cover back on properly, if that let's water in it's fcked! And they all did.

[@andyt8216]

As per the comments, it is a 605 not a 405. Why in the last TEN years have you had time to correct this?!

[@fiqhanaja2019]

1:53 SV

[@barabaspolo]

that wiring in the ecu looks fucking dodgy

[@peugeotCitroen2CV]

thats the wrong title its a 605 not 405

[@bojanstojanovic5465]

This is 605.

[@NOURDINE-dh7ky]

ok

[@kasoyne]

Это 605 Пыж а не 405!

[@Salman-sc8gr]

Correct your title to 605.

[@danialmotamedi5476]

Its like persia

[@re-animatorre-animator9671]

Good car unless you've ever had to change a rear wheel bearing

[@UnRoman111]

605....

[@nnyjoh]

not 405 but 605. for not being corrected, i click thumb down.

[@adrianramirofernandez1574]

No es 405, es 406

[@pablogaray18]

Si es más parecido al 406 la verdad me generó mucha confusión. Hoy justamente encontré un 405 1998 con 154.000 km en muy buen estado. La llanta de auxilio con la cubierta original . 1.9 diésel sin turbo. Una belleza pero ni parecido a este del video. Al menos no en argentina .

[@livc44411]

an excellent car completely let down by its rubbish electronic,what a waste.

[@Signal6000]

Worst car ever

[@joseantonioperezrodriguez7176]

No tienes ni puta idea de coches eso es un 605 no engañes ala jente.

[@nicolasherbel260]

Tenés razón aparte el 405 es más moderno y elegante