Peugeot 205 GTI - Pocket Rocket - (ENG audio - NL subs)

In this video I will tell you all about the legendary Peugeot 205 GTI, while I am driving through Rotterdam. Thist video contains both the 1.9 and 1.6 version. It even shows some footage of the T16 rallycar. I will tell how they drive and some of their interesting history.
Crew:
Story line / Creative concept: Juriaan Poot
Presentation / Narrator: Juriaan Poot
Camera: Robbert Alblas
Camera assitance: Dirk Alblas
Camera car driver: Jeroen Snijers
Video editing: Robbert Alblas
Sound editing: Robbert Alblas
Subtitles: Juriaan Poot
Thanks to:
Almost Classic Cars, for borrowing their Peugeot 205 GTI 1.9
Patrick van den Boogert, for letting us use his Peugeot 205 GTI 1.6
Esseline Design, for making the beautiful stop motion intro
Location:
Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Music:
Emorie - Get Free

[@williamsmith9579]

The quality of this video is absolutely stunning. Seriously. Wow.

[@SoontobeClassics]

Thank you William! We hope to bring you another stunning video in a few weeks.

[@williamsmith9579]

@@SoontobeClassics Can't wait, keep up the amazing work! Videos about cars the audience can actually afford or might have even owned looking that good are so rare and so nice!

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[@theyoungpilot8167]

205 GTI was never designed by Pininfarina!!!!! It was a designed by Gérard welter. The only 205 designed by Pininfarina was the 205 "cabriolet"

[@SoontobeClassics]

Yes, you are right. See one of the earlier conversations.

[@theyoungpilot8167]

@@SoontobeClassics thank you! Good Video!

[@SoontobeClassics]

Thank you!

[@velocgee2874]

The video really captures the ‘spirit’ of the 205 GTi; zipping around town and what a great example of a confirmed classic.

[@SoontobeClassics]

Thanks a lot! I agree: a city is a great place to drive such a small agile car.

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[@mvdm8988]

you definitely deserve 300,000+ subs, great videography

[@SoontobeClassics]

Hi Max, thanks for the big compliment!

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[@ManishKumar-xx7ny]

This video can be watched on loop

[@thebigbowler]

The opening part in the car park was sick!!

[@SoontobeClassics]

Thank you big bowler!

[@ManishKumar-xx7ny]

This is one of my most favorite car videos

[@rodog1013]

One of the best cars ever made

[@SoontobeClassics]

I’m not sure if it was the best car, but it is pretty good indeed. And still a lot of fun!

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[@AvenueVideo]

The videography in this is incredible!!! Top Job

[@SoontobeClassics]

Thanks for the big compliment!

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[@cmr88bmx]

Great video, music, editing. Great car! I love 205 gti, I currently restore one 1.6, I'm very excited! All the best from Serbia

[@SoontobeClassics]

Thank you! Good luck with the restoration!

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[@GreatAsaf]

Immediate subscription, awesome video work and editing. And a lovely 205!

[@SoontobeClassics]

Thank you Tiago! We are working an a couple of new videos for 2019.

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[@omarliu1963]

1.9 GTI . It's a dream car . Amazing.

[@RasheedKhan-he6xx]

Excellent video! Would have been cool if you had spoken to an old geezer who knew these cars when they were current. The true 205 GTI and the only one that will be a classic is the 1.6. Honourable mention goes to the Rallye. The 1.9 was added by the marketing department to milk the phenomenal and unexpected success of the original. It was softer and, from a driver's perspective, less beautifully balanced. The 1.6 could be driven on the throttle on a razor edge of power and control, dancing like a highly trained and precise ballerina. This was what made it almost unbelievably quick. I lusted badly for one when I got my licence in 1989. But as a new driver of a car that was already a legendary 'hot hatch' I found I could just about afford the car but not the insurance! Loved your video though. Liked and subbed.

[@SoontobeClassics]

Thanks Rasheed! I got my license in 1997 and the first car I bought was a 205 GTI 1.9. The 1.6 GTI and 1.3 Rallye are phenomenal cars as well. They all have their own unique qualities.

[@RasheedKhan-he6xx]

@@SoontobeClassics wow that's a pretty cool first car. 👍

[@SoontobeClassics]

@@RasheedKhan-he6xx they were quite affordable back then... I think I bought mine for fl 2.800,- so it was even before the Euro was introduced. Nowadays that would be about € 1.270,- / £ 1.099.- / $ 1.430.-

[@RasheedKhan-he6xx]

@@SoontobeClassics Maybe one day you do a review of the Renault 5 GT Turbo II from the same period? Nothing subtle or finely balanced about that car, it was a little hooligan!

[@SoontobeClassics]

@@RasheedKhan-he6xx I really like to make a review of that car!

[@lutherblissett9070]

the production qualities are incredible! great effort!

[@imantssafronovs9245]

Stellar production.

[@SoontobeClassics]

Thank you! Hopefully you like our other videos as well.

[@subtllee]

I love the 205 gti, the pedigree behind it too... it one many pikes peak hill climb races and a lot of rallye titles too... good looking, fun to drive, and quickkk one of my fav retro hot Hatches, love it!

[@SoontobeClassics]

I agree Liam.

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[@EvilGucio]

Camera work is truly awesome, greetings from Poland and im waiting for more content!

[@SoontobeClassics]

Thank you! We are working hard on more content. Next film is planned to be released this month.

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[@iseeolly9959]

an absolute beauty!....simple and light....love French cars, I now have an old Peugeot convertible and it's is brilliant.

[@Wreck-Gar]

Excellent video 👍 A truly brilliant tribute to the GTI ❤

[@SoontobeClassics]

Thnx Daniel!

[@loveitorscrapit6673]

Great to see the hot hatch's. Thumbs up.

[@SoontobeClassics]

Thank you!

[@amnril]

Very professional video and a truly lovely car.

[@SoontobeClassics]

Thank you Neil!

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[@deneb8442]

that shot at 2:56 absolute gem

[@SoontobeClassics]

Thnx! At 2:56 the image switches from front end to back end; which one do you mean?

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[@davidpeters6536]

I had a red one in 88-90. Fab!

[@BataviaRaya]

Great videography and what a car, one of the best hot hatches ever made!!

[@SoontobeClassics]

Thank you and I agree!

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[@Murphy252000]

Absolutely mint.....

[@SoontobeClassics]

Thanks Emmet!

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[@mangodzeri18]

Im driving one 205gti 1992 1.9 with turbo charge... 250km/h in just 17,6sec.

[@mouseanalyse]

You should add a Dutch spoken audio track (voice-over) too. My son wanted to know about the car I learned to drive in, but he can’t read subtitles yet. Great video. +1 subscriber.

[@SoontobeClassics]

Thanks! Maybe I will someday. My son is also not able to read the subtitles yet. It was also my first car. And now in Dutch ;-) Dank je! Misschien ga ik dat nog een keer doen. Mijn zoon kan ook de ondertiteling nog niet lezen. Het was ook mijn eerste auto.

[@harrisonhaverly3516]

There's some video translation websites you could try using (votch.tv or similar)

[@FierrosViejosEJD]

small mistake... the re-desing by pininfarina is for a Cti.... cabrio Gti amazing and cute I had one is a really beast

[@SoontobeClassics]

Thanks for the remark. In one of the other comments I have also responded to this.

[@hywibowo8618]

Another excellent video... You always managed to catch each of the cars "soul"... Can't wait too see BX Sport of yours... Cheers from Indonesia

[@SoontobeClassics]

Thanks for the compliment!

[@gordonho5986]

WHAT AN EDIT, AND WHAT AN AWESOME CAR, AND OH GAWD, I MISS ROTTERDAM, I DID MY UNIVERSITY EXCHANGE THERE!!! 2-YEARS WITHOUT TRAVEL. THANKS COVID! :'(

[@fejest]

Thank you for the good memories and the goosebumps. :)

[@SoontobeClassics]

Thanks for you review! Hopefully we can give you goosebumps again with one of our upcoming videos ;-)

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[@fejest]

@@SoontobeClassics I LOVE IT! Thank you!

[@DigitalvideotoolsOrg]

Lovely pug

[@SoontobeClassics]

Thank you!

[@zainman1472]

i live in pakistan and i want this to be my first car, ur camera work and review makes me sooo convincong to get one with respect to how great this car is....bravo, plus I'll be getting my learning license any tips. much love

[@wozwoz-w3w]

I have owned both 205 gti and mk1 golf gti, id choose to have back my 205 anyday. In fact that lead me to purchase the 206 gti 180 RC shortly after followed by megane f1.

[@SoontobeClassics]

You’ve owned quite a few future classics! We will add a video of the regular 206 GTI within a couple of months. Hopefully we can add a video of the Golf GTI somewhere next year as well.

[@wozwoz-w3w]

@@SoontobeClassics I didnt mention my ford 100e. Sad to see her go.

[@SoontobeClassics]

I had to look that one up. That’s an extremely rare car in the Netherlands nowadays.

[@pinobluevogel6458]

A big step up from the Volvo video, overall better sound and high quality editing. You really seem to enjoy driving the car!

[@SoontobeClassics]

Hi Pino, that’s true! All these cars make me smile when I’m driving them. Volvo was the first video, so we evaluated afterwards and found ways to improve.

[@bibinthomas8433]

Wow....What a quality video..the content,making is excellent...and you got a regular visitor to your channel.

[@SoontobeClassics]

Thanks Bibin!

[@theglowingnugget7999]

Best cars ever made

[@quickdraw1216]

Great video 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾

[@SoontobeClassics]

Thank you!!

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[@djebbarzaki9316]

Ilove you 205 GTI💣💥💞

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[@Lacombeist]

Nice Video! I never comment on KZbin, but your work definitely deserve more subs! Quality content and wonderful cars! Greetings from a French Saxo VTS owner!

[@SoontobeClassics]

Merci beaucoup Thomas!! Hopefully we will get more viewers and subs, so we can keep on making these videos. We have a couple of new videos planned for 2019.

[@SoontobeClassics]

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[@RVCarCare]

Amazing videos!

[@SoontobeClassics]

Thank you very much!!

[@astapbender3767]

Hello everybody. Good video. I love 205. I build Peugeot 205 whit Xsara VTS engine and Peugeot 309 gti chassis. I am serching Peugeot 309 gti front antiroll bar 21mm or using 23mm for time attack. In my country this item dont real serch.

[@SoontobeClassics]

Try to mail Patrick van de Boogert from Boogert Compétition Automobile. He has a big network, so maybe he know someone that has the part.

[@thijs_rallye8621]

Afaik only the cabrio was designed by Pininfarina. Nice video regardless!

[@shanewarburton4064]

Always wanted one of these but never had the money hopefully some day .

[@SoontobeClassics]

They are still very desirable.

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[@sanapadsense1999]

It was not Sergio Pininfarina who designed this car but Gérard Welter.

[@49cchris]

nice city to rag round but i use to perfer the back lanes my last one was blue k reg with air con power steering last model there did think miss my little pug!!!!!!!!

[@mangodzeri18]

MY FIRST LOVE!

[@SoontobeClassics]

:-)

[@SoontobeClassics]

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[@РобертТронов]

Soon to be Classics ,Good job! Tell what camera did you use!?

[@SoontobeClassics]

Thanks for the compliment! We primarily used a Sony A7SII.

[@emiljordanov5617]

the name of the song in the background plz :D amazing video btw (im a 205 GT owner and we have a 1.9 GTI with 122 hp and automatic gearbox) :)

[@SoontobeClassics]

Hi, the awesome song in the background is "Get Free" from "Emorie". Really love it.

[@Globeglider]

The 205 wasn't designed by Pininfarina. he lost the design contest to Gerard Welter.

[@tomrogers7]

love the video. i would like a bit more interior shots otherwise great

[@SoontobeClassics]

Thanks! It seemed we more or less forgot it on the day of the shoot. We have payed more attention to it in the following video (Subaru Impreza GT Turbo 555)

[@hiiack1442]

My dad had a grey 2.0 gti

[@SoontobeClassics]

Was it a 1.9 GTI, or a car with a replaced engine? Or could it have been a 206 of 306 GTI? The 205 GTI was never officially produced with a 2-liter engine.

[@hiiack1442]

@@SoontobeClassics My bad 1.9 my autocorrect 😠

[@hiiack1442]

@@SoontobeClassics and it was a 205

[@benjamint4558]

How about a video of that quality for the Peugeot 106 ?

[@SoontobeClassics]

Hi Benjamin, maybe we will make one of my white Peugeot 106 Rallye as well. We have already filmed and will launch a video about the Citroën Saxo VTS 16V in the upcoming weeks. The Peugeot 106 will shortly be shown in it as well.

[@benjamint4558]

@@SoontobeClassics OMG can't wait for it!

[@coxbright]

A 106 Rallye video would be amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Countrysideboy247]

I would rather go for this over the tesla if i'm presented with both the cars ! And yes i would not replace the engine either !

[@NYChemicalRomance]

I want one.

[@SoontobeClassics]

Have a look at www.AlmostClassicCars.nl. There are a couple of 205 GTI's for sale on that website. LHD offcourse.

[@nerothostv]

those are sooo rare now

[@SoontobeClassics]

Yes indeed. You should check www.almostclassiccars.nl to see some totally restored examples. Go to "AANBOD". The ones with "Verkocht" are sold, but the ones which are labeled as "Verwacht" are being prepared to sell.

[@nerothostv]

Thanks! Reading the price on the site, you can already think its rare. That is alot for a 27 year old car! :)

[@SoontobeClassics]

That is true. They are rare, especially in good conidtion.

[@TheSimonhammond]

BMW the ultimate driving machine.......nah the 205, 309, 405 and 306 are you're ultimate driving machines.

[@autofiras]

Subscribed

[@SoontobeClassics]

Cool! Thnx!

[@fernandowheaton7681]

Forza brought me here

[@SoontobeClassics]

How cool is that! I'm curious to know how Forza brought you here (I als play Forza and sometimes drive the Peugeot 205 in the game).

[@vrslider]

77 overtredingen in 5:48 min knap gedaan.

[@SoontobeClassics]

Het was hard werken...

[@19Edurne]

Motor sound + music + voice? A bit much to hear the commentary at times...

[@agungsamosir1618]

206 please

[@SoontobeClassics]

A film of the 206 GTI will follow later this year. We have already shot the footage for the film, but it still has to be edited. So your wish will be granted :-)

[@Tolis-py2dc]

Please subscribe?I fuckin' did!How awsome was that video,absolutely loved it.I am gonna search your channel for more vids like that

[@thegtidottore]

Song?

[@SoontobeClassics]

Emorie - Get Free

[@thegtidottore]

Thank you 😊

[@ArnaudShanghai]

Poor quality after market sunroof ruins the car...

[@SoontobeClassics]

I think that's a bit exaggerated. These roofs were in the Dutch brochures at the time and you could have your new 205 delivered with them. In practice, they were not installed at the factory in France, but at the Dutch Peugeot importer. The roof still functioned fine and did not leak. In addition, it offered more headroom than a factory sunroof.

[@jeepwranglerpower3536]

🇧🇪❌😝💕

[@tonyhunt857]

Fast car but they was shit to own all ways something wrong with them.

[@SoontobeClassics]

Hi Tony, I think it really depended on what car you bought and for which price. I’ve owned multiple examples, all with very little problems.

[@jameslumisden5581]

Bad video

[@nnikola97]

Fantastic camera work! Very precise and 'on point' review, everything perfect! 10/10 Good job, keep it up!

[@SoontobeClassics]

Hi Nikola, thank you for your big compliment! Hopefully we can soon share the next video. The star in that video will be the Subaru Impreza 555.

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[@rorywrenn2577]

such a clean example of a 205. Video is amazing quality aswell

[@SoontobeClassics]

Thank you!!

[@SoontobeClassics]

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[@kornelis2960]

Zeer goed gemaakt filmpje, van professionele kwaliteit!

[@Lucas17fr]

The 205 GTI wasn’t designed by Pininfarina but by the Peugeot design team (directed at the time by Gérard Welter), Pininfarina only designed the 205 cabriolet...

[@SoontobeClassics]

Hi Lucas, I'm afraid you're right. I thought I knew Pininfarina was the designer but I was wrong. This confusion seems to happen to various persons very often. I have done some research yesterday and today. I have looked up information on the internet and in books I have about the 205. It seems that in 1977 Peugeot asked two design teams to make a design study for the 205. One team being its own Peugeot design team and the other being the design team of Pininfarina. The designs that were first made by both teams were considered to be too conservative and not original enough. After that the Peugeot design team quickly made a completely new design and that design ended up becoming the Peugeot 205 we now all now. Eventually Pininfarina designed the cabriolet version of the Peugeot 205.

[@SoontobeClassics]

The English Wikipedia article about the Peugeot 205 even mentions: "The styling of the 205 is often thought to be a Pininfarina design, although Gerard Welter claims it as an in-house design; Pininfarina only styled the Cabriolet." - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peugeot_205 The article also refers to a famous car journalist that made the same mistake as I did: www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/4755873/Keeping-track-I-knew-that.-Or-did-I.html

[@ManishKumar-xx7ny]

This is a masterpiece❤️

[@markkelly5566]

What a cracking vid 👌🏻

[@simonh1791]

Right. Im selling my modern piece of shit and buying one of these gems. Edit: after a loan.

[@SoontobeClassics]

If you're getting a loan anyway; keep that modern piece of shit for rainy days and rush hour. Buy the 205 for the drives when you can actually enjoy it ;-)

[@Roadmantics]

Está muy bien producido y tienes planos en movimiento muy dinámicos. Buen trabajo ;)

[@SoontobeClassics]

Muchas gracias

[@kristofn97]

Absolutely amazing machine in such a good quality video. Keep up the good work.

[@SoontobeClassics]

Thank you! It’s an amazing car indeed. We have almost finished the next video: Subaru Impreza 555. So stay tuned!

[@kristofn97]

Soon to be Classics No way! The 205 and the Imreza are my all time favorite cars. I am so excited about it. You guys are awesome! Cheers from Hungary. :D

[@SoontobeClassics]

What a coincidence! Blue with golden wheels as well?

[@kristofn97]

Oh, yes!! :D

[@SoontobeClassics]

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[@messoussiahmed9910]

I'm french and it's a first time i see this icon in an american movie great job

[@candelaresifabien2466]

BEST VIDEO !! love the 205 GTI the mythe !!!

[@SoontobeClassics]

Thanks Fabien!!

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[@ahmedkareem3601]

Is it fwd or rwd ?

[@SoontobeClassics]

Hi Ahmed, it is FWD. But in corners it sometimes handles like a RWD with the back end making small steps to tighten the corner.

[@akmuobate]

That's some proper GTI driving!

[@MatanEyal96]

I wouldn't call it a "pocket" rocket, they are relatively expensive nowdays... And very rare

[@SoontobeClassics]

I've found this applicable definition of a pocket rocket: "A pocket rocket is an extremely tiny vehicle which is requiring the parking space of the size of a handkerchief, loaded with way more power than any rational thinker would expect it to deliver." The 205 GTI is bigger than an original Mini Cooper or Abarth 500, but with a total length of 3,7 meters (12 ft) it's still a relatively small car in relation to its performance.

[@MatanEyal96]

@@SoontobeClassics oh my bad, i thought it refers to a fast but cheap car to buy and maintain. Thanks for the correction!

[@SoontobeClassics]

Matan Eyal no worries

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[@escort197]

I hope you make more videos

[@SoontobeClassics]

Thank you! We have planned a couple of videos for 2019. Unfortunately budget is tight and making them is expensive. So hopefully we get more viewers, likes and subscribers. That would make it a lot easier to finance the production of the videos in the future.

[@escort197]

@@SoontobeClassics Good Luck!

[@THEPRINCEKONSTANTINE]

what the hell man. how do you make these videos. no wonder why I dont have subs

[@SoontobeClassics]

I'll take that as a compliment ;-) It takes effort, time, money and patience to get to this level. You make nice videos yourself as well. Funny when you speak to the cop and show a donut afterwards :-)

[@THEPRINCEKONSTANTINE]

@@SoontobeClassics you absolutely should! and I thoroughly appreciate that! I hope to see you with 10x subs someday, with a little more myself😁

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[@49cchris]

owned nine 205 gti's i had the pug bug!! still have i love them cars so much!!!! wish never sold my last one now as gone up in price so now have the 106 quiksliver gti 16v

[@petitpanierdosier3206]

Mindblowing

[@SoontobeClassics]

:-) Thank you very much!

[@spilner959]

Tyres are not wider on a 1.9. Good video!

[@SoontobeClassics]

Thanks for the compliment. You are right about the tyre width. They are standard 185 on both versions. They look wider on the 1.9 however, because the 1.9 stands on 15 inch rims instead of 14 inch rims... Several 1.9 owners have placed 195 tyres on the standard rims.

[@bingoberra18]

Fun channel, looking forward to more soon to be classics!

[@SoontobeClassics]

Thnx! We have just filmed the Subaru Impreza 555. So hopefully we can share a new video soon.

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[@JaranDalsbo]

What i would do to own one of these :)

[@SoontobeClassics]

Maybe you could just start with a shirt or a coffee mug ;-) teespring.com/nl/new-pocket-rocket

[@49cchris]

so cool the start ov the vid someone that knows how to drive one!

[@NZotyoka81]

I will always regret to did not buy one when it was dirt cheap. Today if you want a nice one you have to pay at least €20k. That car was my teenage dream a red or a white 1.9 gti with tinted glasses. I was never into the gti golfs or vti civics but this car was always a head turner for me.

[@SoontobeClassics]

I agree. You should have bought a lot of them when they were cheap and then put them away in a warehouse. The first one I bought many years ago, was a white one for about 1.300 euros...

[@faustuz6253]

My mom bought one for €1200, like 7 or more years ago. Still in the family. And in about 2 months, i can drive it myself finally!

[@SoontobeClassics]

You are a lucky man! But be careful when it rains! The back can flip easily when you brake in a corner. The first thing I advise you is investing in a good set of tyres. My first car was also a 205 GTI and I totalled it when I had to brake in a wet corner. Probably I would have been able to keep it on the road when I had replaced the tyres by high quality tyres.

[@faustuz6253]

Soon to be Classics Thanks for the advice. I will look into it. Sucks that you totaled it man.

[@SoontobeClassics]

For 11k you will get an OK 205 GTI 1.9 in France. But if you want a really good one, you will probably have to pay more than 17.5k. Even in France.

[@motodenta]

1.9 engines are lazy one ! 1.6 engines are more sharper due to better connecting rod ratio. basicaly the block is the same bore for all 1.6(XU5) 1.9(XU9) and later 1.8(XU7) PSA engines. the XU9 aka 1.9 nick name is lazy cause it has worse connecting rod ratio and hesitate to rev by law of physic and pug dicky design. the MI16 conversion was one the best in my idea which mean swamping 1.9 16V engine from pug 405 mi16 or citroen XM with 160 hp. some crazy swap had V6 32 valve engine or even double MI16 one in front and one in back. or using T16 from 405 with 220 hp turbo. personally I would use GTI 6 engine from 306 which has best design OR for city use just a simple XU7 16V which has 110 hp BUT it loves to rev. the XU5 and XU7 and XU9 has alumium block where as the XU10 has cast iron block ( GTI6)