Uma kukhona izimoto ezingadingi isingeniso, i IPeugeot 205 GTI ungomunye wabo. Ngonyaka odlule, "i-pocket-rocket" yesiFulentshi yavotelwa izincwadi ezimbili zaseBrithani - i-Autocar ne-Pistonheads - "njenge-hot hatch" engcono kakhulu eyake yaba khona, okusho okuningi mayelana nokuthandwa kwayo emhlabeni jikelele.
Ngakho-ke akumangazi ukuthi kunenqwaba yabalandeli abafuna ukumbona ebuyela endleleni, mhlawumbe ohlelweni olukhethekile. Ngisho nabakwaPeugeot uqobo, okwamanje bagxile kakhulu ekukhuleni kwabo emhlabeni kunasekuthuthukisweni kwemoto entsha yezemidlalo, benze iphuzu lokukhumbula i-205 GTI muva nje, kanye ne-GTiPowers.
IsiFulentshi Gilles Vidal , umqondisi wedizayini kwa-Peugeot futhi ophethe izindawo okuyiwa kuzo i-Peugeot Design Lab, muva nje wabelane ngezithombe ezithile “ze-205 GTI yesikhathi esizayo”, ukuhunyushwa kabusha kwemodeli yokuqala.
Kodwa ngaphambi kokuthi baqale ukuphakamisa okulindelweyo, kufanele kuthiwe lokhu kuwumsebenzi wokuklama - abafana bakwaPeugeot Design Lab nabo banelungelo… - hhayi iphrojekthi yemoto yezemidlalo entsha - hlola izinhlelo zakwaPeugeot zesikhathi esizayo esiseduze.
I-Peugeot 205 GTI yasekuqaleni yethulwa ngo-1984, inenjini engu-1.6 enamandla amahhashi angu-105. Kamuva, kwaphuma izinguqulo ezingu-1.9 GTI ngisho ne-CTI (ikhabethe eliklanywe u-Pininfarina), elihlale lifiswa kakhulu.
Manje njengoba sekuqala ukuqagela, uma le nguqulo elinganiselwe ye-Peugeot 205 GTI ingenzeka, kwazi bani, ifike ihlomele injini engu-1.6 THP enamandla angu-208 hp kanye no-300 Nm ye-208 GTI yamanje. Ayikwazanga, ayikwazanga iPeugeot?
