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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0><script> (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){ (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o), m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m) })(window,document,'script','//www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga'); ga('create', 'UA-47423994-1', 'fortunecity.ws'); ga('send', 'pageview'); </script> <center> <br> <div> <script language="javascript" type="text/javascript" src="http://ad.broadcaststation.net/ads/show_ad.php?width=728&height=90"></script> </div> </center> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=168 BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF" background="041a11c3.gif"> <div> About the car</div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#99CC00" FACE="Arial" ><B>My 206 GT Grand Tourisme Site</B></FONT>     <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#CCCC66" FACE="Arial" >|   <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="My 206 GT Grand Tourisme Site"><U><B>home</B></U></A></FONT></div> <div> <B>About the car</B><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id18.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Me and my family"><U>Me and my family</U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Technical Data"><U>Technical Data</U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id20.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="My Favorites"><U>My Favorites</U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id21.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="My Hobbies"><U>My Hobbies</U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id22.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Favorite Links"><U>Favorite Links</U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id23.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Me"><U>Contact Me</U></A></div> <div> <IMG SRC="040f4010.gif" border=0 width="500" height="1" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> About the car</div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="06677d70.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="215" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> The 206 GT is a `homologation special', a car that Peugeot had to build 2500 examples of to make their current rally car legal to compete. With the competition rules stating that the rally car had to be based on a road going car and also be at least 4000mm long, Peugeot had a problem. The 206 model they wished to campaign with was slightly too short. The 206 GT is the answer. The race car's dramatic and purposeful front and rear bumpers were fitted, adding 170mm to the standard 206's 3830mm overall length. 3830 plus 170? You do the maths. </div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="061407f0.jpg" border=0 width="576" height="383" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> Viewed from the front, the 206 GT's huge front spoiler gives it genuine overtaking presence. Drivers who would shrug off attempts to pass from a standard 206 GTi are spooked into submission by the huge air intakes and wheel arch extensions looming into their rear-view mirror. </div> <div> Still, the 206 GT benefits from other cosmetic improvements apart from that bodykit. In order to fill those extended wheel arches, a set of mean nine-spoke 16" alloy wheels give the car a squat, four-square appearance. There's no yawning space of wheel arch visible, like on so many `warm' hatches. With its 45-series tyres, the 206 GT looks like it's wasted on anything other than a Corsican tarmac rally stage. Other competition cues are also evident - like the machined aluminium fuel filler cap and a special numbered plaque on the door pillar to guarantee authenticity. The car is also available in any colour as long as it's silver - to match the 206 rally car's livery. </div> <div> Indoors, it's the same story. Metal-framed instruments, sports seats, a chunky three-spoke steering wheel, drilled bare metal pedals and an aluminium gear knob serve to remind you of the GT's motorsport pretensions. Otherwise there's that familiar 206 feel. The car feels wide, and the base of the windscreen is a long way distant. It's almost like sitting at the wheel of a racy little MPV. </div> <div> As many a keen driver knows, weight is the enemy of performance - and so it is here. As with the standard 206 GTi, the 206 GT's portly stance - 1050kg to be exact - takes its toll on the power-to-weight ratio; 130bhp per tonne as opposed to 143bhp per tonne for the old 205 GTi 1.9 back in 1986. Fortunately however, engine technology has moved on plenty since then, more than compensating for the latest car's ample girth. </div> <div> The 147bhp 2.0-litre 16-valve engine is good in this application for rest to sixty in 7.2s on the way to 135mph. Better than the bare figures however, is the pulling power it offers through the gears, almost 10% better than that of the 306 GTi-6, itself no slouch in the overtaking stakes. Sheer power, however, isn't what a real GTi is all about. No, what matters are the tree-lined twisty bits - which is where this 206 excels. As you'd expect from a Peugeot, ride and handling are genuinely impressive due to the carefully chosen spring and damper rates and large anti-roll bars. </div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="06340840.jpg" border=0 width="576" height="388" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>