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27/09/2012

208 Type R5 : The new competition wildcat

After the 208 R2, Peugeot Sport is opening a new chapter in the sports variants of the 208, and not least with the 208 Type R5. A true ‘competition wildcat’, it will replace the 207 Super 2000, benchmark of the S2000 category as much for its technical performance as for its sporting and commercial performance.
13/01/2011

Rallye Monte-Carlo 2011

Peugeot's long-standing passion for the Rallye Monte-Carlo has produced some of the event's most memorable moments, including the incredible fight-back of Ari Vatanen who overturned an eight-minute time-penalty incurred while leading the 1985 event to clinch the win in his Peugeot 205 Turbo 16. More recently, in 2009, the 207 S2000 ...

02/12/2010

Stories of challenges

Jean-Louis Loubet: "Peugeot enjoys competition, and it enjoys motorsport. To see that, you only have to look back at the result of the first motor race in history – the 1984 Paris-Rouen – which was won by a Peugeot. The following year, Peugeot went on to win the Paris-Bordeaux-Paris road race. Peugeot enjoys competition, ...

24/09/2010

The Paris-Dakar 205 Turbo 16

Jean-Louis Loubet: "In the wake of the Drivers' and Manufacturers' World Rally Championship titles secured by Peugeot with the 205 Turbo 16 in 1985 and 1986, the so-called Group B cars were deemed too powerful and promptly outlawed at the end of the 1986 season. This gave Peugeot a chance to turn its attention to other challenges and put ...

17/05/2010

Indianapolis 500-Mile Race (1913)

Jean-Louis Loubet: "In September 1911, Peugeot decided to return to motor sport and preparations began for the following year's Grand Prix de l’ACF (Automobile Club de France) in Dieppe." With regard to the new car, however, there was a certain amount of discord between the drivers and the engineers...
22/02/2010

Pikes Peak, the race to the clouds

The Pikes Peak hill climb is America's longest-standing motor sport event after the Indianapolis 500, and was organised for the first time in 1916. It has since become a legend in many respects, and this was brilliantly encapsulated by Jean-Louis Mourey's film 'Climb Dance', which stars Ari Vatanen's celebrated bid.