We have just compared two machines we now believe to be the first genuine small supercars, and we must say, immediately, that the Fiat Uno Turbo lost decisively to the Peugeot 205 GTi; not because the ...

Offered between 1984 and 1994 with 1.6- and 1.9-liter powerplants, the 205 GTI is one the greatest hot hatchbacks ever produced. Even though it’s a corner-carving machine by definition, the 205 GTI ...

Our government exempts imported vehicles older than 25 years from having to meet emissions, safety, and other regulations. A recent drive of a first-generation Volkswagen GTI got us thinking about ...

It’s the early 1990s. The Middle East is in turmoil and the resulting spike in oil prices has tipped an already fragile global financial system into a lengthy period of recession. Worse, instability ...

Why is it that seeing a beat-up Peugeot 205 GTI parked on a Parisian side street melted my brain into goop and nearly pulled my heart out of my chest? It takes a little while to explain what's so ...

Mihai has even branched beyond the usual confines of an automotive writer from time to time, however, his heart is still close to anything car-related. He's most at home retelling the story of some ...

We’ve seen a few twin-engine cars over the years, but they’re always a novelty when they pop up on the internet. Something about the total homebrew nature of jamming a second engine into a car’s trunk ...

All of us know how difficult it can be to pull off a great project car - particularly a Euro because they start out so good that improvements can be hard to make. We've all made our mistakes and had ...

We're all trying to wrap our heads around the 14-brand bouquet created by FCA and PSA merging into Stellantis, which is now the world's fourth-largest automaker by volume. Amid electrification plans ...

Debate runs rife as to the origins of the hot hatch. The Mini Cooper S dates all the way back to the 1960s, while Abarth were turning out mad little hatters as early as 1971, in the form of the A112.

“A hot hatch that weighs as much as an early Lotus Elise – of course it’s fun. But it’ll always live in the 205 GTI’s shadow” It’s the French hot hatch from the 1980s that isn’t the Peugeot 205 GTI or ...

The final production version of the new Peugeot 208 GTi, which was previewed in concept form at the Geneva Salon earlier this year, was officially introduced today ahead of its world premiere at the ...