Do you find the Peugeot 205 GTI too common? Treat yourself to an extremely rare Peugeot 205 GTI Mi 16. It is an achievement of German tuner Kurt Gutmann, tuning, of course, but with a pedigree. The car goes on sale Sunday, September 19, 2021. Estimate between 20,000 and 40,000 €.
A Peugeot 205 GTI Mi 16, yes you read that correctly Mi 16, is offered for auction by the house Aguttes. This is a Peugeot 205 GTI powered by a Peugeot 405 Mi 16 block. A 16-valve configuration that the Sochaux brand has never offered in series under the hood of the 205. This architecture was reserved for the big sisters. Peugeot 309 GTI 16, 405 Mi 16 and Peugeot 405 T16.
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A Mi 16 engine, a Turbo 16 look
Under its electric blue livery, this 205 née GTI does everything possible to look like a 205 Turbo 16.
And so that the plumage is up to this ramage totaling 160 hp – against 130 hp for the swiftest 205 GTI -, the hull of the lioness sports a wide body kit from the catalog of the German trainer Gutmann. Manly attributes of a set called Turbo-Look, which tries, as far as possible, to bring this 205, born in the form of a GTI in 1988, to a Peugeot 205 Turbo 16, the star of rallies in Group B of the 1980s.
Aguttes indicates that the car was sold new in 1988 by the Peugeot Autohaus Koch dealership, in Ludwigshafen, Germany, and that it then joined Kurt Gutmann’s workshops to be transformed into the 205 GTI Mi 16. This electric blue copy is in its original configuration. In addition to the engine transplant, the rest of the mechanics have also been optimized. The suspensions, the front brakes, the clutch and the exhaust have been replaced by stronger elements.
When the counters see red!
On board this Peugeot 205 GTI Mi 16, the red carpet and the original black leather upholstery have been preserved, the personal touch of the preparer takes the form ofspecific Gutmann instrumentation characterized by red meter backs and a graduated tachometer up to 260 km / h.
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A preparation that doubles the price of the car
The cost of such preparation was very high at the time since it alone approached the price of a new 205 GTI, ie 99,800 F (15,214 €). It was therefore necessary to double the stake and count on a total of 200,000 F (30,000 €) to drive a Guttman version. A very attractive price which certainly explains the low distribution of this type of model, which also and above all had to be assumed on a daily basis. It was obviously much easier to do across the Rhine.
“The auctioneer of the house Aguttes fixed an estimate between 20,000 and 40,000 €“
The car will be offered for sale on Sunday September 19, 2021, it will be visible at the Citroën Conservatory in Aulnay-sous-Bois (93) from Friday September 17 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturday September 18 also from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and finally, Sunday September 19 from 9:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. If you are interested in this potential collector, leave an order on the Aguttes website.
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