star in collection, its prices are exploding

2023-11-27 17:00:00

Icons never die, including the Peugeot 205. 40 years following its launch, the model continues to unleash the passions of automobile enthusiasts and collectors. However, Peugeot 205s in good condition are rare despite the colossal number of examples leaving the factories. A situation logically pushing up its prices.

Fewer copies on sale on the market

According to a leboncoin survey, the number of Peugeot 205s for sale on the classified ads site is down 18% in 2023 compared to 2022, and 31% compared to 2021.

Are Peugeot 205s becoming rare? Not really, with five million units sold in 15 years of production, there are still many examples for sale. Leboncoin lists 870 Peugeot 205 ads in France. The offer remains plentiful but cars in good condition are sometimes difficult to find.

High prices

The average price of Peugeot 205 leboncoin ads is 21,215 euros. This average is twice as high as that of cars over eight years old for sale on the site.

To understand this trend, we need to delve into the different versions of Peugeot 205. It is not uncommon to see Peugeot 205 GTI 1.6 or 1.9 priced at more than 20,000 euros by their owner. This already represents a budget for a 40 year old car with basic comfort. But it is nothing compared to the prices charged for a Peugeot 205 Griffe which can exceed 30,000 euros.

Finally, the holy grail of collectors is obviously the Peugeot 205 Turbo 16. The versions approved for the road sell for a lot. A copy is currently listed for more than 360,000 euros. For the versions that ran, it’s a different story. Prices become stratospheric, sometimes approaching a million euros depending on the list.

An icon

The enthusiasm around the Peugeot 205 is linked to two factors. The first is a certain nostalgia for young people from the 80s. It is normal to want to relive your youthful memories. Buying the car your parents had at the time or the one on the poster in your teenage bedroom is tempting. Today, these buyers have larger budgets and are willing to pay the price for a car in good condition.

The second factor is of course the Peugeot 205’s track record in motorsport. The Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 marked the most impressive category of the world rally championship, group B. It won there, bringing Peugeot two world manufacturers’ championship titles in 1985 and 1986. Subsequently, the Peugeot won the Paris-Dakar 1987 and 1988 in the hands of Norwegian drivers including a certain Ari Vatanen.

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