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Written by Stephen Dobie
Welcome, girls and boys, to the biggest automotive contradiction you"ll see today. This is an armoured Peugeot 205 GTI, and it makes sense on very few levels. For starters, the GTI"s a car famed for its lithe kerbweight. As a 130bhp 1.9-litre, it weighs a mere 910kg, endowing it with a power-to-weight ratio still competitive among junior hot hatches today. Yet adding some bulletproofing has added around 500kg to this one. A rise of over 50 per cent is enough for its power-to-weight figure to plummet down to the level of a basic Peugeot 108. There have been tweaks to the brakes and suspension to ensure the extra weight doesn"t unduly change what it"s like to drive, mind.
Date written: 19 Apr 2018
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 11559
Welcome, girls and boys, to the biggest automotive contradiction you"ll see today. This is an armoured Peugeot 205 GTI, and it makes sense on very few levels. For starters, the GTI"s a car famed for its lithe kerbweight. As a 130bhp 1.9-litre, it weighs a mere 910kg, endowing it with a power-to-weight ratio still competitive among junior hot hatches today. Yet adding some bulletproofing has added around 500kg to this one. A rise of over 50 per cent is enough for its power-to-weight figure to plummet down to the level of a basic Peugeot 108. There have been tweaks to the brakes and suspension to ensure the extra weight doesn"t unduly change what it"s like to drive, mind.
Date written: 19 Apr 2018
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 11559