Peugeot 205 GTI 1984 Painting

by Paul Meijering

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Price

$2,500

Dimensions

120.000 x 90.000 x 1.000 cm.

Title

Peugeot 205 GTI 1984 Painting

Artist

Paul Meijering

Medium

Painting - Acrylic Painting

Description

Realistic acrylic painting of the Peugeot 205 GTI, painted by the Dutch fine artist Paul Meijering - The Original painting is 90 x 120 cm and for sale

The Peugeot 205 was a supermini car produced by the French manufacturer Peugeot from 1983 to 1998.

It was declared 'Car of the Decade' by CAR Magazine in 1990. It also won What Car?'s Car of the Year for 1984.
The styling of the 205 is often thought to be a Pininfarina design, however Gerard Welter claims it as an in-house design; Pininfarina only styled the Cabriolet. It is often credited as the car which turned Peugeot's fortunes around. Before the 205, Peugeot was considered the most conservative of France's "big three" car manufacturers, producing large saloons such as the 504 and 505. The genesis of the 205 lay within Peugeot's takeover in 1978 of Chrysler's European divisions Simca and the former Rootes Group, which had the necessary expertise in making small cars including the Simca 1100 in France and Hillman Imp in Britain.

It was launched on 24 February 1983, with British sales beginning in August that year. Shortly after its launch, it was narrowly pipped to the European Car of the Year award by the similar sized Fiat Uno, but ultimately (according to the award organizers) it would enjoy a better image and a longer high market demand than its Italian competitor. It was one of five important small cars to be launched onto the European market within a year of each other - the other three models being the Uno, the second generation Ford Fiesta, the original Opel Corsa (sold as the Vauxhall Nova on the British market) and the original Nissan Micra.

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July 27th, 2016

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