Comments by "Golden Croc" (@GoldenCroc) on "1984 Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 - Rare Group B Homologation Hot Hatch Drive (POV Binaural Audio)" video.

If they cant work on a basic car like a 505, they dont deserve to call themselves a mechanic, thats for sure. "All" of Africa way back when (and still does to some extent) ran used 505s (look it up) in large part because it was easy to maintain and durable.
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@E39ENTHUSIAST90 No such thing in group B. So, no.
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Maybe he did, but that car, as far as I know, won 3 events in the group b era. The 205 won 16. Quite a difference, in the peugeots favor.
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@1979jon Not a group B car.
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Now this is a treat.
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I like your sentiment but true "homologation first and only" street legal versions of cars like this, are more "how cheaply and how few can we get away by making the things and still get it approved by the class regulators".... The pure racecar is what you are thinking of. Consequently, all such street cars have way lower horsepower figures than one might expect, because they just didnt care to give them more. They could have given it 30 or 40 horsepower more, but that would cost them a small sum extra. Since the street cars in themselves were never made to appeal to a general customer (just a few collectors even at the time) it just wasnt prioritised, which is different to say the least to every normal car on sale. Every car was sold at quite a economical loss for sure, building them was just part of the marketing expense of going racing, so they cut all the corners they could. Of course, that doesnt mean they are bad cars in any way, in fact them might still be sensational to drive, but its a very different mindset for production compared to normal cars. In a way, these kind of cars are more like movie prop cars in how they are designed. The movie props are only made to look ok in the movie as cheaply as possible, the rest isnt interesting. And this is only made to be able to class in a racing version, also as cheaply as possible.
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@thomasengel1459 Yes I figued as much in this case, but its not unknown for some "mechanics" to turn down even cars with ample supply of spare parts. Which is mostly what I was commenting about. Anyway, all in all, I feel bad for you, that car is a legend on a global perspective, though of course not in a mainstream US one.
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@infectedharpy Yeah, you are correct about the 504 but I was under the impression the 505 was extremly common as well, though perhaps not as much as the 504, that is true.
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@garethmacklam4655 Well not as much horsepower in rally stage trim, but the same cars were later ran in other forms of motorsport and then they sometimes got close to those powerlevels. Like rallycross and one off races such as pikes peak.
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