Headed by Jean Todt, Peugeot Talbot Sport was formed in early 1981 with the responsibility of running competition programs for both Peugeot and Talbot.

Their debut brief was appropriately named 'The Group B project' (later changed to ‘M24 Rally’) and it was from here that the Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 was conceived and developed.

This 'homologation road car' was a limited production model born from the high-performance, formidable world of the 'Group B' Rally championship.

Crafted to meet homologation requirements for competition, the road car shares its name with the manufacturer's highly successful 'Group B' rally car, but stood out with unique features.

It shared nothing with the mass-production 205 except the windscreen, doors and headlamps and mechanically it was completely different, most notably its mid-engined and four-wheel drive layout.

The fact that it was shaped and named to be a 205 member was purely to promote the sales of the mass-production car.

Visually, the T16 can ...