Bean Posted October 17, 2005 Report Share Posted October 17, 2005 Hey guys, Just thought I'd mention that on the last page of the latest European Car - Kevin Clemens writes about the M1-16. "Prelude to Disaster - The Peugeot 405 Mi-16" is the title. Basic story of how Peugeot blew it in the US through poor management/marketing despite having decent cars.... Now to get them to do an article on one of the nicer 505 Turbo's! It's been a goal to eventually get my 505 Turbo profiled in a magazine... There's a builder in Regina (where I live) that has had 4-5 cars profiledin European Car - they actually come hereto check them out. If I ever have a car worthy I might be able to at least get them to take a look when they come to take a look at Cam's latest creation... (www.cwstuning.com) Later... Rabin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trevor Posted October 17, 2005 Report Share Posted October 17, 2005 awesome! Peugeot really did have some decent cars here. They had their flaws, but not unlike any other make. Personally i think the mi16 could have really been a hit. Such a solid car, so much character, an absolute blast to drive. I think i enjoy driving my mi16 more than the other cars i have owned, too bad the 'project potential' isnt quite as high as with other cars like the 505 turbo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JunktionFET Posted October 17, 2005 Report Share Posted October 17, 2005 Peugeot used to have some cars that I think were really special--things like the 505 Turbo, 405 Mi16, 405 T16, as well as their race bred 205 and 405 Turbo 16s. I might even include the 605 SV24 because of the awesome cylinder heads with 12 exhaust ports and two 6 tube headers fitted to the 3.0 liter 6 cylinder. It seems like Peugeot lost something sometime in the mid 1990s. I have to give the 406 Coupe some credit--it followed the tradition set by the 404 and 504 Coupes, and all three were visually stunning cars. I think the normal 406 was a sharp looking car (both first and second series). I can't say I'm crazy about Peugeot's new styling formula... I guess all good things come to an end. Beyond styling, I can't think of any new Peugeot that is mechanically significant. Maybe one of their hatchbacks has some top-o-the-heap performance capabilities, but everything else is sort of boring... and it's been that way for a while now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
august Posted October 17, 2005 Report Share Posted October 17, 2005 I'll have to check out the article, thanks Bean! whoa, 605 SV24? so the manifold's on that have one upped hte 405 Mi16's? i gotta check that out.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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