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An aspect behind the 306 Maxi Kit Car legend: the car was so well built, in 1997, it ended the "Tour de Corse" (one stage of the WRC championship) in 3rd (Panizzi) and 4th (Delecour), within the same second of the leader McRae. Almost the same thing one year later (2nd and 4th), again behind McRae, and again in the same second.
It's a FWD car, NA engine which develop 280hp, for 950kg (around 2094lbs), against Impreza, Lancer, Escort and Corolla, which were 4WD, turbocharged and developed 300hp for 1200kg (around 2645lbs). It's possible to match a 4WD with an FWD on asphalt, but it's harder on other surfaces.
It was the first brick on the 206 success later in the WRC field.
yeah, French rally cars were always the most competitive/dominant on tarmac
Herder to match, if at all, it happens that peugeot didn't even alined their cars on the rougher terrains.
Yea, 4wd teams said they have 300hp but from factory Lancer had 280hp and in group N 340hp. And 307 WRC had over 600nm torque...
@@ilkkak3065 The sheer feat to put that much torque on FWD is mindblowing.
Well you can check now the Xsara kit car, her little sister which was so dominant on tarmac, it went on winning three world rally championships event
That is Manuel Senra, also known as "Tarolo". He is a Galician pilot. The 306 Maxi is a marvel and luckily i have seen it in action in rallies in my city
"Ferro a fondo ,e fe en Dios e na Virgen Santa"....Galician style jajaja.
205 Ti 16 is the Group B rally version and it was absolutely mental! There is the 405 Ti 16 coupe that went to pikes peak. There is an amazing short movie called "Climb Dance" you would be amazed by it. Also you are absolutely right about diesel mileage in a car like this. A two liter diesel would do just shy of 60 mpg in a car from the nineties! Great video and greetings from Bulgaria!
Yes. The 405 in that Pikes Peak movie is driven by Ari Vatanen, which, of course, is just as much a legend as the car. That particular 405 was also a very different animal than the 306 Maxi, with its way more powerfull turbocharged mid-engine configuration and 4WD.
And the same goes for the Group B 205 T16.
The 205 T16 also featured an Pikes Peak version
Wdym the 205 is the group b version ? It's 10 years older then the 306
@@varrinus7605Yes. More than 10 years actually. The 205 T16 competed in Group B from 84 to 86
did you know original from manufacture the 405 Ti 16 is a 4X4
You can look at Gilles Panizzi, who was the best driver of this Peugeot 306 Maxi. He is exceptionnal. He managed to be on the podium of WRC rallys with this car, against WRC cars. His nickname was "Tarmak Master", because he was so fast on this surface.
Look at Jean Ragnotti as well... He was most famous for driving a Renault Clio, but he was another French asphalt specialist...
@@frankgile1996 Two legendary drivers! Ragnotti is much more legendary...but a Renault driver (another french automotive family(rivals actualy)). But yes, without international tittle, Jean Ragnotti is maybe the greatest rally driver of all time. He manage a car like you’re manage your feet when you walk. And he was the developpement driver 93/94 of the first 2000 kit-car ever based on very first Renault Clio: ruclips.net/video/asKuYgAcyIk/видео.htmlsi=pfks6-pweCE1NE14
@@augure2589 Im from Finland, im saying that because we have had a dominance in rally through the ages, but Loeb is the undisputed GOAT.
yeah, and do not forget other master called Philippe Bugalski with Citroen Xsara Maxi 2000 fwd and with the Renault Megane Maxi Kit Car
From I remember, the Peugeot, Citroen, Renault Maxi cars were unbeatable on hot dry tarmac. When the WRC event was also a Spanish & French championship. Thus they could not win the event. So the maxi cars were killed off by the FIA.
Citroën??He Never had a "Maxi" car!
@@Fick_dirThe Citroën works team entered the Xsara Kit Car (FIA kit car F2 regulation) from 1998 to 2001. The Bugalski / Chiaroni pair also won two world championship victories in 1999 (the Tour de Corse and the Catalunya rally) which led to the death of the category globally with a consequent increase in the weight of the cars.
Lightweight cars. It's not just about power but a balance of power and weight. We forget that detail in 21st century
The 306 maxi is the embodyment of the kit cars
The weight is all on the front but it's still sliding like it's on soap .
Something to know about is that French manufacturers have that precise chassis mastery and that's why those cars handle so well in the pure tradition of european gti cars
Gielle panizzi was the man in the maxi especially if the tarmac was underneath him.
The guy was another level on tarmac.
Part 2 for this has to be some Gilles Panizzi onboard clip.
306 Maxi is a blast, looks awesome, sounds awesome. Sebastien Loeb did a gig for fun in 2021 on one of them, was super fun to watch.
Regarding the production version, the listed one you found in the US, the XSI, is the mid range sport version, quite rare in 5 doors, but very nice car good engine and chassis. Price is quite ok as it seems clean and low mileage.
But really the version you want is the S16 with the 6 speed (also known as GTI6, depending on the markets). Also 170hp for roughly 1200kg (2650lbs for you americans), this was the best hot hatchback at the time, proper heir from the famous 205 GTI. The engine was good, but the chassis was even better, never a better balanced and fun FWD car!
You definitely should see videos of Jean Ragnotti's rally antics in 1990s 1gen Renault Clio's. The way he was throwing these cars through the corners will always be "something else" ;)!
Wide bodied Clio in these clips is the infamous Clio Williams Maxi Kit Car, 2L N/A FWD, around 250hp (later pushed out to 275hp) 6-speed sequential gearbox... everything squizzed inside something along the size of shopping cart...
If you visit France, peugeot have a incredible museum at Sochaux. You would love it and if you contactthem (and get lucky) maybe they will allow you to drive a rally one. Many French person on youtube have done it.
This car is a top notch hill climb tool.
If I am not mistaken, it's FWD. To have it skidding in curves, there is a "manual hand brake" that operates only on the rear wheels, again if I am not mistaken. The engine is the XU10J4, a 2.0 L 16 valves, atmo (no turbo !). Output is ca. 310/320 HP, max rev. speed ca. 10 000 rpm, and overall car weight ca. 950 kg... A legend !
manual handbrake? so a normal handbrake?
@@fireblow6842 Sorry I am french and my english is not perfect. In "normal" cars the hand brakes applies on either front wheels or rear wheels, and it operates by cable(s) , pulled manually or by an electric motor (e.g.in my car Renault Scenic III). In rallye cars, the competition hand brake is an additional command, and it acts only on the rear wheels,. It operates via hydraulic fluid which responds in a more efficient and controlable way than cables. Type in "rallye hand brake" in an internet search engine and you will get plenty of examples.
@@fireblow6842normal handbrake using hydraulic on the S16 road legal in France it’s operating by cable
@@kayzenl7911 sorry I didn't get that, you seem to have fused 3 sentences into one, loosing half of each sentence in the process.
@@fireblow6842 sorry haha I meant yes, on the rally version it’s hydraulic handbrake but for the road legal version which is called 306 S16 in France and GTI-6 in other European countries, it’s cable handbrake
I was in the same high school as Sébastien Loeb, at the same time in Haguenau....His ability to focus and work is incredible....He's not a genius, but he learns and understands. He leaves nothing to chance when he drives.
This is in Galicia, an autonomous community in northwestern Spain just above Portugal. The driver is Manuel Senra and most of the footage takes places in "Subida A Chantada" or "Chantada Hillclimb".
Had a 306 Gti6. Great handling with passive rear steer. Weirdly because of gearbox size, turning circle is 2 metres wider in one direction
Hehe, that's interesting. So, if you're doing a u-turn, you should consider which direction to do it in, to avoid having to do a 3-point turn.
Heh, the iconic French quirk.
@@HGSolberg YES. They literally bolted on an extra gear to a 5 speed gear box to make the gti6
@@davidbarrett8058I see. That explains it.
@@justinl2009Right. For example, the way many Renaults from the 1960s and 70s had different wheelbase on each side, due to the transverse torsion bars.
A friend of mine jokingly says that French engineers do most of their engineering work after lunch...... and they drink a lot of wine in their lunch break.
Peugeot were sold in the USA until 1991. They soold a very interesting (and well appreciated by american journalists) sport version of the 405 sedan.
Due to low selling numbers, Peugeot just stopped importing them when they did a facelift in 1991.
Senra, the 306 driver, is a rallying legend in northern Spain.
Yeap, and most of the images of this video are from the mythic Subida/hillclimb Chantada in Galicia (Spain) The 306 were all naturally aspirated i4, some rally ones had 7 gears sequential transmission
The OG: ruclips.net/video/2MoTJaMk1bA/видео.htmlsi=UknGWB91mreDEJi3
@@guille92hTerra de rallies
Peugeot is my childhood favorite brand, I was literally born into a Peugeot 🥰 I'm so happy you finally review the brand! I hope you review the most iconic ones, the little 206 which is the best selling Pug ever, the beautiful 406 which is a movie star (the french movie franchise Taxi) and maybe one of the recent models ☺️ and yes, Peugeot bought Citroen in the 70s that's why they share so much mechanical parts 😁
I have a Peugeot 306 Break (station wagon) 2.0 HDi 66kw. Its so reliable and fun to drive even with only 90hp. That car is also light, only 1150kg. Its very comfortable and great handling. One of the best cars in the world. :D
Un placer que veas videos del gran piloto que tenemos en España Manuel Senra. Podrias visualizar un piloto que se llama Javier Carracedo. Un saludo desde Madrid!!
Hello from France ,this is a "starter" group since the car is street legal (imposible to drive casualy ) , it haves licence plate ,side mirrors ,all the legaly requiered lights for the street and a rolling inside the real steel sheet body . I remember the 307 prep. like that costed about 100,000 € , than have to the rest you need for running a season . 4 cyl. 1.6 L . no boost .
My first car was a Peugeot 106 XSi with the whole preparation with exhaust, suspension, rally cage, etc… it was very fun to drive like a mad man, even if my dream car at the time was the Peugeot 309 GTi 16 with wide body…
ruclips.net/video/s5tLZ5XmMI8/видео.htmlsi=o4R6Pwdo-BO2st-m
My neighbor had a diesel 205 and the car had something like 500,000 km and he was using it to go to work every day and it was working fine… Diesel engine are very lasting. And with the improvement with Turbo and injection, the diesel models had some great performance (for European standards). At some point, the sales of diesel cars were greater than gas, because gov wanted people to have lower consumption and use car with higher mileage. So many people simply just bought diesel cars. That’s why it’s very popular.
bro 335d stage 1 or 2 600nm 700nm... it's a lot of torque for anyone on this planet ! euro us or north africa, the thing pulls like a scania it's amazing, i don't know what a tesla feels like but i'm pretty sure it must be like this ! 😂😂😂😂
yes hp isn't there but, it's because it's a diesel, long stroke, high pressure ratio, the thing is built for torque and you feel it ! when it says 700nm, we tend to say: yeah all that torque but only for 300hp... yeah but it's 70nm ! like that doesn't go unoticed, you feel it when you deive it
A friend of mine had a 205 with a 406 1.9tdi engine swap and that was rapid!
MAN WHAT THE HELL!! Been following you a while and never expected to see my place in one of your vids. This took place in Galicia, NW Spain. The driver Manuel Senra is a rally/uphill legend here. I even have a sticker of Senra Sport on my Peugeot 206. Wow i feel so glad you enjoyed and appreciated this! Keep up the good work, man! I hope you read this 😊
french car mecanic, and motorsport passionate here: sadly they dont make cars this good anymore, what made them good in the 90 and early 2000 was the lightness coming with those low hp (the evo is above 300hp, but the highest street model had 170hp if im correct) and that was really fun to drive, i owned a 92 peugeot 106 as my first car and i fckin loved it, it had 80hp but for 750kg only. those 106, 205, 306 and 309 where the best peugeots. and in the same time you got the citroen saxo vts and xsara vts, those were beasts as well. in the same era renault had the clio williams and r21 turbo. nowadays we still have renault that goes wild with its renault megane RS, but the other brands got shy. citroen doesnt make a sports model at all anymore they just became the "budget and family friendly peugeot" (both are owned by stellantis), and peugeot has the same hp base (around 200 now) but with x1.5 times the weight at least. and did some shit with cars that could have been awesome at least on paper like the RCZ.
for ther reliability part, lets just say they went from best to worst. the 1.9L Diesel from the 90s was indistructible, my boss had one with more than 660'000km on the clock, only drawback was the hp output as those were NA diesels. but once they introduced the 1.6hdi and put that engine absolutely ANYWHERE (like in 80% of their whole fleet) we hated them. yeah the mileage is great, but injectors fail non stop, turbos fail non stop, here the cliché stuck with "PSA (peugeot-citroen) are cheap af and german cars are expensive" while true for the car price when buying, it was totally untrue once you had to service them, i owned personnally, and worked professionnally on lots of peugeots and bmws from the same years (and yeah many many diesel bmws here) and yeah, bmw could cost you double the price in 2nd hand market, but you just knew that turbo would never fail, i dont even know what a bmw injector looks like and i worked this job for 10 years + now, but those fckin psa, those are a pain for the wallet and a pain to work on.
felle free to ask for anything about them, if i know i'll be glad to answer =)
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front drive
during Prohibition in the USA, all alcohol smugglers drove front-wheel drive Citroen cars
American police simply couldn't catch up with Citroens, they would always run away from them because of the front-wheel drive
which has advantages when exiting corners at high speed (it pulls the car out), while the rear-wheel drive slips
This beautiful car is designed by Pininfarina. Just like the 205 and even more beautiful 406 coupe. You should do a reaction video to Pininfarina's history.
The classic rally Peugeot was the 205 T16 from Group B. But the best video for you to watch is DEFINITELY Sebastien Loeb taking a 208 T16 up Pikes Peak. It’s breathtaking!
u are wrong best is CLimb Dance with Ari Vatanen and Peugeot 405 T16 on old gravel Pikes Peak ;) and second place are adverts with Peugeot 205 Gti and Rallye :D
Fun fact : the driver is 61. Talk about old fellas! Btw, that's NW Spain, a region called Galicia. We have a deep, intense rally fever around here.
I had a 3-door 1995 306 XSi in white. Loved it. Kept it for 9 years, I think. It was part of a generation of cars we referred to as ‘warm-hatches’ rather than ‘hot-hatches’. This sort of car was the manufacturers’ response to the insurance companies making it impossible to get cover for a hot-hatch without paying a ludicrous sum - unless you were too old to actually want a hot-hatch!
Ian, you might don't know but Columbos (Peter Falk) car was a Peugeot 403 cabriolet in the tv series.
These 306 Maxi Kit Cars are NA monsters. 2000cc NA Inline 4 Revving past 10K rpm, ~280hp through the front wheels paired to a 6 speed sequential. Also nice watching hometown driver "Tarolo" Senra on your channel! He has owned and driven the wheels off his 306 for as long as I can remember, heard he got offered 300K € for it but he ain't letting it go! Many of the clips belong to the hillclimb race hosted in Chantada- Galicia, home sweet home!
The car belonged to the F2000 Kit Car ruleset, meanest and to this day the fastest FWD rally cars ever made. The road going 306 got his own sporty take; 1.9/2.0 litre NA inline 4, 165/167hp through a 5-speed manual, neat hatch!
@@hugovilag 306's with 163/167hp all had the 6 speed gearbox, none were produced with the 5 speed
@@Tguedes98 got that wrong myself 💀 way nicer piece of kit then
You definitely have to check out some more videos with Peugeot rally cars and stuff they have been dominating rally in the past especially with the Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 you should react to that thing as well :D
The Clips you're showing are from Manolo Senra and his 306 Maxi enjoying an amazing second life 2 decades after it was introduced. Those clips are recorded in my homeland indeed (Galicia, Spain). It is quite overwhelming in live. I think in Spain and Portugal we have some of the best hillclimbs of the world.
Those 306 Maxi, are kit cars. All those kit cars are derived from street cars (in this case the 306 2.0L 16v 167hp) severely modified. They have nothing to do with the Group B T16 as others mentioned (T16s are mid-engine protos, turbo, RWD or AWD, but the 306 is front engine N/A, front wheel drive).
During the 1999 season of the "Rallye Catalunya", there was a big complaint from the WRC manufacturers, as the Kit Cars (Front Wheel Drive, N/A, 280hp) became faster ON TARMAC than the WRCs (AWD, Turbo, +300cv). The main complaint was related to expenses/performance: There were amateur teams with kit cars, going as fast as WRC official teams in tarmac stages. After that complaint, the FIA changed the rules and the kit cars were senteced to death in the world wally championsip.
The 306 is the best front wheel drive car ever,
6 speed gear box, rear wheel
Streeing, n/a 200hp back
In the 80'
Peugeot produced a series of small cars, all with basicly brilliant handling, from the cheapest to the most expensive model, all known for the abillity to excit a corner or roundabout on three wheels in full control. We miss the 106, 205, 206, 309, 306.
Well... you are right...but 405 Tsi?????
I suggest you... French movie "Taxxi".... Little bit trash but very funny 🤣!!!!!!
An Italian 🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹
torsion rear suspension would let you enjoy some serious lift off oversteer and in tight or hard corners you could lift up the rear wheel like a puppy pissing on a lamppost..
@@zedfender9423 With a little bit more hard suspension OZ racing ...I was used to do that in 90s with my 205 GTI 1.9 in evry corner... You know corners????...😉
We call this "rise up leg"🤣🤣🤣
An Italian former mountain trooper Alpini 🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹
Yes
Love the fact that this french car still makes people dream about it
Love your appreciation for ALL cars for their own particular qualities, rather than their BRAND!
For me the 306 Maxi has alway been one the best looking and sounding cars. I remember the first time I saw it. Peugeot are said to be the French BMW, sporty handling and driving.
Peugeot was a legendary car brand. They made very reliable cars that kept running. Therefore they were loved in Africa very much. The US was not so successful as you mentioned. Peugeot was also big in racing. In the 80's before the 306 they were getting back in the game with the 205. This model saved the company. The 205gti is one to look for as street version. After the 206, 306 it was really done with exciting cars. Look for a top gear episode about peugeot that got boring. It is hilarious. Nowadays peugeot is looking more exciting again.
There are a few Special 205:s too, which are basically 205 GTIs that have been stripped down to save weight, they are apparently sought after. And, of course the 205 convertible.
@@rasmuswi205 rallye we called them in France. A little 1300cc engine NA, revving nearly to 8k rpm with the weight approaching 900kg.
Such a little beast
The 306 Maxi was a legend, the speed it could carry into a corner was phenomenal. Panizzi was a WRC killer with that car.
Sebastian Loed has one with his own rally team and races it sometimes.
Now If you really wan't the best FWD rally driver of all time search for Jean Ragnotti and Renault Clio. Insane driving skills!
Gilles Panizzi was the fastest rally tarmac driver ever. Fucking mental.
I owned several Peugeot (106, 205, 306) and I even had a 306 GTI here in France.
I still have a 306 as a daily car because I love this car.
They're getting lesser and lesser nowadays but you can still see some on the road, and during a rally there is always several 306 on the list and even 306 Maxi.
As a rally fan it's always a pleasure to see old cars driving at top level during a rally special.
You can often see them in the top ten chart at the end of the race ahead of modern cars.
Thanks for this video.
306 Maxi the legend.
Fun fact, most of the Peugeot car had a number with 0 in the middle such 205, 306, 405, etc… it come from the early days of Peugeot where they had a hole in the front to use the crank to start the car. They placed the number on each side of the hole, and the model 21became 201, etc… Also, the first number always make reference to the size of the car… like BMW with Series 1, Series 2, 3, 4, 5… So we know that the 205 is smaller than the 305 for instance. And of course, the last number make reference to the generation like 304, 305, 306, 307…
Another fun thing about Peugeot numbers: In the 60s, Porsche introduced a new car, called the 901. Peugeot told Porsche that they didn't like that porsche were using model numbers with a 0 in the middle. Porsche said OK, and renamed it the 911.
That is in GALICIA and the pilot is MANOLO SENRA one of the best pilots in that region.......THE SPECIAL ONE........
I love drive my 420hp 306 GTi-6. It puts always smile when you floor it.
Thanks a lot for this video man !
As a French Rallye enthousiast, I appreciate that you, american guy, with a totaly different car’Culture, talk about the 306 Maxi. You said : « It might be a legend car ».It is, for sure, here in Europe, and specialy in France.
On late ninetys, this car was King of rallye in The french championship, and It was also a very competitive one on asphalt toward WRC’s.
Even sometimes, with the good pilot, able of incredible things :
On 1999 if I remember well, François Delecour won a stage on snow, facing all the WRC’s !
It was such an incredible thing to imagine, that even himself, when h’s been announced that result, at the end of the stage, couldn’t believe it !
This car was knife, one of the post amazing french compétition car, and I really appreciate that you appreciate it ! 👍🏻
You should react to Andy Burton's "Peugeot Cosworth". A 306 with an awesome twist, getting banned from local rallies for setting pace that nothing else could keep up with.
You really need to see the Best of Kit Cars | Pure Sound | JR Rallye video. 20 minutes of 306 maxci and other cars in the same group of racing, the F2 Kitcar. Absolutely fantastic cars, asphalt killers, i've had the pleausre of watching them racing from 1996 to 2000 and was an absolute blast to rally lovers. Also, the driver in the 305 hillcimb visdeo is Manolo Senra (nicknamed Tarolo) who has one of the most amazing and well maintained kitcars of all Spain, alongside with the Xsara kitcar in canary islands and some others in the country. here in Spain we really love the kitcars
306 3 door def one of the best looking hatchbacks ever. It looks particularly good with the wide arches in racing attire. Great proportions all around.
2-Litre Inline 4, naturally aspirated, revs up to 11000 rpm, making around 290 hp. The crazy thing is it has/had a 7-speed dockbox transmission. One of the great cars of the Kitcar class in WRC around 25 years ago.
Great Video again, really love the 306 too. The Citroen ZX may look a little bit boring at first view, but it was used in Rallye too as Citroen ZX KitCar. It based on the facelifted version, that looks better. Much more impressive was the Citroen ZX Rallye Raid. It was for racing in desert, like Paris Dakar or Paris Peking. The ZX Rallye Raid took 5 world championship titles in 7 seasons.
Wait, Paris-Peking?
I need that in my life.. Does it still exist?
Are you sure for the ZX kit car, in my memory it was the Xsara
It's not the first time you've reacted to Peugeot. You reacted to Sebastian Loeb's 2013 Pikes Peak RECORD Run a long time ago.
That is True.. and that being the only Peugeot I've ever looked into, I have much more to learn as I haven't really investigated their rally cars (and street car versions too)
@@IWrockerlook Peugeot 405 Pike speak with ari Vatanen
@@IWrocker I know you are very interested in rallying, which I can understand very well, for me it is the most fascinating and toughest motor sport on four wheels that there is.
What you would certainly find exciting because a lot of background information is discussed are 2 interviews by Walter Röhrl, I hope there are English subtitles. no1. Walter Röhrl: "Wer keine Angst hat, muss etwas hohl im Kopf sein" (Interview) no2. 70 Jahre Walter Röhrl Teil 1/2 - Der Weg zum Doppelweltmeister | REPORTAGE
Probably not suitable for reaction videos because it's too long but you would definitely enjoy it.
@@davidl868 yeah, that's one of the coolest motorsports clips ever, it gives such a sense of speed. That one, and the Porsche 936 clip from le Mans, are my favorite high speed clips!
There’s a reason why cars are so different in Europe vs in the US. In the US, the whole infrastructure was built later, when people already learned so much from the history in other countries. So they made the whole roads completely different, very wide, very easy direction using cardinal points (N, S, E, W), with even number for horizontal highways and odd numbers for vertical highways, so the whole way of driving is different and therefore a huge truck or muscle car make sense. The US also had a cheaper gas price, so big V8 also made sense. But in Europe, the whole roads system is mainly based on applying tarmac on the path that were used in the past by horses, going through forests, through valleys, so very narrow roads with a lot of turns. So smaller car such hatchback are most useful there, a huge muscle car couldn’t be exploited fully… not even mentioning the big cities and problems to park. And of course, because Europe love socialism and taxes, they had very expensive gas, and taxes on big engine cars, that’s why manufacturers had to work around the taxes laws to propose something else, and that’s why we see a lot of smaller engine, 4 cylinder 2 liter or less with use of turbo to compensate the lack of horsepower/torque. That kind of combo (hatchback, small turbo engine) was actually a great solution for Rally which often happen on roads in Europe (and therefore with narrow roads with lot of turns). We don’t have to hate one car type to love the other. I love muscle cars, trucks, etc… but I also love small hatchback. It just depends if I’m in the US or in Europe. Both could be fun…
IWrocker +/- at the same era there was also the Peugeot 106 Maxi with original large bodykit, the concurence was the Citroen Saxo VTS,
I remember also an older Citroen it was the AXGT soo lightweight and original 110 HP
The 306 maxi was a try to find a loophole in réglementation to beat the powerful 4WD when they didn't have one at the ready.
They killed everyone in small , spiny specials, but didn't even bother to engage in fast specials.
They almost win the championship with the points only running half the specials. XD
The 306 was nice on the road. It had some kind of passive rear steering ❤
A rear directional axle just like the ZX.
You really need to watch the first two taxi movies. You'll also see a 306 maxi in the second movie if it peaks your interest. I guess 405 pikes peak will be next. Maybe learn about the conqueror of Africa, the 504. For dirt rally I recommend you try the 205
I had a Peugeot 208 GTI until 3 years ago. Was so much fun to drive…probably my favourite car I’ve owned. Peugeot Australia has decided not to offer the new model 208 for sale here so all I have are the memories☹️
There was a time in the late '80s when Peugeot's 505 Turbo was the car to have in it's Showroom Stock class. Won a couple of Championships. One year, I met a guy from P's North American PR firm. He said P was pulling out of the market simply because Americans weren't buying them. We had a few beers, he eventually said "The problem is, most Europeans don't care if the brakes squeal, as long as they stop the car. Americans don't care if the brakes stop the car - as long as they don't make any damn noise!" I thought they were great cars. Trivia: If you've ever seen the old Peter Falk police detective TV show "Colombo", his car was a P 403 convertable.
My best friends son, my godson, just turned 18 and got his license . His first car is a 405 Ti16. We restored it together with him. It took 2yrs but it was well worth it, the family time alone is priceless. It is a rocketship most parents would be affraid to see their kids in, but believe me the dude can drive ( been doing it since he could walk) AND he treats this car like a princess, he would never put it in danger. There's not going to be a faster car on the university parking next year tho 😂. I am One proud godfather 😊🤘❤️
Ps: i think i am a carguy, 45yrs and have owned 17 vehicles of 6 different brand , BUT only 1 of them was rearwheel drive. It could be a European thing, we got more cars with frontwheel drive. Practically all small car models were frontwheel driven only.
Diesel used to be huge, but these days they made the fuel more expensive than gas. In 2000 i drove a 1988 Audi 100 2 liter diesel 5cilinder straight from Brussels to Milan on one tank. Granted it is a big tank, ca75l, but That is still 1200km, about 750 miles!! Also remember this one very heavy vehicle in itself with 4 adults and luggage, with only an underpowered engine ( 65hp only) going over mountainpasses. Now Show me a modern gas, hybrid powered or electric vehicle 1. That can do that and 2. That does it cleaner. And i will buy it.
My favorite rally car to drive is the Citroen Xsara Rally. I spent hours whipping that around in the original GT. It simply went wherever you pointed the steering wheel, so much fun.
When the 306maxi ran in WRC, she didn't compete in snow or mud contests, but she won any contest on tarmac
An occasional viewer from Finland here, and we get Peugeots here, and i consider myself a Peugeot enthusiast. I currently daily drive a very boring 2014 Peugeot 208 1.0l turbo 3cyl, but i also own a 1997 Peugeot 605 2.0l turbo, i've also owned 1996 Peugeot 106 GTi which is the smaller sister to the 306, and i also owned a 2000 Citroen Xsara with a 2.0l dohc engine which shares its platform with the 306 and that Xsara was a hellova daily driver. Peugeot have/had a reputation for making good use of naturally aspirated engines, and making durable diesel engines which felt less agricultural than a lot of competing passenger cars of their time. We here in Finland are also big fans of American cars, i own a 1991 Chevy Caprice classic which is getting a 454 swap in the upcoming year. If you were to import a 306 to the states, i would advise importing a 306 GTi6, although they're more expensive, often times going for 8000€ or more in Europe, they're also considered one of if not the best hot hatches of the 90's and would give a better and more unique experience than just a hum drum trim level.
Finaly 2000 Kit-Cars on your channel! The queen here.
That is Manuel Senra, a great Spanish rally driver who has been competing with that car for many years, there are two French drivers Gilles Panizzi and Francois Delecour with a 306 who are also spectacular
Buy it, you will not regret it. French hatchbacks are renowned for their handling. The one for sale in florida looks like the hot hatch variant. Look up the Renault clio maxi car also. Especially if driven by Jean Ragnotti! 👌
also we had a phase 2 306 for almost 19 years and it was a blast and super practical and insanely reliable, never failed us, miss that car
You need to watch Jean Ragnotti drive Clio rallye cars (Group. A and Maxi)...just magical...
Peugeot is a legend on fwd cars. Back in a day made a lot of drivers through those 106's and of course the 306's.
Recently got an 106 rallye. No ABS no ESP, mechanical steering rack. Pure, raw joy. It's you and the machine. 140hp on 900kg/2000lb it's all you need!
Ps.
Check out the channel 'Camber and combustion'.
To this day, i'm still impressed by the sheer GRIP those kitcars had. You could be flat out in most corners with these and it would still turn as if you were going much slower.
Because the most are FWD or AWD ;)
I found a 306 XSI similar to that one here in Sweden... They are very rare to see on the road today, probably rusted away and scrapped. It goes for 1800 USD.
In France a 306 S16 is around 10k€ these days
@@p4olo537 Don't know the prize here, couldn't find many 306 for sale here, but of course the S16 or the GTI is worth more than a xsi.
I actually have an R/C version of this car. It's a 1/10 scale Kyosho PureTen GP Mantis FF chassis, with a 306 Maxi lexan body. And it's actually front wheel drive, which is kinda cool. I believe this specific Kyosho chassis is the only factory made front wheel drive R/C chassis with a fuel engine. Or at least one of very few.
The peugeot model always had this typical touchy/dancing rear wheels. I remember the opposition of peugeot vs renault handling. I was in love with my clio 16s, and it was always an endless conversation between the two kind of owner.
Then came bmw, the E30, E36…rwd…The neverending quest for speed went far for many of us.
Here s my very humble digital minute of silence for all the friends who died riding those "coffins" as we loved to call them in these days.
Always said i will be buried in my 328i e36, and still have it in my garage 😉. Even if to be honest the one i would love to drive right now, is a 1st generation clio 16s or an r5 gt turbo. I miss so much having an 800 kg car 🥹
Great channel bro.
hi my brother, I live in Peille in France, my father was a preparer of this 306. I have a 306 s16, the approved version of the 306 maxi. be blessed With your family, greetings from France

The 206 was the best rally car they ever made. It was so good that whenever it won it would get a 10kg steel plate bolted in it to slow it down. Eventually they had to retire it because the car was still very competitive but the suspension components kept breaking from all the added weight. This was back in the 90s. Now with the rules and strict manufacturing specs, the weighting of cars is no longer in use
I am so lucky that my dad's friend is building a 306 maxi. He bought qn original shell, and he engeneered his own suspension compoments...everything besides the chasis is built inhouse by him...
I had a 306 mk1 with only a 1.4 liter engine barely kicking out 90hp. It actually drove like a go kart. A comfortable go kart that is.
Especially the T16 205 and 306 and the GTI's were spectacular! 🔥
The World Rally Championship has not held an event in the United States since the last Olympus Rally in Washington back in 1988. But 35 years later, the most important rally event on the planet looks set to return to American soil with a potential event in the Smoky Mountains of Tennessee.
Had a 1.6 90 hp 1998 306. Best ride ever. Had also more expensive and modern cars, but 306 is my favourite!
The history of Peugeot (the brand) is amazing and one of the oldest (as a company)
I know the 1995/1996 Peugeot 306 MAXI Kit Car Group A and N and its PSA XU10 J4RS like the palm of my hand and i most confess something here: I felt more goosebumps with your reaction than with the car itself... I shoul search about the Renault Mégane MAXI as well. Greets from Portugal and keep up your amazing work! 👍
In 1999 Philippe Bugalski won WRC Rally Catalunya and later Corsica, back to back, ahead all the WRC class cars (2L turbo boosted, AWD, 1280kg) in Citroën Xara Kit Car (2L N/A, FWD, around 950kg). It ended up as the last nail to the coffin of all F2 class Kit Cars.
I’m glad you like it, I was the first person in USA to import 306 GTI engine and 6 speed MT and install it in 405 Wagon. I have 6 of them and let me know if you would like to see some pictures.
The P.S.A. Group, is Peugeot and Citroen. Peugeot having bought Citroen a long time ago. Trade as separate companies, but share platforms, engines etc. PSA, not long ago bought GM's German and English divisions of Opel and Vauxhall. And altogether are a part of the Stellantis Group. DS - luxury brand of Citroen, is also a part of Stellantis.
A long, long time ago, Citroen bought Maserati and basically did a sports/cruiser version of the DS. It was a 2 door coupe with a Maserati V6 and still had the hydro/phuematic ? Sp, suspension. Sold in the US. Good to do a video on. Has been in many movies. Car chase in a US city.
Yoooo!!! This is in Galicia, Spain. Very close to where I live! People love Rally over here.
306 Maxi was WINNING rallies longer than constructors have predicted.
It was beating new constructions 10 years after beeing released.
The 205 Groupe B was insane! It went against the Quattros and Lacias!
This is Manuel Senra, from Galicia, Spain.
Peugeot 306 for me one of the beautiful cars.... besides de BMW E30 series.. a friend of mine had the 306 with side skirts... lowered the car... view from front was awesome 😍
The 205 GTI was a classic, too
My frist rally that i went to see, was in 1998 wtih my father and brother. Rally casino solverde in portugal.
My frist memory of a rally car, passing by in front of on full blast was the 306 maxi, driven by Adruzilo Lopes.
The silver team 306. Brutal sound of that 2.0 motor live. Just screaming flying by us...
Nice to see these cars getting some love from the USA. There was actually a 2.0-litre 2WD category in the World Rally Championship and, to try and attract manufacturers to rallying, the FIA created an extension to the rules for 2WD Group A cars that allowed them to be fitted with wider wheel arches and less restrictive intake/exhaust systems (something that wasn't even allowed on the 4WD Group A cars at that point). They were known as "kit cars" because you had to produce 20 kits of the parts, and the extension in the FIA papers was called "variant kit". The category got a lot of support from French manufacturers, as French rallies were mostly tarmac, and it was a good marketing tool. The Peugeot 306 and Renault Megane Maxi are probably the two best known, but there were kit car variants of several cars, including the Seat Ibiza, Ford Escort, Skoda Octavia and Hyundai Coupe. The Citroen Xsara was the ultimate incarnation of the concept, and won two WRC rounds outright in 1999. It used a similar engine to the 306, but was very advanced, with traction control etc. Citroen used it as an early development tool for their later rally programme. There were also 1.4-litre and 1.6-litre cars built to the kit car regulations, including the Nissan Micra, Ford Puma, Peugeot 106 and Citroen Saxo. It was a great concept, and something that the FIA should probably revisit.
I love your videos! I feel like the two continents connect and know each other better. Greetings from Spain my friend!
I recommend you Jean Ragnotti, the god of frontwheel drive and Renault, worth checking out
We had a 306 sedan back Malaysia as a kid. It’s quite a premium compared to the Japanese cars at the time. But overheating was a big problem, probably because of the tropical heat.
In Europe, especially in Germany, almost every Hatchback has a Station Wagon Variation more often than a Sedan-Variation. Peugeot called them SW (306 SW), Citroen and Peugeot called the "Break" (Xantia Break), almost every German calls them "Kombi" (Guess from "Combination" or "to combine"), even if BMW calls them "Touring", Mercedes calls them "T-Modell" (E 280T), Audi calls them "Avant" or VW "Variant". So give them a try Ian...
The sound when the car loses traction and begins to skid with the front wheels is the traction control that that car used, which instead of modulating the power by cutting off the gas, the control unit disconnected a cylinder, which is why it makes that peculiar sound. A true marvel of the time.
This was the BEST car in V-rally game !