![]() 05/03/2017 at 18:01 • Filed to: Peugeot, 305 | ![]() | ![]() |
Little known fact about the 305:
It went from this with a gearbox under engine layout like the first Mini (and a front mounted fan driven by an around-the-corner belt)
To the now conventional arrangement with an end on gearbox
Which meant that Peugeot could provide an automatic
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305! Some people say it’s impossible to only make 170hp out of 305 cubic inches, but GM showed them all and made 165.
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My grand pa’s on the way to bring the Dino and the Panhard to the UK.
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Ah memories, my first car was in fact a 1985 Peugeot 305 GL!
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I actually saw one yesterday, in the middle of Munich morning commute traffic. It did stand out, in a positive way.
Interesting, to me at least, is that the 205 (gti/cti/diesel and automatics excluded) used to have a similar engine/gearbox layout until 1987 or so. I actually own of the later ones, from 1986. The engine is tilted 70-something degrees, transmission and engine share oil and it has no timing belt or chain. The dash of the 83-87 205 looks very similar to the 305 dash.