Group B regulations permitted manufacturers in possession of homologated machinery to produce further uprated batches of 20 Evolution variants every twelve months.
The T16 Evolution 1 had been homologated at the same time as the standard T16 road car and, one year later, Peugeot produced the even wilder Evolution 2 iteration.
Homologated on May 1st, 1985, the 205 T16 Evolution 2 came with a host of aerodynamic and mechanical improvements designed to keep the model at the forefront of competition. As per the regulations, 20 were built, all of which were reserved for use by the works team. They bore chassis C201 to C220.
Whereas the Evolution 1 had typically weighed in at between 940kg and 980kg, Evolution 2s could be trimmed down to as little as 910kg thanks primarily to the new rear spaceframe. Power cramped up to 550bhp and a six-speed gearbox subsequently came on stream for 1986.
This gave the car an F1-rivalling power-to-weight ratio. These truly were crazy times !
