" By the end of the 1980s it seemed like every other drive in suburban Britain was home to a Peugeot 205. Over five million 205s were produced over its 15 year production run – but only a select few lucky folk (or their "
Peugeot 205 GTi
Now, we were just going to tweet this but after having looked at this clip a few times, we’ve decided it’s worth at least a daily. In fact, we think we could devote an entire magazine the boldness and vision of where this ad is coming from.
Firstly, not only do they manage to drop a real, living breathing 205 GTi from a genuine Hercules, they then manage to get the pilot to risk his neck (and a few gazillion Francs worth of transport aircraft) by skimming the surface of the tundra.
What we love also is the vaguely amused expression on the face of the GTi jockey (making a passable impression of a low-rent James Bond, of course), as he negotiates the falling cluster bombs to make it without being too late for his date.
Remember folks, this was way, way before CGI came and changed the ad game forever. This stuff actually happened. No really. Well the fighters (are they Mirages?) may have been stock footage, but you catch our drift.
And that was a particularly good car. We want to buy one. Now.
CLICK TO ENLARGE
Nice! Never got that over here, but have always liked it. Thanks for sharing, Influx!
how many times back in the day did i nearly buy one,had a citroen zx 16v and a 106 rallye,so almost did in a way,but i know one thing.cross country a well driven 205 1.9 would slaughter the wifes cooper jcw,and not break every few thousand miles.