- "The 206-based WR car that rewarded their return to the WRC, after a 12 year hiatus."
- ―In-game catch text for the car, from GT6's Dealership
The Peugeot 206 Rally Car '99 is a rally car produced by Peugeot. It first appeared in Gran Turismo 2 and was featured in the subsequent mainline games up to Gran Turismo 6.
it appears to be the #14 driven by François Delecour, who finished 16th in the 1999 WRC Driver's Championship.
In-game description[]
After a 12-year absence from the WRC, French automobile manufacturer Peugeot decided that it was high time for them to return the most popular form of off-road motorsports in the world. The company chose to race their compact 206 model...and made the WRC regulations work to their advantage.
The WRC rulebook at the time states that a vehicle must be at least 4 meters in length to be eligible, but the commercially-available 206 did not meet this requirement, so Peugeot sold a limited-edition 206GT, one with a longer bumper, to clear this hurdle.
The 2.0-liter turbocharged inline-4 in the 206WRC racer produced 300 HP, biggest innovation with this machine was its gearbox. The engine compartment was too tight to accommodate a turbo and AWD, so the engineers cleverly placed the gearbox longitudinally behind a now transversely-mounted engine. These engineering complexities led to difficulties for the 206WRC in the early going, but also meant that the French car would have a performance advantage over its adversaries once the technical problems were ironed out. The car proved extremely quick because of its short wheelbase and excellent balance, due to the longitudinal gearbox, especially on the countless tight roads that many rallies were known for. In its first year, driver Marcus Grönholm and his 206WRC won five of the last seven races, winning the Driver's Championship, while Peugeot took the Manufacturer's title in 2000.
Acquisition[]
| Game | Purchase location | Credits | Other methods |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gran Turismo 2 | Peugeot Special Showroom | 500,000 | --- |
| Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec | Peugeot Dealership | 350,000 | Win the Alpine Rally Available from the start in Arcade Mode |
| Gran Turismo Concept | --- | --- | Available from the start |
| Gran Turismo 4 | Peugeot Dealership | 750,000 | --- |
| Gran Turismo PSP | Peugeot Dealership | 750,000 | --- |
| Gran Turismo 5 | Used Car Dealership (Lv. 11+) | 294,757 | --- |
| Gran Turismo 6 | Peugeot Dealership | 300,000 | --- |
Trivia[]
- In all versions of Gran Turismo 2, its replay nameplate is read as Peugeot 206 '99 Rally Car, with the production year unusually placed in the middle. While this is the case with most cars in the Japanese version (some of which can be seen in GT2 rally ghosts), the 206 retains this formatting in all regions.
- The lower layer textures contain logos for V-Rally, a competitor rally racing series made by Infogrames at the time of GT3's release (currently owned by Nacon); it appears to be based on the 1999 Tour de Corse specification, as V-Rally was the title sponsor of that event. On the regularly visible layer, all references to V-Rally were edited out.
- In the NTSC-U version of GT3, there are leftover Esso logos on the front quarter despite the Exxon rebrand; these were edited out in GT4.
- Unusally for a Rally Car in Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec, it comes equipped with R1 (Racing: Super Hard) rather than having Dirt tires also purchased by default.
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