Peugeot · 1983–1999
Peugeot 205
The Peugeot 205 is a supermini (B-segment) car manufactured and marketed by Peugeot from 1983 to 1999 over a single generation. Developed from Projet M24 and introduced on 25 February 1983, the 205 replaced the Peugeot 104 and the Talbot Samba, using some elements from their design. It won What Car?'s Car of the Year for 1984. It was also declared "car of the decade" by CAR Magazine in 1990. Peugeot stopped marketing the 205 in 1999 in favor of its new front-engined 206. The 106, which was introduced in 1991, effectively took over as Peugeot's smaller front-engined model in their lineup. The latter was developed as a close sibling of the Citroën AX, sharing many components and a platform that later evolved into the Citroën Saxo.
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UK vehicles on the road
2,092 licensed and 12,505 SORN (14,597 total) at 2025 Q4.
| Year (latest quarter) | Vehicles |
|---|---|
| 2014 | 17,788 |
| 2015 | 17,071 |
| 2016 | 16,511 |
| 2017 | 16,240 |
| 2018 | 15,828 |
| 2019 | 15,580 |
| 2020 | 15,468 |
| 2021 | 15,319 |
| 2022 | 15,148 |
| 2023 | 15,056 |
| 2024 | 14,681 |
| 2025 | 14,597 |
DfT/DVLA VEH0120 vehicle licensing statistics, source ↗, Open Government Licence v3.0. Small counts are rounded or suppressed at source.
Sources
- Wikidata / Wikipedia profiles — https://models.autoculturesociety.com/cars/Q215218CC0 / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peugeot_205CC BY-SA 4.0 · Intro text © Wikipedia contributors; revision 1378140912 · retrieved 2026-10-03
- DfT/DVLA VEH0120 licensing statistics — https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/vehicle-licensing-statistics-data-tablesOpen Government Licence v3.0
- Car Model Index — https://models.autoculturesociety.com/Compiled record. Sources that do not permit reuse are not copied; this index is credited instead.