Peugeot 206 Rally Car '99

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The Peugeot 206 Rally Car '99 is a Race car produced by Peugeot. It appears in all Gran Turismo games to date since Gran Turismo 2, with the exception of Gran Turismo Sport.

The car appears to be the #14 driven by Francois Delecour, who finished 16th place overall in the 1999 WRC season's Driver's Championship.

In-game description

"The 206-based WR car that rewarded their return to the WRC, after a 12 year hiatus."

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

GT6

In Gran Turismo 6, the Peugeot 206 Rally Car '99 can be purchased for 300,000 Credits. It has a simple interior.

GT5

As a Standard car, the Peugeot 206 Rally Car '99 can be purchased from the Used Car Dealership for 294,757 Credits. It is a Level 11 car.

GTPSP

This car can be purchased for 750,000 Credits.

GT4

In Gran Turismo 4, the Peugeot 206 Rally Car '99 can be purchased for 750,000 Credits. It's also the car used for the 13th Driving Mission, located at Opera Paris.

GT3

In Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec, the Peugeot 206 Rally Car '99 can be purchased for 350,000 Credits.

GT2

In Gran Turismo 2, the Peugeot 206 Rally Car '99 can be bought at the Peugeot Special Cars Dealership in West City for 500,000 Credits. In addition, this car is one of the rally cars that are available from the start in Arcade Mode.

Trivia

On Gran Turismo 2, the replay nameplate of this car is read as Peugeot 206 '99 Rally Car. This appears to be quite unusual, because the car's production year is usually put at the end of the car's name, instead of being put in the middle.
Texture files of this car in Gran Turismo PSP would contain the Esso logos used on the car in the PAL and NTSC-J versions of the various Gran Turismo games until Gran Turismo 4.