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A list of quotes I have heard or seen from various sources about the Peugeot 205 XS.

Please note that all these quotes are the opinions of other people and I hold no liability whatsoever for the ideas behind text on this page. I do not therefore wish to prove anything or certify anything stated here. Although these are actual statements, they may vary quite a bit from the truth and I personally do not uphold anything stated here.

Comments from people who have been in my car...
"SLOW DOWN, SLOW DOWN MAN!" - A friend
"It's like an aeroplane taking off" - A relative
"Don't go too fast" - A relative
"Nippy little f***er isn't it" - A friend
"Woah, it's fast" - A friend
"S**t mate, it's faster than my Audi, it's faster than my old Alfa Sud and Scirocco"
"Is it a sports clutch? It feels like it" - A friend
"Bit too keen for me" - A friend
"It IS fast" - A friend
"The acceleration in 2nd gear is amazing" - A bloke
"It's not a 1.4, it can't be, it's a 1.6 or something." - A bloke
"What's it called? An XS...I'll remember never to race one of those at the lights." - 1.4 Fiesta owner
"How much do you want for it?" - A bloke
"A friend of mine's a big car enthusiast and reckons the XS is quicker than XR2s" - A friend
"Wow, this is definitely quicker than an XR2" - Guy who fitted my alarm
"S**t man, is this a GTi?" - Bloke I gave a lift to
"I'd prefer this to a 1.9Gti as a little run about town type car, it feels more zippy on small roads" - Bloke who fitted my alarm
"It's not far off a 1900GTi is it?! It holds the road really well" - A friend who is normally only impressed with much faster, bigger cars
"It's really impressive for a 1.4, you could easily think it was a bigger engine, like a GTi" - A friend
"Holds the road well doesn't it" - A friend
"Those 1.4S Fiestas are quite quick, but this is much quicker" - A friend
"Wish my car was as nippy and responsive as this, this is such a fun car" - A friend with a Saxo VSX 1.4i
"Got a lot of room in here innit" - 1 of three mates in the back of my car
"Does handle well doesn't it" - A friend after I'd gone round a roundabout
"The gear changes are really slick and easy aren't they" - A friend

And with the new engine... I had one friend (former 16v Calibra owner, now owns an Escort GTi) go very pale, start sweating and not say a word. I took a girl from work out and she had an upset stomach all afternoon afterwards! Another friend grabbed the grab handle and almost the handbrake too in a very fearful shocked response!
"This is definitely quicker than my Mi16" - 405 Mi16 owner
"Bet this surprises a lot of people!" - many people have said that!
"Even more like an aeroplane taking off now" - a relative
"That seemed like 0-60 in about 6 seconds, going uphill!" - a relative
"It's definitely much faster than my car" - Saxo VSX owner
"It goes better than the other XS we did" - Pug Performance Motorsport
"It's as sweet as a nut" - PPM and local Peugeot master diagnostic technician. "Always remember it's a rallying engine and should be treated as such" - local Peugeot master diagnostic technician.
"Your car really flies, I'm very impressed" - another XS owner
"Didn't expect it to be this quick, it really goes!" - 405 Mi16 owner

From other XS owners
"My mechanic says it's a 1.4 GTi"
"It's as fast as a 1.6 GTi"
"I'm sure I've done 0-60 in 9 seconds before, my mate reckons I did too."
"my mate races 306 S16s in his!"
"my mate reckons it's faster than XR2s"
"It's well under-rated, quicker than Novas, AX GTs and XR2s" (bit of an exagerration from the guy!)
"An XS will p*ss on a Nova SR" - a guy who's owned both.
"XS are as quick if not quicker up to 60 compared to a 1.6GTi" - I personally do NOT claim that, so no race requests!
"I raced my mate in his XR2 and I was ahead of him up to about 60mph"

In adverts in newspapers etc...
"Near GTi performance with low insurance"
"A much sought after performance car"
"Hot hatch 205s and 106s wanted including all GTis, XS etc."
"GTi performance without the high insurance."
"Drives like a GTi at half the cost"

In a book
"The XS was clearly the sporting model below the GTi"
"it soon became a junior GTi."
"the XS, which was regarded as a 'warm' hatch".
"1.6 GTi or maybe considering a XS, itself a very capable car and deceptively fast"

Other websites
"the XS can kick the a*se off an XR2, I've seen it happen."
"an insurance-friendly warm hatch."

Quotes given to me said by the passengers of other XS owners
"Oi, f*ck me!! slow down!!!!!!"
"Are you sure this is a 1.4??"
"You're lying, it's a GTI isn't it?"
"Your mum and dad should never have let you get this!"
"Slow down mate! you're in a 30!!"
"What engine you say this was-a 1.6?"
"Er... can you slow down I'm not in that much of a hurry"
"Wooooooaaaaaaaaaaahhhhh!!!!"
"When it ticks over it sounds very deep -like a GTI" (could be the K&Ns)
"This is quicker than my mate's XR2!"