Used Peugeot 206 Cars and Second Hand 206's for sale

The Peugeot 206, a supermini class car, was originally introduced in 1998 by the French manufacturer as a rather delayed replacement for the Peugeot 205. Peugeot had originally decided not to replace the 205, believing that the smaller, more compact, Peugeot 106 would take the bottom end of the market, while the larger Peugeot 306 would supply the upper end. This marketing strategy failed to work, and Peugeot began to lose sales to its competitors, who continued to supply the ever increasing demand for the popular supermini class models. The platform for the launch of the 206 was as a brand new front drive design, developed by Peugeot, to replace the 205.

To begin with, Peugeot 206 cars were mainly produced in Peugeot's Mulhouse and Poissy manufacturing plants, although some were also constructed in the Ryton plant, in Warwickshire, England. This facility eventually closed in 2007 when Peugeot moved production to Slovakia.

The 206 was originally launched as a hatchback, with a 1.1L and a 1.4L capacity petrol engine model available, as well as a 1.9L capacity diesel engine version. 2001 saw two new versions of the 206 added to the collection: a coupe convertible and a four door sedan model. The 206 was taken out of production in 2010, but secondhand Peugeot 206 cars are still much sought after, and they retain their value rather well.

The Peugeot 206 has been awarded numerous accolades, including the 'Best Convertible Award' by the magazine 'What Car?', and the 'Best Used Supermini' also by 'What Car?' magazine. As of 2010 the 206 was Peugeot's biggest selling car of all time. However Peugeot 206 sales are not this car's only success story. The 206 has also been highly successful within the world of rally racing, having won World Rally Championship titles, in the years 2000, 2001 and 2002 respectively.