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Valuation · Peugeot · 205 Phase 1-2 · 1986-94

Peugeot 205 GTI 1.9

1.9L NA inline four (XU9JA), Bosch injection · 94 kW / 161 Nm · 5sp manual · FWD
CONSIDERRated within the $30k to $100k band · 44 of 94 at this money
Research estimate
$36,500
Must gain each year to break even
+10.8%
The projection does not clear it, and nor does most of the library.
CarQuant score
55/100
Scored against the $30k to $100k band, not the whole library
Evidence grade
Researched
No Australian transaction of any kind
$36,500
$28,319 lowhigh $60,243
Researched, no recorded transaction
No Australian result of any kind. The local delivery volume and the original Australian list price could not be found either, so both are left at zero on this record rather than estimated.
Measured across this library, a value with no Australian result behind it runs high about seven times in ten, by a median of ten per cent. Read this one as a ceiling rather than a midpoint.

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Put in the asking price and the odometer reading. You will see what this model should make at that reading.

Should make, typical example
$36,500
At about 130,000 km. Enter an asking price to compare.

No Australian sale stands behind this value, so treat the figure as indicative.

We will not sell a report on this car. The check above stays free.

Price history

Today $36,500 · modelled median at five years $42,605
Solid line: the value this library has carriedDashed from 2026: modelled · even money $35,091 to $51,883
The green band is the even-money range and the one to plan on: half of outcomes land inside it. The pale band behind it bounds eight in ten ($28,319 to $60,243). The path is this model's own: it starts along the momentum of its recorded history and bends toward its projected median as the horizon lengthens, so no two cars share a future curve.

The verdict

A defensible case with reservations. Scores 55/100, ranking 44 of 94 in the $30k to $100k band. Demand durability is the strongest input, risk resilience the weakest.
Running it costs about $4,280 a year (11.7% of value), which is what the economics score measures. All in, including the projected value change, it is $3,541 a year.
The model's five year median is $42,605, a +16.7% move, with the tenth percentile at $28,319.
Value is research, not a measurement. Treat the level as indicative and the structure as the analysis.
Evidence
Researched0 recorded sales
Off its peak
at peak
Value band
wide
An external source, but no itemised transactions. Indicative only.
Scored against every recent Australian sale this library holds, half its values land within 11.2 per cent of the price paid and the rest miss by more, in either direction. Projections are therefore damped toward flat in proportion to how little is known, and the plausible band is never narrower than the error the model is known to make.
Short term (1-5 years)$3,541 a year all in, +16.7% median value move
Long term (10-15 years)Scarcity case already formed
Negotiate from$36,500

Recorded sales

No individual sales are logged for this vehicle.
The value is supported by the aggregate evidence noted at the top of this report, but the underlying transactions are not itemised here.

Score breakdown

Against the $30k to $100k band median
94 cars in band · ink tick marks the median
Ownership economics30% of total
55/100even
Scarcity25% of total
61/100+8
Demand durability20% of total
80/100+14
Liquidity15% of total
51/100-1
Risk resilience10% of total
0/100-36
Sub-scores run 0-100 before weighting; the weighted total is 55/100. Medians are computed live from the 94 cars currently in the $30k to $100k band, so this picture moves when the library does.
The working behind each factor: baseline and drivers ↓
Ownership economics30% weight
55/100
Baseline84 pts
− 11.7% of value a year to run-29 pts
Sub-score (baseline plus drivers, clamped 0-100)55 pts
Scarcity25% weight
61/100
Baseline20 pts
+ 90 survivors estimated in Australia+41 pts
Sub-score (baseline plus drivers, clamped 0-100)61 pts
Demand durability20% weight
80/100
Baseline60 pts
+ The reference eighties hot hatch, and the global boom has been running for years+16 pts
+ 895kg with 94kW, which is the whole appeal in a single line+10 pts
− Momentum appears to be moderating through 2025 and 2026-6 pts
Sub-score (baseline plus drivers, clamped 0-100)80 pts
Liquidity15% weight
51/100
Baseline12 pts
+ 75 days on market+28 pts
+ 14 sales a year+11 pts
Sub-score (baseline plus drivers, clamped 0-100)51 pts
Risk resilience10% weight
0/100
Baseline42 pts
− A rusty 205 is economically unrestorable in this country-18 pts
− The correct interior fabric and door cards are nearly unobtainable-12 pts
− Local cars, British imports and Japanese imports all trade under one badge-8 pts
− No Australian transaction behind the value-18 pts
Sub-score (baseline plus drivers, clamped 0-100)0 pts
Model output, not advice or a valuation. Verify independently before acting.

What it costs to own · about 3,611 km a year

Annual cost of access, excl. fuel
$4,280a year
Share of value per year
11.7%
Scheduled servicing$1,03024%
Tyres, annualised$51012%
Registration and CTP$47011%
Insurance$90021%
Sinking fund (failure table)$1,37032%
All-in annualised (a different number)
Purchase (model value plus duty)$37,960
Running costs × 5 years$21,400
Median exit, net of selling cost$41,655
All-in annualised over 5 years$3,541/yr
Share of value per year9.7%
Cost of access is what the car costs to run. All-in annualised adds depreciation, duty and selling costs across a five year hold. They answer different questions and are labelled separately for that reason.
Break-even appreciation, 5 year hold
10.8%a year, only to get the money back
This library projects
+3.1%a year
The projection falls 7.7 points a year short of the hurdle. On these assumptions this car is a cost, not an asset, which can be an entirely rational thing to buy but should be bought knowing it.
Purchase$36,500
Stamp duty$1,460
Running costs x 5 years$21,400
Selling cost at exit, 2.6% of the salescales with price
Sale price needed at +5 years$60,946
Storage
Bought at
No forecast is used to compute the hurdle. It is the purchase, the duty, any premium and 5 years of running cost, grossed up for the cost of selling and spread back over the hold. The projection it is measured against is the weakest number in this product and is drawn that way in the chart above. Transport, finance and any restoration spend sit outside it.

Specification

Engine1.9L NA inline four (XU9JA), Bosch injection
Power / torque94 kW / 161 Nm
0-100 km/h7.8 s
Transmission5sp manual
DriveFWD
Kerb weight895 kg
Built worldwideNot established
Delivered to AustraliaNot established
Effective AU survivors90
Australian sales / year14
Typical days on market75 days
Launch priceNot established

What moves the price on this model

Colour hierarchy
Original paint in a factory colour+6%
A bright period colour rather than a resprayed dark one+3%
Resprayed over sill or arch repair-10%
Options
Pre-catalyst 94kW rather than the later 90kW catalysed car+15%
Original interior in the correct GTI pattern, unworn+20%
Documented rust-free shell with underbody photographs+25%
Odometer sensitivity±1.2% per 10,000 km vs 130,000 km
Applied on top of these

Condition, history, originality, ownership, delivery and modification multipliers apply to every car in the library. They are applied automatically when an advertisement is analysed, and the schedule is set out once, on the analyser page.

Projected value in five years

Projected value at five years
$42,605
+16.7% on today
The model's figure. Today it is $36,500.
Even odds it lands between $35,091 and $51,883.
$28,319 lowhigh $60,243
The shaded range is even money and 48% wide; the outer figures bound eight outcomes in ten. Band width follows the evidence - a model with a tight measured record carries a tight band.
A stronger five year outlook than 77% of the library.
-26.6% weakest projected move in the librarystrongest +73.1%
Five-year cost of ownership
Value change alone: +$6,105 across five years.
Running costs over the same period: $21,400.
Duty and expected selling costs: $2,410.
Net cost of five years of ownership: $17,705, or $3,541 a year.
The projected value rise offsets part of the running cost. It does not make the car free to own.

The case for and against

The case for

895kg, 94kW and the shape that defined the class, in a market up about 40 per cent since 2019 on the global 1980s hot hatch boom. Japanese-market imports are often the best-preserved cars available here, which widens the pool of genuinely good examples beyond what local delivery ever supplied.

The case against

Structural rust is $10,500 and a correct retrim is $6,500 against a $36,500 car, which is why a rusty 205 is economically unrestorable in Australia and the project market is really a parts market. No Australian sale of any kind sits behind the value, and the momentum has been moderating through 2025 and 2026.

Known faults and risks

Risk 1Structural rust at the rear beam mounts, sills, floors and strut towers
Risk 2Interior fabric and door cards are nearly unobtainable at any price
Risk 3Later catalysed 90kW cars presented as pre-catalyst 94kW ones
Structural rust - rear beam mounts, sills, floors, strut towers, screen surround, tailgate$10,500
Retrimming the interior to the correct GTI pattern - fabric and door cards nearly unobtainable$6,500
Head gasket and overheating on the XU9$4,500
Rear beam and axle rebuild - the universal 205 job$3,750
Injection, idle control and ageing wiring loom$2,000
Sunroof leaks feeding floor rust$1,400

Similar cars, and what they cost to run

Evidence behind this valueResearched · 0 recorded sales
Carried value
$36,500
Historical price
2016 · $22,6002026 · $36,500
Researched
An external source, but no itemised transactions. Indicative only.
The interior is twenty per cent of the car, which is the opposite of how cheap classics usually price

A good original interior is worth about a fifth of the value here. Retrimming to the correct GTI pattern is $6,500 because the fabric and the door cards are nearly unobtainable, so a car with a destroyed interior carries a repair you cannot simply buy your way out of. Check the seats and door cards before the engine bay.

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Rust decides whether the car exists at all

Structural rust - rear beam mounts, sills, floors, strut towers, screen surround, tailgate - is $10,500 against a $36,500 car, and the research is blunt about the consequence: a rusty 205 is economically unrestorable in Australia, so what presents as a project market is really a parts market. Sunroof leaks at $1,400 are the usual entry point and they feed the floor rust. A sound shell with a tired XU9 is a far better purchase than a sweet-running car with rot in the beam mounts, and the head gasket job behind that tired engine is $4,500 against a rust bill with no natural ceiling.

There is no Australian price behind this figure

The car is believed to have been sold new here in small numbers from around 1987, but the volume and the original list price were not found, and no Australian auction result for the model was reachable. The bigger local story is imports in any case: a substantial share of the cars here arrived later as private imports from Britain and Japan, and the Japanese-market cars are frequently the best preserved of the lot.

Two specification points move the money

The 1.9 outsells the 1.6 on value in this market despite purist opinion running the other way, and pre-catalyst 94kW cars are preferred over the later 90kW catalysed ones. Production volume for the 1.9 specifically was not found, so the built figure here is zero rather than a number lifted from a total that includes the 1.6. THE TREND is strongly up, roughly doubling since 2019, with momentum moderating through 2025 and 2026 without reversing.

What we will not sell you
We will not price a Peugeot 205 against an advertisement.

No Australian transaction stands behind this value. A spec-adjusted figure built on it would look precise and would not be, so the report is refused instead of sold with a caveat. That goes for this car and 87 others. Everything above is free and stays free.

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