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Peugeot 306 Maxi

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Peugeot 306 Maxi

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Hey, hi and hello, it's @brick-enthusiast coming at you from the sideblog again!

As part of a friendly agreement with @things-about-cars-in-posts, I am here to introduce another race car.

You know Peugeot? In recent years, the French brand is probably best known for fighting tooth and nail to shake a reputation of dullness. However, you've probably heard - or perhaps you remember - that Peugeot used to be a whole lot more cool.

Well, this story takes place a little bit after that. Less than a year after the last story I told, in fact, in 1995. And the similarities between the two don't end there.

The car in question is the then-new Peugeot 806.

By all means a run-of-the-mill, boring people carrier, unveiled in 1994.

PSA Group had co-developed it with Fiat, so it was also sold as a Citroen, a Lancia and a Fiat.

(As you may remember from a recent post by @things-about-cars-in-posts!)

Anyway! Peugeot wanted to do something to promote their version of the so-called Eurovan. Someone, half-jokingly, suggested to take it to the racetrack.

That someone was Pascal Witmauer, the man in charge of Peugeot's advertising in Belgium, as well as marketing for the Belgian Procar racing series. Peugeot's "promotional event" was set to be 1995's running of the Spa 24 Hours.

A 24-hour endurance race, yes.

A 24-hour endurance race that was happening at the end of July. It was May.

The project was handed over to Kronos Racing, a Belgian racing team that would go on to build successful Peugeots and Citroens for the circuit as well as dirt. And well, they did complete it.

As much as a parts-bin-special it might have been, the Peugeot 806 Procar was a serious racing machine. Its interior was stripped of anything non-essential, the 8 factory seats were replaced by a single carbon bucket and a roll cage.

The engine and drivetrain were a mix of parts from the 306 Maxi rally car and the outgoing 405 Mi16 circuit racer, while the then-new 406 Supertourisme donated a 6-speed sequential gearbox.

The van's speed certainly didn't lag behind. It qualified 12th overall and third(!) in its class. Not to mention that it certainly stood out in a field full of contemporary BMW 3-series and French hot hatchbacks.

By the start of the race, the big white box was already the crowd favorite. Pascal Witmeur (who also happened to be one of the 806's three drivers) recounts:

“Every time we passed by Raidillon¹, people were applauding. The public liked it, because apart from being atypical, it was often on two wheels!"

¹ a corner on the Spa-Francorchamps track

Unfortunately, mechanical issues didn't take long to show up. The team ran into brake problems an hour into the race. The engine itself gave out before the 10-hour mark, leading to a DNF for the Peugeot.

Not that it mattered to the public though. The touring van single-handedly improved the image of all MPV's² - not just the French-Italian quadruplets. Peugeot of Belgium had 5000 posters printed - all of which were given away signed by Witmeur.

"For a few hours, I was more more famous than Johnny Hallyday³!"

he laughs, admitting it was likely that many workers from Peugeot's local Sevel Nord⁴ factory came to see the race.

² multi-purpose vehicles in case you don't know, European for "minivans"

³ iconic French singer, composer and actor, regarded as "the French Elvis Presley"

⁴ that's where the 806 was assembled. Note the logo on the side of the race car's front bumper!

The very same Peugeot 806 Procar is still around to this day. After the race, it was reportedly kept by one Jean-Pierre Montron - founder of Kronos Racing - until his passing. It went up for sale in 2020 (wherein it had a bunch of articles I could use as sources written about it) and again in late 2022, when it failed to sell at auction.

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Peugeot 306 Maxi e Peugeot 309 GTi 16V Gr.A by Demolition Man Via Flickr: Eifel Rallye Festival 2023

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Peugeot 306 Maxi Kit Car 🔥💪🇨🇵

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Today is the day! This is where the rally starts in my home country, Portugal. Today, this is the Rally of Portugal in the 2023 WRC season, with the Moomins in the Peugeot 306 Maxi in the infamous Fafe jump, and Moominspectra with Rui Madeira's Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution III! And as a Portuguese, I love how the rally starts in my home country, and it's starting right now. Good luck to the rally drivers in the rally!

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Philippe Mermet🇫🇷Guy Clerton 🇫🇷#69 Peugeot 306 Maxi 4ème classement final Rallye Lyon Charbonnières 🇫🇷2001

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Peugeot 306 Maxi Panizzi Monte Carlo 1992 1/18 S1808303 SOLIDO

Peugeot 306 Maxi  Panizzi Monte Carlo 1992 1/18  S1808303 SOLIDO

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Peugeot 306 Maxi

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Dirt rally 2 vs dirt 4

– Week 11: Ford Fiesta RXS Evo 5, Audi S1 EKS RX quattro, Seat Ibiza RX, Special Livery Pack – Week 9: Peugeot 208 WRX, Ford Fiesta Rallycross (STARD) RX, Ford Fiesta Rallycross (MK8), Special Livery Pack – Week 3: Lydden Hill, UK, Special Livery Pack – Week 1: Killarney International Raceway, South Africa Season Four of DiRT Rally 2.0 launches November 19th as per the following schedule: Players will also receive F2 Kit Car favourites with the introduction of the Peugeot 306 Maxi and Seat Ibiza Kit Car. Yas Marina Circuit’s Rallycross layout was introduced as the opening round of the 2019 FIA World Rallycross Championship and is making its videogame debut in DiRT Rally 2.0. Week Seven sees the latest of the new RX locations with Yas Marina Circuit, a mix of asphalt and loose surface sections located in the stadium sector of the Abu Dhabi venue. Season Three combines a mix of Rally and Rallycross (RX) content with the much-loved SUBARU Impreza (2001) and Ford Focus RS Rally 2001 and Rally locations Greece and Finland, all returning from the original DiRT Rally. – Week 11: Jämsä Finland, Special Livery Pack – Week 9: Peugeot 206 Rally, Volkswagen Golf Kitcar – Week 7: Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi, Special Livery Pack – Week 5: Peugeot 306 Maxi, Seat Ibiza Kit Car – Week 3: Argolis Greece, Special Livery Pack – Week 1: SUBARU Impreza (2001), Ford Focus RS Rally 2001 As with previous Seasons, players will receive a mix of locations, cars and liveries.ĭiRT Rally 2.0’s Season Three content will be released as per the following schedule: Players also receive the latest of the 2019 FIA World Rallycross Championship season updates with Abu Dhabi’s Yas Marina Circuit. Season Three returns to its rally roots with fan-favourite locations Finland and Greece complemented with brand new vehicles including the Peugeot 206 Rally and Volkswagen Golf Kitcar. DiRT RALLY 2.0™ SEASONS 3 & 4 LAUNCHING FROM AUGUST 2019Ĭodemasters® today confirmed that DiRT Rally 2.0™ Seasons Three and Four will launch from 27th August.

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Another weekend means more motorsport content. This weekend we’ll focus on a few of the most famous Maxi/Kit-car 2WD rally machines, most particularly on the few french cars that made the 2WD class spectacular during the 90′s !

Let’s start with the Peugeot 306 Maxi. With it’s iconic Esso livery and driven by talents like the Panizzi brothers and François Delecour, the 306 proved to be a machine able to win in front of more powerful and advanced WRC 4WD cars, especially on tarmac.

Let’s be honest, these 2WD cars never really managed to be brilliant on loose surfaces like snow, gravel or dirt, but it’s not what they have been made for. They were purposely developped for tarmac and in 1997 and 1998 the 306 has been the test bench for Peugeot before they launched the 206 WRC in the middle of the 1999 WRC season.

1997 Tour de Corse WRC - review : https://youtu.be/TIH4kgwFTRI

1997 French Rally Championship - Peugeot 306 Maxi & Renault Megane Maxi : https://youtu.be/JfUM7lmUHBc

Portrait of the Panizzi brothers - Gilles & Hervé PANIZZI : https://youtu.be/ca4Sbe5OgqM

GILLES PANIZZI - 306 MAXI onboard : https://youtu.be/tRgRaLeE3bA https://youtu.be/t7_yffggBMk

Peugeot 306 Maxi  - Pure Sounds : https://youtu.be/3zClYiaHofc

1996 Francois Delecour 306 Maxi : https://youtu.be/9xUSaWbPci4

Enjoy your Friday evening and take care of yourselves !

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Peugeot 306 Maxi by Demolition Man

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Starring: Peugeot 306 Maxi 

By Thomas Eysseric

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