I have just got back from a couple of at lunch and the conversation revolved around how my company constantly improves its technology and updates it’s plants so that we can offer the best service to customers. Now that’s fairly boring but it got me thinking, if I was to build a Peugeot 306 these days what would I do to improve it? We all know it’s pretty perfect as standard but if I were to buy the designs and start churning out the 306 again what would a customer want to see?

Let’s bear in mind the budget cannot be ridiculous and it cannot be too hardcore let’s say we were aiming for the 306 equivalent of the Singer 911 that was on Topgear at the weekend (but not quite as expensive )

Discuss

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Just Drive It

Bonnet isn't pedestrian friendly so would never be allowed. /thread.

Party pooper FTW.

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I really liked that Singer 911 on Top Gear.

The 306 is a nice looking car, much better than those awful ugly overstyled things they make now.

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Cherry Rallye SOLD

sod cam chains, that's the main cause of the problems with the current PSA engines


better pistons, more compact gearbox, upright rear dampers.

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Bring on the Trumpets.

Stronger pulleys and idlers. -25 mm ride height and 16" cyclones as standard. Subtle Rear diffuser. Slightly more snazzy wheel arches perhaps, better made aircon pipes.

Interior.. I still think a phase 3 interior is nicer that most modern 306 equivalents on the market currently, so no change there.

I guess that just about covers it for me

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2005 Peugeot 206 GTI 180

2008 BMW K1200R

Engine wise i guess we would go with one of the PSA/Mini jobs What's the gearbox like with them?

Rear dampers for sure, fairly cheap and simple to do now. Maybe i won't be chating to PhillipM about supplying me though hehe. Did he ever get those finished? Would have to give him a job though, he's like Macgyver locked in a shed

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Just Drive It

Rework the underside for aero, rework the rear beam (it's a heavy POS) and run a better ratio on the dampers, probably widen the track under some flared arches, and lengthen the wheelbase slightly to match newer cars in it's class for size. Do that at the front by running the subframe in front of the engine so you can pull the engine back and down a few inches.
Drop the heavy calipers up front for 4-pots with suitable pads, and slap a better caliper on the rear so the bloody handbrake works.
Have someone with half a clue redo the wiring looms, and finally strengthen the sills and the a-pillars as there's a fair bit of chassis flex, and the bulkhead behind the master cylinder so it doesn't try to pop out of the grill when you hit the brakes hard.
And then have some decent rustproofing and paint on the damned things so the sills, roof and rear arches don't get tinworm/lacquer peel.

I would love to get hold of a brand new shell, and about 10 grand of spare cash to build one


And yes you cheeky bas**rd, I did get the rear Foxes finished, they've just been floating around on various garage queens for the past few years

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I'd go with a new/stiffer lower subframe and some sheet metal work to tie the upper mounts into the chassis better in the first place

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I think jamma started a thread like this a while back and ended up getting flamed I think he was wondering why pug haven't re released the 306.

Some nice ideas here, wouldn't widening the track be fairly expensive for peugeot?, as the 6 would be a proper stand alone model then.

Oh another thing to ad, I'd love it if they made 6's in agean blue!

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2005 Peugeot 206 GTI 180

2008 BMW K1200R

most of whats needed already been said....

but tbh most modern cars.....have a ipod conector or bluetooth....basically a fancy stereo and not a lot else more than wat the gti has already.

a work college (woman) asked my why i dont want a nice new car. and like topgear explained. for 400 quid i get some ballaches, but i also get leather seats, electric windows, air-con, and the ownership of a classic. i told her try to get an equivalent spec showroom car for less than 10grand. even after what i spent fixing it im nowhere near 10 grand. i think she cottened on after that.

i prefer the phase one styling myself, inside and out, it just looks more retro/classic.....all offense to the phase 2 and 3 as they look like they were aesthetically softened up in the re-designing room by a woman. colour coding bumpers and the softened up bodywork lines turned the gti in a girly looking car.

only thing i like on the later phases is the stealth-speaker parcel shelf.


p.s. also a steering wheel colum that extends would be nice

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Nah, couple of wider arches is the worst, mechanically it's pretty simple.

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+1

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Red Rallye - Rolling "restoration"

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lose the s**tty rear beam and Gordon bars and have struts and coil springs

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