Peugeot 306 GTI-6 prices
Discussion
Just a question I guess to current and former owners or fans...do you think there is a reason why prices of these cars remain so affordable? Between 1996 and 1999, the GTI-6 (and Rallye) pretty much creamed the opposition in hot hatch articles. I bought all the car mags back then and still have the 1997 Performance Car hot hatch test, where the GTi6 easily fended off 12 rivals. The GTI6 came 4th in Performance Car of the year 1996, ahead of the E36 M3 EVO... The 306 Rallye came 5th in ECOTY 1999, just behind the legendary E39 M5. So, the GTi-6 and Rallye had a reputation arguably as strong as the DC2 Integra, but you still pick them up for peanuts (unlike the Integra!)
On Ebay currently we have a stripped out track day car for £995, a Rallye going for £1795 and another GTI6 for £2500. The Rallye has been on there weeks; it started at £2495 and obviously isn't selling, despite a reasonable MOT history (no advisories last year). By comparison the prices of the little 106 GTI have gone up much more.
Does the GTI-6 have issues, or is it just the fact that they aren't quite as rare as some of the other 90s hot hatches that are sort after now, like the Saxo VTS, Alfa 145 Green Cloverleaf and the 106GTI?
You see I miss our old 205 GTI and fancy buying a modern classic of some description. I nearly bought a Rallye back in 1999 when new and wonder if this could be the last chance to own a classic Pug 306 before prices take off.
Mind you, for similar money you can also pick up a 2004 Clio 182 Cup, a car that finished 3rd in ECOTY 2004...perhaps an even bigger bargain!
Interesting replies- never knew they were so troublesome...or is it just neglect from earlier boy racer owners?
I guess this is where my old mx5 is better. Sure they rust but only bill I had was an alternator. Wonder if the ep3 civic type r is cheaper to run as an old soon to be classic. For me though the gti6 has a ride and handling balance never equalled since...
I guess this is where my old mx5 is better. Sure they rust but only bill I had was an alternator. Wonder if the ep3 civic type r is cheaper to run as an old soon to be classic. For me though the gti6 has a ride and handling balance never equalled since...
nunpuncher said:
As a 205 owner from the land before they were worth anything I've often pondered what will be next.
I see 306 values the same as the 309 v 205. The 309 drove better but despite 205 values they still aren't popular. I put this down to the fact that like the 106, the 205 was the affordable entry level hot hatch and therefor people of a certain age, who now have a bit of spare cash and a garage buy them for nostalgia. The Saxo prices support this theory as the fact Citroen gave them away with free insurance in exchange for 3 cornflake box tops in the 90s meant loads of 18 year olds had them.
People of a certain age either want the car they had when they were 17 or they want the car they lusted after when they were 17.
Ha Ha, I'm a 205 GTI owner who really wishes he had a crystal ball and had not sold in December 2014, but December 2017 when his car would have fetched north of £5K instead of just over £2000, which at the time was nearly double what he paid for it!!!I see 306 values the same as the 309 v 205. The 309 drove better but despite 205 values they still aren't popular. I put this down to the fact that like the 106, the 205 was the affordable entry level hot hatch and therefor people of a certain age, who now have a bit of spare cash and a garage buy them for nostalgia. The Saxo prices support this theory as the fact Citroen gave them away with free insurance in exchange for 3 cornflake box tops in the 90s meant loads of 18 year olds had them.
People of a certain age either want the car they had when they were 17 or they want the car they lusted after when they were 17.
Hence my great interest in 306s. 309 GTIs were unloved in the day, but try finding one now for reasonable money. You can't.
Tried to find a Clio Williams the other day... cheapest I found on internet was £17K. 17k..... only 3 years ago they were £5K.
So I feel sure that eventually the GTI6 prices will take off and it will happen quickly without much warning.....
306 GTi6 or Clio 172/182...these will be the next 205/309s.......
I see that 306 Rallye still hasn't shifted on Ebay.... I know it looks like it needs a bit of paint and a few other bits, but £1795 seems so cheap in the context of £10K DC2 Integras and £17K Clio williams',,,,,,,
PTF said:
Bit of a thread resurrection, but i need to give some serious thought with regards to what to do with my GTI-6
I've had a bit of a shuffle round, so there is space in my new garage/workshop for it to live in there. It's dry, clean and tidy, etc. The 306 has spent about 3 yrs living in my old wooden garage looking sorry for itself.
So last weekend when it was finally in the workshop i could get it on the lift and have a really good look at it, and was kind of overwhelmed by the amount of work i think it'll need to bring it back to a really good standard. Everything underneath and in the engine bay just looks so tired.
The interior is as it was before - very, very tidy. And it drives just fine (on my driveway at least). It had a new clutch, throttle cable and gear linkages when i got it so that bit is sorted at least. But the new brakes i fitted when i got it now look crusty. It also had new tyres and thankfully they still look good.
So the question is, what to do with it now?
Part of me thinks just sell it as a project for someone else to devote time and energy to. It's only on 80k miles after all.
Or are these about to go into orbit price-wise? And even if they did, would a blaze yellow one (seemingly the least liked colour), needing a good cosmetic going over, be worth much?
I'd appreciate any thoughts on this. Keep? Keep and spend on it? Sell?
Only you can decide this, I had a similar debate over a 205GTi 4 years ago and we sold it.... wish we'd waited a year or two!I've had a bit of a shuffle round, so there is space in my new garage/workshop for it to live in there. It's dry, clean and tidy, etc. The 306 has spent about 3 yrs living in my old wooden garage looking sorry for itself.
So last weekend when it was finally in the workshop i could get it on the lift and have a really good look at it, and was kind of overwhelmed by the amount of work i think it'll need to bring it back to a really good standard. Everything underneath and in the engine bay just looks so tired.
The interior is as it was before - very, very tidy. And it drives just fine (on my driveway at least). It had a new clutch, throttle cable and gear linkages when i got it so that bit is sorted at least. But the new brakes i fitted when i got it now look crusty. It also had new tyres and thankfully they still look good.
So the question is, what to do with it now?
Part of me thinks just sell it as a project for someone else to devote time and energy to. It's only on 80k miles after all.
Or are these about to go into orbit price-wise? And even if they did, would a blaze yellow one (seemingly the least liked colour), needing a good cosmetic going over, be worth much?
I'd appreciate any thoughts on this. Keep? Keep and spend on it? Sell?
Edited by PTF on Monday 4th March 16:53
If you decide to sell in the next 12 months, I'd be interested in hearing from you as I have often considered buying one of these. I love these cars. Best hot hatch I ever drove was the 306 Rallye...shouldve bought one when they were cheap.
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