Thirty years ago, when I was living in Boston, MA and regularly traveling to NYC on business, the cab fleet in the Big Apple was mostly Ford Crown Victorias, some Checkers and a reasonable number of Peugeot 505s. Among my coworkers, at least, we all knew that the Peugeots were far better equipped for the potholed streets of the city and we'd cross our fingers in the cab queue at La Guardia and wave a little more frantically at them when flagging a cab in town.
My Jaw has just dropped when I have read your comment, and then I have quickly googled it. An article says the oil crisis made taxi companies look for cheap euroean diesels. Amazing. I have always loved the sape of the 504 and the 505. :)
What a fantastic car! Love the old Peugeots. When I was a kid my father had a beige 305 estate as a company car. That car had the smoothest ride ever, economic diesel, the softest carpet in the enormous boot (a little smaller than this 505 estate obviously). Great cars. Wish Peugeot would go back to the more stately, no-nonsens cars.
my dad hat a 305 estate beige color to til 1990 he turnt it in for a mazda 626 :( i whas 8 in that time . i now drive the car thats on my photo 1990 lancer
One of the Mums who was in our school car run had a 504 then a 505 estate 7 seaters. They were so comfy, and cavernous. We all wanted to sit on the 3rd row of seats. Amazing cars.
Hello. I like your reviews of ordinary, simple cars . As a 48yrs old man I remember all of them. Normal family cars and not some weird super performant exotica that you cant connect with in any way.Greeting from Slovenia.
Back in the mid 90s I had a 505 GRD (I think?) in saloon version. It was an absolute beast. I traded my Peugeot 205 for it at the old car dealers on Clapham Common who used to specialise in French motors. Went to buy a Citroen CX but bottled it at the last moment and bought the 505 which had only just come in. Less tweed and way more velour. The most comfortable seats in any car I've ever driven.
What a wonderful thing, to find this video. I drove an '82 505 Estate for many happy years. And mine was red! It was one of the most reliable and tough cars that I ever owned. I lived in Illinois, USA at the time, and I drove that car through some very difficult winters. I put studded snow tires on the back, and the car confidently went any direction that I pointed it. Those lovely headlights were my favorite feature of the 505. You made my whole day with this video. Thank you so much! Cheers, from Utah, USA.
This brings back so so so many memories ! My dad brought one when I was a kid C183GAR we had the 7 seat option as we're a big family. We went everywhere in it many family holidays to Cornwall and Devon. Normally with mum dad in the front three kids in the middle and two in the back ! . Thanks for reviewing so many great family memories came flooding back. Another one to review would be the montego countryman estate .... The other 7 seat family wagon we had which was mum's car. Thanks for sharing
Peugeot 505 is a heavily revamped 504 which goes back to late 1960’s, just goes to show what an advanced design it was in order to run right up to 1992. Very well built family car and should last forever if you look after it.
This car brings back so many memories! In Australia, they started out being assembled from CKD kits in Melbourne by Renault Australia (who were also responsible for selling the cars), who also assembled the 12, 16, 18 and maybe the 20 from kits, as well as Ford Cortina wagons. When Renault shut their factory around 81/82, production shifted to PMC (Pressed Metal) in Sydney, who also made Mokes, Land Rovers and bus/coach bodies until about 1985, when they went to import only. They had a clearer market position in Australia, they competed mainly with the Volvo 240 and later on, the 740 and were a prestige Euro car option for not much more than an Australian or Japanese car. Very popular with farmers, as well as middle class city people wanting an affordable-ish Euro car. The interior of this car is exactly like a sedan a school friend’s mum drove, except hers had power front windows and air con and lots of other kids at school were from families with wagons. They were a common sight until about 20 years ago. Apparently lots were shipped to east Africa. A very comfortable and tough car, if only the French still made them like this
my Grandad had a J (92) plate 505 estate for a few years in the mid '00s. I think it's one of his favorites he's owned. I loved the 3rd-row seats as a kid.
A good weekend camper if you think about it with a boot space that large... I could easily see myself going to the lakes and just sleeping in the car at night 🤣🤣
That's what I'd describe as split mint, incredible its held up so well. A modern Peugeot falls apart after 5 years. Remember lots of these back in the day, a guy I worked with in the 80's had 5 kids and drove a brown 7 seater estate, that looked huge at the time. You need to offer a Hubnut style 'knees alert' warning tho during this hot weather mate😂
neil walsh I agree that these old cars were great, but the majority of them did fall apart and get scrapped at an alarmingly young age. I do not feel that modern ones are worse as such, the modern ones are over complicated and the owners are keen to get rid of them for scrappage trade in I think, but they don’t rust like they used to.
I was taken to school in one of these. My parents were in a school run car pooling club, and one of the other parents had a black 505 with the extra back seat in the boot. If ever a car was designed for the school run, this was it, and I seem to recall it swallowing about a dozen of us. No rear seatbelts in those days, or health & safety lobby groups. So great to see one again.
I was a kid in Inverness in the 80s/90s. Peugeots were everywhere (my dad drove nothing else) but 505s were pretty thin on the ground. The 'school run' wasn't really a thing back then, perhaps that's part of the reason.
Wonder how I have managed to live my 62 years without cup holders - My 2008 Renault Kangoo Expression last of the original Kangoos doesn't have any cup holders either but does have a fold up table on the back of each front seat Allegro Vanden Plas style but only in plastic rather than the wood in them that I have never used either as I never sit in the back seats and very few other people have as well.
The 505 was the only Peugeot I really saw growing up in the States. I always loved the front end styling, and I'd love to get one in good condition. French cars never seemed to catch on over here. I remember seeing Renault LeCars and Alliances, and Citroëns were ultra rare and bizarre.
A friend's parents had one of these. I loved it! It was blue and it was so big it almost had its own postcode. I remember how high it sat and I could almost climb into the wheel arch! Looking forward to watching this!
Matt what a good video,thanks. Brought back a lot of great memories. We had one of these in the early 80's. It was an 8 seater automatic with power steering and air conditioning. We had 6 kids and they loved this car,so did I. This was a superb workhorse,we even used it when moving house because when the seats were folded down you could practically GET half the house in it ha ha.
A Pininfarina great! Fioravanti was a genius. When I was a kid we had two BRAND NEW 505 GTI 7-seaters, 1988 and 1992. These late versions are my favourites, with late Mercedes-style dash, velour seats, el.mirrors, windows, remote locking, aluminium wheels, metallic paint etc. Shame they never put the 180hp turbo-engine in it!
Per Eldh: Here in the USA, the (high nickle content) Chrysler-Simca 2.2 Turbo was available here in the States as the "top of the line" 505 Turbo S Wagon(in 5 passenger/8 passenger versions) .....but only in ZF4HP22 form and only boosted to 150hp....because the Universal-Joint on the Wagons could not take full-Power and shift to Drive Torque-drops.......U-Joint would have shattered with that Torque Load. Sedans did not have the issue with IRS (because the Torque-Tube was that/solid shaft). Along with my 87 Liberte Wagon,I also have a 87 505 5 Speed Turbo sedan with the 180+hp Intercooled 2.2. Power actually gets in the 210-220hp level if the barometric pressures and outside temps are in the 50s/low 60s. On a hot day,it won't even make 180hp...........mild day....yes. The sedan is a sleeper freak of nature......where as the 96hp Liberte Wagon struggles to get out of its own way. Next to the 505 STX V6.........the 505 Turbo S Wagon was the most expensive Peugeot in the USA before Peugeot left America in 1991...........no(lighter) Base/Mid-Range 505 Turbo Wagon versions were ever offered. Sadly,the ZF4HP22 saps the fun out of the 2.2 Turbo (Sedan/Wagon)............unlike the 5 Speed sedans...which can be quite wicked if atmospheric conditions are in your favor.
D McNamara Thank you, interesting! Here (Sweden) the most powerful was the GTI with 115hp (non-cat version 130hp) and the GTD with 110hp. I always preferred the original euro design front/rear to the US versions but a Turbowagon would be really cool non-the-less! And I envy your 505 TurboInjection!!
Had a Rover 3500 SD1 back in the late eighties that had a temperature gauge that showed just under mid way even when the engine was off. After about a year of ownership, I discovered it had been glued there! Lovely car was that but the electrics were woeful. Taught me a lot about electric windows, central locking, switches and wiring.
Superb video Matt. Brought back a great memory one of my primary school mates parents always had Peugeot’s and i went with them to the long defunct Clock Garage in Birmingham to part exchange their white estate ( the older version of this shape car also a 505 ? Or 504 maybe with the longer back lights ? ) for a brand new 505 estate in Blue with blue tweed interior. This was probably 1983/84. The car was huge ! The first time I’d ever been in a car with 7 seats so me and my mate could sit right at the back of the car playing up 🤣 Really enjoyed this one - from a time when French cars werent complete garbage. Now you just need to get hold of a 505 GTi saloon 👍
After a succession of Volvo 240s my family went through three of these 505s in 7 seat configuration, we didn't have much money so I'm talking late 90's early 00's. One of them was silver with factory alloy wheels, and a 'private' Irish plate - looked quite mean. In general I was possibly a little embarrassed at the time to be seen in such an old car but I look back on them now fondly.
I remember being bundled into the back of one as a schoolboy, my headmaster realising I had a bad concussion.... it was really comfy in the moments that I was conscious :-)
Great review. Lovely to see a classic old Peugeot bus again. My parents had a 309 GRD turbo that was probably one of the best all round family cars we ever had; comfortable, practical, reliable and looked fairly good while doing it all.
The good old 505 estate was lavish in those days, a couple of things I like about this car are the tweed upholstery, the brick red dashboard inlay, the classic beige roof lining and the massive cargo space at the back.
"put washing up liquid in the tank - it will run on that" - Priceless! A long time ago I borrowed one for a day and loved it but cant remember if it was a 504 or 505 - that is how long ago!
Love this model! I had a Sochaux-built 1984 with the X2DS engine. Heavenly ride, hellish running costs. The only car I shed a tear turning over to the scrappers.
Great to see a 505! I worked in a Peugeot dealership from 1987-2002 and have dealt with and driven lots of these. I myself owned a 1987 GTDT auto saloon for a couple of years as a second car, It had the later dashboard which I always preferred. Great old barges! Family estates were really popular with taxi drivers, some cars I have dealt with covered well over half a million miles. Most were 2.5 diesels though we had one taxi operator who had a 2.0 Petrol GR the same as this which did about 350000 miles before the engine wore out. He traded it in for a later 2.5D and hated how noisy it was compared to the petrol! Many, along with 504’s were exported to Africa where they continued to give good service. Not exciting cars but very good at what they did and great to see such a nice clean example. Thanks!
I got one of those. My wife (ex-) managed to crash it on her first test drive. So she threw the keys at me and told me it was all my fault, that I purposefully made her look like an idiot by offering her a car that was too big. I figured out that I had to get out of that relationship. First the woman, then the car. Got a Peugeot 405 Mi16 instead. That was a love story!
I always liked the 505 - and I thought I was the only one likening the upper line of the headlights to an arched eyebrow 😀. The main competitors to the 505 estate (at least in my native Germany) were the Merc T123 (pretty freshly launched, albeit more expensive) and certainly the Citroën CX estate (for the more daring types). French estate cars were anticipating minivans like the Renault Espace as they could be ordered with a full third row of seats (not just two puny backward facing ones like the Merc). Thank you for this vid!!
I should have mentioned the 123, but they cost about twice as much as the 505! The Volvo 240 would have been another rival but smaller inside in the saloon
Those blanks in the Ventilation Section were definitely designed for Airconditioning which was available here in South Africa even in the previous model 504 - house friends of ours had a 504 Super 7 with A/C.
Great video. Thank You for giving me a Joy Ride on memory lane. Our family had a 505 GR sedan version from 1985 and I drove it until a married and sold it in 1999. Great car. So reliable and comfortable. The seats was Amazing and “sofa” on the back - I have never been in any car that was so comfortable ever since. The cussion was excellent and the fabric very Classy…better than leather. The 505 was everywhere in Indonesia back then and quite affordable for middle Class family, but was luxurious at the sama time.
The front trapezoidal lights stance reminds me of 6 cylinder austin princesses.but over always admired the 505 and especially the estate .my dad nearly bought a powder blue familialle estate many moons ago. Wish he had now .even had the same seat trim as this one .just love the Reddy orange paintwork too.
I really do miss this kind of cars these days. The VW Passat B4 might be the last one. Big, simple and comfy. That is actually all it takes being a great family car. ;)
what a beautiful example of a phase one 505 she's like new and automatic..oh my heart melts! brings back sweet memories when we were teenagers we used to sneak our neighbor's 505 for a rave in town all 9 of us
Watching this brings back so many memories. My father drove a Peugeot 404 sedan in the early 70s, until he replaced it with a Volvo 145 wagon. One day, when i was in high school, he asked me to go with him to pick up another car he'd just bought. It turned out to be a 504 station wagon, with a diesel engine and 4 speed manual trans, which became my car for the better part of a year. It was exactly everything that a teenage boy shouldn't love - slow diesel engine and a station wagon, no less - but I couldn't help but love that that thing. Yes, it was slower than molasses in winter, but the torque curve was so smooth and cruising in third gear was just amazing. I was terribly sad when my father eventually sold it
I had a US gasoline 84 four door sedan 5 speed. Fine car. Drove it for 25 years and 259K mikes. I test drove the auto. Too sluggish. 5 speed was fine. The car felt like it was designed for me. Everything felt right at hand. Turning radius was about 28 ft. Great for city driving. Wheelbase was 120 in., which made for a comfortable, non choppy ride. Engine was codeveloped with Volvo and Renault. Only major problem I had was a head gasket. I maintained it for the last 10 years. It had its quirks, mostly related to US (CA) pollution controls, but if you understood them, it was easy to maintain. Lots of room under the hood. You got the essence of it right!!! Excellent review!
My father had a 504 wagon here in Texas in the eighties, and I drove it many times. The back seat was enormous and nearly as comfortable as those massive front chairs...
I remember these cars so well: we had a Talbot/Simca/Peugeot dealer in our village. As a little lad I used to go to the showroom and the garage. There was a white 505 GTI that I adored back then. They even let me sit in it. These where very popular here, except the Familiare wasn't so common in this region. Popular under farmers back then over here. Now they are all gone, haven't seen one in a very long time. Very well preserved car, looks like new. Great review Matt, enjoyed it very much!
Id love to find a GTi, that would be a totally different car! Most that I remember had the 3rd seat row, Im surprised this one didnt, but I thin came from a farm
Great smooth drive and enormous space! We rode a second hand 505 break, imported from the Netherlands to Senegal in the early '90. My father felt a bit embarrassed in the Netherlands when he drove that 'oldie' to the mover. But when the car arrived in the village where we lived in the north of Senegal, people thought a minister was visiting their village! Unfortunately we had a Diesel which are notorious bad (as opposed to the petrol versions) and consequently we had numerious engine failures.
My parents owned a Peugeot 505 GR Familiale of 1982. Since 1987. It was quite rusty in the autumn of 1982 already. Because of that, I wanted to have a 505 (familiale) as well. Anyway, I bought my 505 gti of 1985 (First model) sedan in september 2004. Yes, 16 years ago. I drove it from 170029 km's to 334500 km's. It's currently being restored, hope it's ready by summer next year. I drove 164000 km's with it myself. Nice one this episode!
Love the vid. The 505 & 504 had such a good front! And I am deffo not a fan of French cars, so that says something. Love the comeback at the guys being so grumpy over a cup test. Your vids are so very welcome! Someone being enthousiastic about what they do, going in depth and making jokes about themselves, the cars and others. TOP stuff, love the vids!
I have one ... with it's golden colour .. I working on it these days ... I rebuild it from zero to 10 ... My father own it from 2002 .. when i was 2 years old .. I love this awesome car ❤♥️
What an incredible car, always loved the 505, these were the cars from Peugeot that were so incredibly robust, nice to look at and drive. Super video, thanks.
That looks absolutely spotless. Like you the last time I was in one of those was Egypt, the driver took us to a local restaurant that was, of course own by his cousin or something. He waited outside the restaurant and took us back to the hotel.....After trying to take us to some other relative's store.
I was in my cousins 505 estate when he tried rallying it through the country lanes of Suffolk. Needless to say we ended up in a ditch, but the ditch came off worse and a kindly farmer hauled us out with his tractor and we were off again. Indestructible is the word that comes to mind when I remember the 505 estate!
Awww wow this takes me back to my childhood growing up in Nigeria these where very popular over there. The range topping 505 Evolution 2.2 saloon was the most desirable. I believe these where built in Nigeria up until 2001
Had a W reg 505 saloon in the mid 90s. 2 litre auto for a family barge. Fitted a cassette player and away we went. I do remember the smell and it had over 100k on the clock and had not been loved. White bodywork and blue interior all came up well. Autochoke was knackered so throttle pumping when cold starting. Toured the West country at a modest pace and in great comfort. Fond memories. Sold it before the weather got too cold due to the choke issue. The vehicle of choice for every african dictator was the estate. Nice hat.
That car is absolutely immaculate! Not only does it pass the tea shelf test but you could have a full 3 course meal on it with 12 of your best friends in the boot! Brilliant!👍
My parents had two of these, a petrol and a diesel, because we needed the extra seats. I remember riding in the rear row of seats sometimes made me feel a bit queasy but it was a lot more comfortable than riding backwards in the rear facing seats in the boot of the Montego we had before. As you were demonstrating the size of the boot it reminded me that at one point I designed an intercom to go in the very back to communicate with those sitting in the front, as they couldn't always hear us and we had to pass messages through whoever sat in the middle. I never built it, probably had better things to spend my pocket money on, but I did have it costed based on parts in the Maplin catalogue!
Amazing. If you search on Google "Peugeot 505 Taxi Africa" you can still see these going strong in 2020. My Grandad owned 3 and one had done over 200,000 Miles with ease. Its a shame peugeot dont make cars to this standard anymore they were built like a tank. Such a shame its getting exported would of been nice to keep in the uk! Great work Mr Furious!
Gosh this takes me back my parents had a 505GT, with the 3 row of seats, 2.2L injection, and yest it could come with with air con, as we had it, electric windows, it was kitted out. fantastic ride, so comfortable, loved that car.
You get it mate! It is so nice to watch a car reviewer who has had the same feelings and experiences. I fell in love with Peugeot when we got a top spec 306 D Turbo HDI. It just had something special about it. The leather and interior had that exact sort of almost sweet smell you are talking about. To be fair, before that we had an older low spec 306 with the older 1.9D and that didnt make much of an impact. The only smell that has come close was our 1999 Audi A4. It was a poverty spec 1.6 but it had an almost organic fresh smell that gave it a real feeling of quality! Thank god I was born into a family that had company cars throughout the 90s! 🤣
my 1990 pug 205 came from rootes too, it has the same rear window sticker and i have the original rootes keyfob as well, i bought it in kent last year and drove it down to cornwall
What an amazing car, my dad had a rep Mobil in the 80's in the exact colour. Where has this been kept in this amazing condition. Thanks for the video content. Made my dad's day..
What a gorgeous car... I totally loved this video, not just showing the car, but also trying to bring over the feel and smell. That was very entertaining. Anyway.... Except from all safety progress, I would die for cars to be this "basic" again. But maybe that's nostalgia.... Thank you for your video and look forward to see more of these eighties beauties. Kind regards from the Netherlands.
Tea shelf ? Non monsieur. Its for slicing open baguette's & filling with jambon fromage while leaving space for 2 beakers of vin rose at the clock end. Vivre le picnic !
My grandpa used to hoard these since he could part out the previous 505s into the "newer" ones he drove. I could hear and recognize the sound of the tractor-esque petrol motor approaching in the distance when my grandpa was picking my family up. Sadly little to none of these exist in Finland nowadays, I would love to drive one of these since I was too young when my grandpa was able to drive. Ahh, good memories, RIP grandpa.
Thirty years ago, when I was living in Boston, MA and regularly traveling to NYC on business, the cab fleet in the Big Apple was mostly Ford Crown Victorias, some Checkers and a reasonable number of Peugeot 505s. Among my coworkers, at least, we all knew that the Peugeots were far better equipped for the potholed streets of the city and we'd cross our fingers in the cab queue at La Guardia and wave a little more frantically at them when flagging a cab in town.
I didnt know they were used as cabs in New York as well! They were tough machines!
My Jaw has just dropped when I have read your comment, and then I have quickly googled it. An article says the oil crisis made taxi companies look for cheap euroean diesels. Amazing. I have always loved the sape of the 504 and the 505. :)
@@londontrucker6804 Me too. them 505's went everywhere!
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The 504 too was a cab in NY, both were the most sold French car on the US soil
That interior is beautiful and the condition has to be the cleanest old car I have ever seen and the tea shelf is HUGE!
Its all incredible!
@@furiousdriving Please do more vintage Peugeots... I share your zeal for them.
What a fantastic car! Love the old Peugeots. When I was a kid my father had a beige 305 estate as a company car. That car had the smoothest ride ever, economic diesel, the softest carpet in the enormous boot (a little smaller than this 505 estate obviously). Great cars. Wish Peugeot would go back to the more stately, no-nonsens cars.
my dad hat a 305 estate beige color to til 1990 he turnt it in for a mazda 626 :( i whas 8 in that time . i now drive the car thats on my photo 1990 lancer
One of the Mums who was in our school car run had a 504 then a 505 estate 7 seaters. They were so comfy, and cavernous. We all wanted to sit on the 3rd row of seats. Amazing cars.
Hello. I like your reviews of ordinary, simple cars . As a 48yrs old man I remember all of them. Normal family cars and not some weird super performant exotica that you cant connect with in any way.Greeting from Slovenia.
It what interests me, Ive got no connection to supercars so although they are interesting Im more interested in cars I remember too
My thoughts exactly! It is a breath of fresh air to see motors from our youth that either our parents or us as youngsters first drove in !
Where are they selling 505
I am need five peugeot 505
Back in the mid 90s I had a 505 GRD (I think?) in saloon version. It was an absolute beast. I traded my Peugeot 205 for it at the old car dealers on Clapham Common who used to specialise in French motors. Went to buy a Citroen CX but bottled it at the last moment and bought the 505 which had only just come in. Less tweed and way more velour. The most comfortable seats in any car I've ever driven.
Matt, you've managed to describe this wonderful car like a French wine ..
What a wonderful thing, to find this video. I drove an '82 505 Estate for many happy years. And mine was red! It was one of the most reliable and tough cars that I ever owned. I lived in Illinois, USA at the time, and I drove that car through some very difficult winters. I put studded snow tires on the back, and the car confidently went any direction that I pointed it. Those lovely headlights were my favorite feature of the 505. You made my whole day with this video. Thank you so much! Cheers, from Utah, USA.
This brings back so so so many memories ! My dad brought one when I was a kid C183GAR we had the 7 seat option as we're a big family. We went everywhere in it many family holidays to Cornwall and Devon. Normally with mum dad in the front three kids in the middle and two in the back ! . Thanks for reviewing so many great family memories came flooding back. Another one to review would be the montego countryman estate .... The other 7 seat family wagon we had which was mum's car. Thanks for sharing
Peugeot 505 is a heavily revamped 504 which goes back to late 1960’s, just goes to show what an advanced design it was in order to run right up to 1992. Very well built family car and should last forever if you look after it.
My Grandad had a C reg Talbot Solara that had tweed covered seats in it, and they looked just like the seats in this beast. What a stunning car.
So many happy memories in a blue, 7 seat version we used to have when I was growing up. Amazing car. ❤️
This car brings back so many memories! In Australia, they started out being assembled from CKD kits in Melbourne by Renault Australia (who were also responsible for selling the cars), who also assembled the 12, 16, 18 and maybe the 20 from kits, as well as Ford Cortina wagons. When Renault shut their factory around 81/82, production shifted to PMC (Pressed Metal) in Sydney, who also made Mokes, Land Rovers and bus/coach bodies until about 1985, when they went to import only.
They had a clearer market position in Australia, they competed mainly with the Volvo 240 and later on, the 740 and were a prestige Euro car option for not much more than an Australian or Japanese car. Very popular with farmers, as well as middle class city people wanting an affordable-ish Euro car.
The interior of this car is exactly like a sedan a school friend’s mum drove, except hers had power front windows and air con and lots of other kids at school were from families with wagons. They were a common sight until about 20 years ago. Apparently lots were shipped to east Africa. A very comfortable and tough car, if only the French still made them like this
my Grandad had a J (92) plate 505 estate for a few years in the mid '00s. I think it's one of his favorites he's owned. I loved the 3rd-row seats as a kid.
A good weekend camper if you think about it with a boot space that large... I could easily see myself going to the lakes and just sleeping in the car at night 🤣🤣
do it often, in a not quite as big 405 estate
That's what I'd describe as split mint, incredible its held up so well. A modern Peugeot falls apart after 5 years. Remember lots of these back in the day, a guy I worked with in the 80's had 5 kids and drove a brown 7 seater estate, that looked huge at the time.
You need to offer a Hubnut style 'knees alert' warning tho during this hot weather mate😂
neil walsh I agree that these old cars were great, but the majority of them did fall apart and get scrapped at an alarmingly young age. I do not feel that modern ones are worse as such, the modern ones are over complicated and the owners are keen to get rid of them for scrappage trade in I think, but they don’t rust like they used to.
I can remember the 504s in the 70's, here in Sydney, basically a burnt orange colour and in the estate form. Would have loved a 505.
What a beauty! Very well kept/restored.
Totally original barn find, its incredible
I was taken to school in one of these. My parents were in a school run car pooling club, and one of the other parents had a black 505 with the extra back seat in the boot. If ever a car was designed for the school run, this was it, and I seem to recall it swallowing about a dozen of us. No rear seatbelts in those days, or health & safety lobby groups. So great to see one again.
I was a kid in Inverness in the 80s/90s. Peugeots were everywhere (my dad drove nothing else) but 505s were pretty thin on the ground. The 'school run' wasn't really a thing back then, perhaps that's part of the reason.
Tea shelf rant made me laugh 😂
What pantograph wipers are for HubNut, the tea shelf is for Furious Driving.
Tea shelf T shirt is coming..
Wonder how I have managed to live my 62 years without cup holders - My 2008 Renault Kangoo Expression last of the original Kangoos doesn't have any cup holders either but does have a fold up table on the back of each front seat Allegro Vanden Plas style but only in plastic rather than the wood in them that I have never used either as I never sit in the back seats and very few other people have as well.
furiousdriving does it have a picture of the Acclaim on the front 😂😁
The 505 was the only Peugeot I really saw growing up in the States. I always loved the front end styling, and I'd love to get one in good condition. French cars never seemed to catch on over here. I remember seeing Renault LeCars and Alliances, and Citroëns were ultra rare and bizarre.
A friend's parents had one of these. I loved it! It was blue and it was so big it almost had its own postcode.
I remember how high it sat and I could almost climb into the wheel arch!
Looking forward to watching this!
You need a ladder for the back seats!
That was called 505 Dangle it was a 4x4.
‘An easy pass’ 😂 Good on you Matt 😀 The thing I remember most about those 505 estates was their ‘enormousness’ 😀
I have had one for 25 years now and i still rather drive the 505 than my 2019 citroen 3 air cross i love my 505
Was the 505 fast enough ?
It reminds me of the 104 that my family owned from 1979 to 1988. Much smaller of course! Nice video. 80s nostalgia alert!!!
Matt what a good video,thanks. Brought back a lot of great memories. We had one of these in the early 80's. It was an 8 seater automatic with power steering and air conditioning. We had 6 kids and they loved this car,so did I. This was a superb workhorse,we even used it when moving house because when the seats were folded down you could practically GET half the house in it ha ha.
A Pininfarina great! Fioravanti was a genius.
When I was a kid we had two BRAND NEW 505 GTI 7-seaters, 1988 and 1992. These late versions are my favourites, with late Mercedes-style dash, velour seats, el.mirrors, windows, remote locking, aluminium wheels, metallic paint etc. Shame they never put the 180hp turbo-engine in it!
Per Eldh:
Here in the USA, the (high nickle content) Chrysler-Simca 2.2 Turbo was available here in the States as the "top of the line" 505 Turbo S Wagon(in 5 passenger/8 passenger versions) .....but only in ZF4HP22 form and only boosted to 150hp....because the Universal-Joint on the Wagons could not take full-Power and shift to Drive Torque-drops.......U-Joint would have shattered with that Torque Load.
Sedans did not have the issue with IRS (because the Torque-Tube was that/solid shaft). Along with my 87 Liberte Wagon,I also have a 87 505 5 Speed Turbo sedan with the 180+hp Intercooled 2.2. Power actually gets in the 210-220hp level if the barometric pressures and outside temps are in the 50s/low 60s. On a hot day,it won't even make 180hp...........mild day....yes. The sedan is a sleeper freak of nature......where as the 96hp Liberte Wagon struggles to get out of its own way.
Next to the 505 STX V6.........the 505 Turbo S Wagon was the most expensive Peugeot in the USA before Peugeot left America in 1991...........no(lighter) Base/Mid-Range 505 Turbo Wagon versions were ever offered. Sadly,the ZF4HP22 saps the fun out of the 2.2 Turbo (Sedan/Wagon)............unlike the 5 Speed sedans...which can be quite wicked if atmospheric conditions are in your favor.
D McNamara Thank you, interesting! Here (Sweden) the most powerful was the GTI with 115hp (non-cat version 130hp) and the GTD with 110hp.
I always preferred the original euro design front/rear to the US versions but a Turbowagon would be really cool non-the-less! And I envy your 505 TurboInjection!!
"Get a grip"
LOL
Ask Stone cold to let you drive the little FIAT. That would be an awesome video.
Unfortunately thats either sold or for sale for someone else, there is a reason we cant do that on
Bummer.
Had a Rover 3500 SD1 back in the late eighties that had a temperature gauge that showed just under mid way even when the engine was off. After about a year of ownership, I discovered it had been glued there! Lovely car was that but the electrics were woeful. Taught me a lot about electric windows, central locking, switches and wiring.
classic repairs...
My SD1 reads me a different temperature each day!
What an incredible example of a, now very rare, car. The new owner is very lucky. Many thanks Matt.
Superb video Matt. Brought back a great memory one of my primary school mates parents always had Peugeot’s and i went with them to the long defunct Clock Garage in Birmingham to part exchange their white estate ( the older version of this shape car also a 505 ? Or 504 maybe with the longer back lights ? ) for a brand new 505 estate in Blue with blue tweed interior. This was probably 1983/84. The car was huge ! The first time I’d ever been in a car with 7 seats so me and my mate could sit right at the back of the car playing up 🤣
Really enjoyed this one - from a time when French cars werent complete garbage.
Now you just need to get hold of a 505 GTi saloon 👍
I had the 405 Estate and it was a marvellous motor , my missus still says that it had the comfiest seats that she's ever experienced in a car :)
After a succession of Volvo 240s my family went through three of these 505s in 7 seat configuration, we didn't have much money so I'm talking late 90's early 00's. One of them was silver with factory alloy wheels, and a 'private' Irish plate - looked quite mean. In general I was possibly a little embarrassed at the time to be seen in such an old car but I look back on them now fondly.
Nice car and review is great as usual, reviews of such vehicles are far more interesting than all those supercar review channels
I remember being bundled into the back of one as a schoolboy, my headmaster realising I had a bad concussion.... it was really comfy in the moments that I was conscious :-)
Great review. Lovely to see a classic old Peugeot bus again. My parents had a 309 GRD turbo that was probably one of the best all round family cars we ever had; comfortable, practical, reliable and looked fairly good while doing it all.
The good old 505 estate was lavish in those days, a couple of things I like about this car are the tweed upholstery, the brick red dashboard inlay, the classic beige roof lining and the massive cargo space at the back.
"put washing up liquid in the tank - it will run on that" - Priceless! A long time ago I borrowed one for a day and loved it but cant remember if it was a 504 or 505 - that is how long ago!
I grew a up with a white of these from 1989. It is pretty much my dream car in this red colour.
Love this model! I had a Sochaux-built 1984 with the X2DS engine. Heavenly ride, hellish running costs. The only car I shed a tear turning over to the scrappers.
And when I say hellish, I really mean hellish - one of my repair bills came to $666.66!
Wow, it's in absolutely perfect condition! Lovely car.
Great to see a 505! I worked in a Peugeot dealership from 1987-2002 and have dealt with and driven lots of these. I myself owned a 1987 GTDT auto saloon for a couple of years as a second car, It had the later dashboard which I always preferred. Great old barges! Family estates were really popular with taxi drivers, some cars I have dealt with covered well over half a million miles. Most were 2.5 diesels though we had one taxi operator who had a 2.0 Petrol GR the same as this which did about 350000 miles before the engine wore out. He traded it in for a later 2.5D and hated how noisy it was compared to the petrol! Many, along with 504’s were exported to Africa where they continued to give good service. Not exciting cars but very good at what they did and great to see such a nice clean example. Thanks!
I got one of those. My wife (ex-) managed to crash it on her first test drive.
So she threw the keys at me and told me it was all my fault, that I purposefully made her look like an idiot by offering her a car that was too big.
I figured out that I had to get out of that relationship. First the woman, then the car.
Got a Peugeot 405 Mi16 instead. That was a love story!
I always liked the 505 - and I thought I was the only one likening the upper line of the headlights to an arched eyebrow 😀.
The main competitors to the 505 estate (at least in my native Germany) were the Merc T123 (pretty freshly launched, albeit more expensive) and certainly the Citroën CX estate (for the more daring types).
French estate cars were anticipating minivans like the Renault Espace as they could be ordered with a full third row of seats (not just two puny backward facing ones like the Merc).
Thank you for this vid!!
I should have mentioned the 123, but they cost about twice as much as the 505! The Volvo 240 would have been another rival but smaller inside in the saloon
Now this is the quality gigantic French estate content I signed up for 👍🏻
There were 5 kids in our family, mam and da in the front, us lot in the back. Excellent car it was!
Was it comfy ?
@@julienbee3467 yeah twas, kinda
Those blanks in the Ventilation Section were definitely designed for Airconditioning which was available here in South Africa even in the previous model 504 - house friends of ours had a 504 Super 7 with A/C.
Love the older peugeots, especially these. You went for the gear lever at 21:07 , did you go for the clutch too? haha!
Lol I noticed that too. Bet it's easily done
Often, I dont drive autos if i can help it!
I'm bad for that, also have a tendancy to hit the brakes with both feet.
Great video. Thank You for giving me a Joy Ride on memory lane. Our family had a 505 GR sedan version from 1985 and I drove it until a married and sold it in 1999. Great car. So reliable and comfortable. The seats was Amazing and “sofa” on the back - I have never been in any car that was so comfortable ever since. The cussion was excellent and the fabric very Classy…better than leather. The 505 was everywhere in Indonesia back then and quite affordable for middle Class family, but was luxurious at the sama time.
The front trapezoidal lights stance reminds me of 6 cylinder austin princesses.but over always admired the 505 and especially the estate .my dad nearly bought a powder blue familialle estate many moons ago. Wish he had now .even had the same seat trim as this one .just love the Reddy orange paintwork too.
I really do miss this kind of cars these days. The VW Passat B4 might be the last one. Big, simple and comfy. That is actually all it takes being a great family car. ;)
Your weather seems to be really improving Matt.A very nice example as well.
its almost too hot now!
what a beautiful example of a phase one 505 she's like new and automatic..oh my heart melts! brings back sweet memories when we were teenagers we used to sneak our neighbor's 505 for a rave in town all 9 of us
The interior reminds me of an 80s job centre, great cars, my friends dad had one and wishes he still did today.
Watching this brings back so many memories. My father drove a Peugeot 404 sedan in the early 70s, until he replaced it with a Volvo 145 wagon. One day, when i was in high school, he asked me to go with him to pick up another car he'd just bought. It turned out to be a 504 station wagon, with a diesel engine and 4 speed manual trans, which became my car for the better part of a year. It was exactly everything that a teenage boy shouldn't love - slow diesel engine and a station wagon, no less - but I couldn't help but love that that thing. Yes, it was slower than molasses in winter, but the torque curve was so smooth and cruising in third gear was just amazing. I was terribly sad when my father eventually sold it
I had a US gasoline 84 four door sedan 5 speed. Fine car. Drove it for 25 years and 259K mikes. I test drove the auto. Too sluggish. 5 speed was fine. The car felt like it was designed for me. Everything felt right at hand. Turning radius was about 28 ft. Great for city driving. Wheelbase was 120 in., which made for a comfortable, non choppy ride. Engine was codeveloped with Volvo and Renault. Only major problem I had was a head gasket.
I maintained it for the last 10 years. It had its quirks, mostly related to US (CA) pollution controls, but if you understood them, it was easy to maintain. Lots of room under the hood.
You got the essence of it right!!! Excellent review!
Someone has just bought themselves a beautiful car and if they look after it it will last forever!!
I believe its going to a nice collection
@@furiousdriving - That is really good to hear.
A real icon amongst estate cars must be one of the first 7 seaters available I remember many a tradesmen using these as vans brilliant car 👍👌
I haven’t seen this car before but it looks very good. Especially the front and as an estate. Thanks for the high quality video again!
I am impressed how well-kept this car is! Looks almost brand new!
Yea, I'll tell you, I'm a Sacramento boy, and can tell you, these were definitely in the states too. Wow, I noticed that all within one sentence! 😎💗
You know when someone knows about cars when they appreciate this old peugeots subscribed
The interior is brilliant,colors are great and the design of the steering wheel need award
Wow...looks like a brand new car. Fabulous. Love the tweed and the brown, so early 80's.
My father had a 504 wagon here in Texas in the eighties, and I drove it many times. The back seat was enormous and nearly as comfortable as those massive front chairs...
Massive as I remember. That's an exceptionally clean example, so well cared for and great to see.
I remember these cars so well: we had a Talbot/Simca/Peugeot dealer in our village. As a little lad I used to go to the showroom and the garage. There was a white 505 GTI that I adored back then. They even let me sit in it. These where very popular here, except the Familiare wasn't so common in this region. Popular under farmers back then over here. Now they are all gone, haven't seen one in a very long time. Very well preserved car, looks like new. Great review Matt, enjoyed it very much!
Id love to find a GTi, that would be a totally different car! Most that I remember had the 3rd seat row, Im surprised this one didnt, but I thin came from a farm
Great smooth drive and enormous space! We rode a second hand 505 break, imported from the Netherlands to Senegal in the early '90. My father felt a bit embarrassed in the Netherlands when he drove that 'oldie' to the mover. But when the car arrived in the village where we lived in the north of Senegal, people thought a minister was visiting their village! Unfortunately we had a Diesel which are notorious bad (as opposed to the petrol versions) and consequently we had numerious engine failures.
My parents owned a Peugeot 505 GR Familiale of 1982. Since 1987. It was quite rusty in the autumn of 1982 already. Because of that, I wanted to have a 505 (familiale) as well. Anyway, I bought my 505 gti of 1985 (First model) sedan in september 2004. Yes, 16 years ago. I drove it from 170029 km's to 334500 km's. It's currently being restored, hope it's ready by summer next year. I drove 164000 km's with it myself. Nice one this episode!
Love the vid. The 505 & 504 had such a good front! And I am deffo not a fan of French cars, so that says something. Love the comeback at the guys being so grumpy over a cup test.
Your vids are so very welcome! Someone being enthousiastic about what they do, going in depth and making jokes about themselves, the cars and others. TOP stuff, love the vids!
Thanks 👍
I have one ... with it's golden colour .. I working on it these days ... I rebuild it from zero to 10 ...
My father own it from 2002 .. when i was 2 years old .. I love this awesome car ❤♥️
the ground clearance is amazing
What an incredible car, always loved the 505, these were the cars from Peugeot that were so incredibly robust, nice to look at and drive. Super video, thanks.
That looks absolutely spotless. Like you the last time I was in one of those was Egypt, the driver took us to a local restaurant that was, of course own by his cousin or something. He waited outside the restaurant and took us back to the hotel.....After trying to take us to some other relative's store.
they all did that, lots of unexpected family visits unless you mention the tourist police!
I was in my cousins 505 estate when he tried rallying it through the country lanes of Suffolk. Needless to say we ended up in a ditch, but the ditch came off worse and a kindly farmer hauled us out with his tractor and we were off again. Indestructible is the word that comes to mind when I remember the 505 estate!
Awww wow this takes me back to my childhood growing up in Nigeria these where very popular over there. The range topping 505 Evolution 2.2 saloon was the most desirable. I believe these where built in Nigeria up until 2001
Had a W reg 505 saloon in the mid 90s. 2 litre auto for a family barge. Fitted a cassette player and away we went. I do remember the smell and it had over 100k on the clock and had not been loved. White bodywork and blue interior all came up well. Autochoke was knackered so throttle pumping when cold starting. Toured the West country at a modest pace and in great comfort. Fond memories. Sold it before the weather got too cold due to the choke issue. The vehicle of choice for every african dictator was the estate. Nice hat.
That car is absolutely immaculate! Not only does it pass the tea shelf test but you could have a full 3 course meal on it with 12 of your best friends in the boot! Brilliant!👍
My parents had two of these, a petrol and a diesel, because we needed the extra seats. I remember riding in the rear row of seats sometimes made me feel a bit queasy but it was a lot more comfortable than riding backwards in the rear facing seats in the boot of the Montego we had before. As you were demonstrating the size of the boot it reminded me that at one point I designed an intercom to go in the very back to communicate with those sitting in the front, as they couldn't always hear us and we had to pass messages through whoever sat in the middle. I never built it, probably had better things to spend my pocket money on, but I did have it costed based on parts in the Maplin catalogue!
Great colour! My memory of the 505 is beige for some reason, its huge!
Enjoyed that. What a time machine! They looked a bit agricultural at the time, but stylish with it.
Amazing. If you search on Google "Peugeot 505 Taxi Africa" you can still see these going strong in 2020. My Grandad owned 3 and one had done over 200,000 Miles with ease. Its a shame peugeot dont make cars to this standard anymore they were built like a tank. Such a shame its getting exported would of been nice to keep in the uk!
Great work Mr Furious!
I can believe that, without rust they'd go on forever!
Fantastic! I do love a Peugeot 🤤
Gosh this takes me back my parents had a 505GT, with the 3 row of seats, 2.2L injection, and yest it could come with with air con, as we had it, electric windows, it was kitted out. fantastic ride, so comfortable, loved that car.
Oh sir, this car was absolutely worth waiting for! I would prefer a slightly higher trim level, but the condition was fantastic.
and a deisel for full effect!
@@furiousdriving, I wouldn't be able to talk about the diesel on my channel, so I would have to avoid one of those, sadly...
You get it mate! It is so nice to watch a car reviewer who has had the same feelings and experiences. I fell in love with Peugeot when we got a top spec 306 D Turbo HDI. It just had something special about it. The leather and interior had that exact sort of almost sweet smell you are talking about. To be fair, before that we had an older low spec 306 with the older 1.9D and that didnt make much of an impact. The only smell that has come close was our 1999 Audi A4. It was a poverty spec 1.6 but it had an almost organic fresh smell that gave it a real feeling of quality! Thank god I was born into a family that had company cars throughout the 90s! 🤣
Always liked the styling of these, especially front end and those huge unique shaped headlights, even better if equipped with yellow bulbs 😎
my 1990 pug 205 came from rootes too, it has the same rear window sticker and i have the original rootes keyfob as well, i bought it in kent last year and drove it down to cornwall
What a stunner!!! I am obsessed with those seats!
Another great car, another great video. I love the fact it came from Rootes Maidstone.
What an amazing car, my dad had a rep Mobil in the 80's in the exact colour. Where has this been kept in this amazing condition. Thanks for the video content. Made my dad's day..
Its a barn find! Not on the road since 1991
What a gorgeous car... I totally loved this video, not just showing the car, but also trying to bring over the feel and smell. That was very entertaining. Anyway.... Except from all safety progress, I would die for cars to be this "basic" again. But maybe that's nostalgia....
Thank you for your video and look forward to see more of these eighties beauties. Kind regards from the Netherlands.
i went to Egypt about 20 years ago and i swear every other car on the road was one of these!
Beautiful colour - Looks like a brand new car ! - I like it !
I had a 505 salon in blue for 2 years. 4 kids along back seat, ALL in child belts. Massive car that just ran and ran. Captain sensible of family cars.
Always loved these 505's
Love watching your videos. Excellent. This Peugeot is great .I had peugeot 305 saloon in 1987.the cars from 1980,s were great .
Tea shelf ? Non monsieur. Its for slicing open baguette's & filling with jambon fromage while leaving space for 2 beakers of vin rose at the clock end. Vivre le picnic !
un croque, monsieur?
It does look roughly baguette size.
Pourquoi les anglais se moquent ils sans arrêt des français ?
My grandpa used to hoard these since he could part out the previous 505s into the "newer" ones he drove. I could hear and recognize the sound of the tractor-esque petrol motor approaching in the distance when my grandpa was picking my family up. Sadly little to none of these exist in Finland nowadays, I would love to drive one of these since I was too young when my grandpa was able to drive. Ahh, good memories, RIP grandpa.
Great video. I've learned much about a car I cared little about back in the day but find very interesting now ☺