Peugeot 205 XA GL

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Sat 17 Feb 2007 20:17
Peugeot 205 XA GL - matt78
All,

I've been searching the net for information regarding the peugeot 205 XA GL as if it is a van or car.

I've not found any info anywhere to give me the info i require, even parkers won't tell me.

Could someone point me in the right direction or even if someone knows about this particular model that would be even better.

Thanks
Matt
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Sat 17 Feb 2007 20:33
Peugeot 205 XA GL - mare
I think that you may have two trim levels there somehow - the GL was a five door car, and the XA (from memory) was a van.

This may help, but no van mentioned unfortunately

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peugeot_205#Versions
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Sat 17 Feb 2007 23:12
Peugeot 205 XA GL - Avant
I'm pretty sure Mare is right - the GL and GR were 5-door cars, the XE, XL, XR and XS (and GTI) were 3-door cars and the XA and XRA were vans (simply 3-door cars with the rear side window blanked out and rear seats missing). Diesels added D to the title (GLD, GRD, XAD etc).

SWMBO had a GRD in 1988, and later a Sceptre (turbodiesel): Xileno on our forum has one still and would attest what terrific little cars they are. We had a 206 but never loved it.

I remember the thing that finally persuaded me to go for the GRD was pulling over on the M$ for what I thought was a fast 205 GTI coming up behind me - it turned out to tbe a diesel van.

Going back to the question, I didn't think that XA and GL would have been on the same car, but I could be wrong.
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Sun 18 Feb 2007 07:58
Peugeot 205 XA GL - Nickdm
Peugeot's classification went as follows:

First letter:
X = 3 door model
G = 5 door model

- So X and G never appear together.

Second letter (usually L or R): denoted trim spec;

A= Affaires. This was a suffix used for "business" cars. In France these were not usually vans with no rear side windows. They had the full glass area but inside there were no rear seats, and often a huge extended parcel shelf instead.

Finally, D=diesel.

I don't think there were any 5-door 2 "business" cars, so don't expect to find GA, GLA, or GRA.

But XA, XLA, and XRA, with or without a D at the end definitely did exist.
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Sun 18 Feb 2007 14:02
Peugeot 205 XA GL - matt78
Looks like I must be wrong then, Cheers guys for all your help. This has cleared a few things up now.
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