The story of this car is interesting. The car was seized in a drug bust by a Texas sheriff's office. According to the seller, "The sheriff’s office secured a 'Certificate to Obtain Title to a Vehicle' (Certificate # 02-DEA-404233) from the United States Marshall’s Service and the car was issued a Texas title and Texas license plates."
We never saw the 206 in North America, of course. Peugeot shut down its North American operations 10 years before this car was built.Peugeot began building the 206 in 1998. By 2005 they had built 5 million of them.
I've always thought that this was the type of car Peugeot could have been successful with here in the US. It's a small, fun to drive car with a fantastic ride and amenities usually found in larger, more expensive cars. They could have marketed it as a small car for people who want something better than a typical small car. It could have been on the market 3 years before the Mini.
Back to this car... Even if you could slide it past your local DMV, getting this car inspected (at least here in Massachusetts) would be difficult. The seller writes "It has an OBD II connection but because this car doesn’t have some of the emission control components found on cars sold in the U.S., and because the software that is used in the U.S. to read OBD II data isn’t programmed for this car, it’s pointless." Good luck getting it to pass an emissions test. (Do any states still use the "sniffer test" for newer cars?)If you have a plan (or a dealer plate, I suppose) and the guts to risk $8500.00, this would be a very cool car to own. For most of us however, this is just a great car to look at.
Located in Austin, TX, click here to see the eBay listing.A big thanks to JaCG reader, Michael, for sending me the link to this car.
