1991 Peugeot 905 Evo 1B
Offered by Artcurial | Le Mans, France | July 7, 2012
Earlier this week we talked about Audi’s rivalry with the Peugeot 908. Say hello to the 908’s older brother: the Peugeot 905. Built to the World Sportscar Championship’s new-for-1991 rules, the 905 was a little slow at first, being beaten regularly by Jaguar’s mighty XJR-14. It also suffered from reliability problems. And it was ugly.
For 1992, Peugeot made some revisions and the car was much more competitive (and attractive) – sweeping the podium at Le Mans and winning the WSC outright. Unfortunately for Peugeot (you know, because of all that money invested), the WSC ceased to exist in 1993. But that didn’t stop them from sweeping the podium at the 24 Hours yet again.
This car, chassis EV13, debuted in 1991 and was upgraded to Evo 1B specifications later on. It has a 3.5-liter V10 making something like 715 horsepower at a screaming 12,500 rpm. The carbon fiber chassis was produced by aircraft manufacturer Dassault. Eight of these machines were built. Here is the competition history for this one:
- 1991 430km of Suzuka – 1st (with Mauro Baldi and Philippe Alliot)
- 1991 430km of Monza – 11th, DNF (with Keke Rosberg and Yannick Dalmas)
- 1991 430km of Silverstone – 6th (with Baldi and Alliot)
- 1991 24 Hours of Le Mans – 36th, DNF (with Baldi, Alliot and Jean-Pierre Jabouille)
- 1991 430km of Nurburgring – 11th, DNF (with Baldi and Alliot)
- 1991 430km of Magny-Cours – 2nd (with Baldi and Alliot)
- 1991 430km of Mexico City – 2nd (with Baldi and Alliot)
- 1991 430km of Autopolis – 4th (with Baldi and Alliot)
- 1992 500km of Silverstone – 8th, DNF (with Baldi and Alliot)
- 1992 24 Hours of Le Mans – 3rd (with Baldi, Alliot and Jabouille)
- 1993 24 Hours of Le Mans – 3rd (with Baldi, Alliot and Jabouille)
This was an awesome race car in the early 1990s. And it would be an awesome race car to take on the historical circuit today. You can do it – for somewhere between $875,000-$1,500,000. For more information click here. And for more from Artcurial at Le Mans, click here.
Update: Sold $833,855.
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