In order to test the endurance of its cars, Peugeot regularly competes in rallies. A particularly successful strategy in the case of the 205. The sports-loving Director, Jean Todt, twice brought the World Champion title back to Sochaux. But it was mainly between 1987 and 1990, during the prestigious Rallye Paris-Dakar that the 205 both confirmed its hegemony and acquired its notoriety.