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Peugeot 206 'Roland Garros' limited edition
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Bought on 19 June 2006 from Broadbridge Heath Peugeot near Horsham for £4995 (+£170 road tax and +£72 roof bars -£650 p/e for the cinq).

The model I have bought, is the 5 door Peugeot 206 'Roland Garros' limited edition, with fixed panoramic glass roof, metallic 'Tie-break' Green paint, alloy wheels, radio/cassette head-unit with 6 CD auto-changer, leather trim seats and air conditioning. with climate control.

The 206 is quite a big jump up in comfort, quality and performance compared to the cinq.
Its engine is 1587 cc, 110 bhp (compared to 899 cc and 39 bhp in the cinq), allowing it to actually pull up the steep south downs in the area!
The leather trim sporty front seats make sitting in the front very comfy whilst having 5 doors and being longer gives easier access to the rear seats, more leg room and a more reasonably sized boot.

The main feature of the Roland Garros model, is  its fixed panoramic glass roof. However, it can only really be appreciated by passengers in the rear seats, although there is the bonus of extra light coming into the main cabin. Despite having the glass roof, it does not stop you using roof bars, as it has the standard screw fixing holes for roof bars as all 206 models... it may be quite interesting looking up through the roof whilst carrying the bikes on the roof!

One of the more disappointing features of the car, was the quality of the stereo, since reading the model had 6 speakers (2 rear, 2 front, 2 tweeters) I had expected it to sound good and I would have liked to have MP3 CD support. However, I do not want to replace the head unit, due to it looking like a built in unit, with its display integrated into the clock display and the remote control steering wheel stalk. However, a fairly cheap option which I have taken, is to replace the cheap factory fit speakers from the front doors with some £40 alpine speakers. Fortunately, it was not too hard to craft an adaptor from spade connectors to use the existing plug (rather than cutting wires and using a junction box), allowing the option of re-fitting the original speakers when I come to sell it. About the only other option I have now, is the possibility of fitting a sub and amp in the boot, taking a feed from the front speakers as I expect there will not be any pre-outs on this standard head unit.