Was there ever a "306 GTI" sold in the UK?

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Was there ever a "306 GTI" sold in the UK?
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I've been wondering this for a while as there is some confusion, saw an eBay ad for a 306 GTI gearbox, 5 speed, and as far as I know there have never been any 5 speed GTI's, or was there?
Could it be that the model known in Europe as the S16 was called GTI in the UK?


/Confused owner of a 306 GTI, with a 6 speed 'box, just to add to the confusion Itwasntme


FYI:As far as I know the GTI6 model name only existed in the UK, it was called GTI elsewhere.
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No, there was never a 5 speed 306 GTi that I'm aware of.

There was the 306 S16 with the XU10J4 engine and 5 speed 'box, and there was the 306 GTi-6 with the XU10J4RS engine and 6 speed 'box.

Citroen Xsara VTS's with the same engine as the 306 GTi-6 had a 5 speed gearbox though.

I would put it down to the usual eBay sellers that don't know what they're talking about.
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The real confusion lies because on the continent (France, Spain, Germany, Portugal etc...) what we know in the UK as the "306 S16" was known as the "306 S16" - but then when the original XU10J4 was replaced with the XU10J4RS and 6 speed box, the UK "306 GTi6" was then sold over there as the "306 S16 BV6"

Far as I was aware, it was never sold as a "GTi" anywhere really?
(16-05-2016, 10:45 AM)Toms306 Wrote: Oh I don't care about the stripped threads lol, that's easily solved by hammering the bolt in. Wink
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It could be someone making the confusion where in the 306 the XSi has 135bhp and a 5 speed and the GTi has 167bhp and a 6 speed but in the 206 there was a 135bhp GTi and a 180bhp GTi.
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(18-11-2014, 03:54 PM)Dum-Dum Wrote: It could be someone making the confusion where in the 306 the XSi has 135bhp and a 5 speed and the GTi has 167bhp and a 6 speed but in the 206 there was a 135bhp GTi and a 180bhp GTi.

Yeah, and both 206s were 5 speed...!
(16-05-2016, 10:45 AM)Toms306 Wrote: Oh I don't care about the stripped threads lol, that's easily solved by hammering the bolt in. Wink
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s16 was not a j4r.
need a part number? http://public.servicebox.peugeot.com/ and http://service.citroen.com/ will sort you out.
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Don't know what you're on about whistle
(16-05-2016, 10:45 AM)Toms306 Wrote: Oh I don't care about the stripped threads lol, that's easily solved by hammering the bolt in. Wink
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(18-11-2014, 04:09 PM)Ruan Wrote:
(18-11-2014, 03:54 PM)Dum-Dum Wrote: It could be someone making the confusion where in the 306 the XSi has 135bhp and a 5 speed and the GTi has 167bhp and a 6 speed but in the 206 there was a 135bhp GTi and a 180bhp GTi.

Yeah, and both 206s were 5 speed...!

Oh yeah, f*ck knows what I was on about then. Complete blonde moment there.
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(18-11-2014, 03:43 PM)Ruan Wrote: Far as I was aware, it was never sold as a "GTi" anywhere really?

It was sold as just "GTi" in Sweden and Norway, that i can confirm, with the XU10J4RS and BE3/6 Smile
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What year until?!
(16-05-2016, 10:45 AM)Toms306 Wrote: Oh I don't care about the stripped threads lol, that's easily solved by hammering the bolt in. Wink
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From -97 (built in late -96, like mine) all the way to the end of the model.

Copy/paste from my cars registration info: "Fabrikat: PEUGEOT 306 GTI 3D 2,0"
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