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The suspension system has also had a good going over, with stiffer springs at the front, and tie rods at the back to improve rear axle stability and limit lift off oversteer, which is when backing off mid-bend produces a sudden rear end slide – something for which the sharp-handling 205 GTi was legendary.
The second thing is that the SW drives a lot more firmly than my previous car. The rubbers of the rear suspension are not as soft as from the normal 206, where it’s done to give the car a bit of a steering rear (and making it sometimes a bit too tail happy). To loosen up the SW’s tail, Peugeot has mounted a stiffer anti-roll bar, and this solution gives the rear of the car a bigger slip angle, instead of a rear axle that steers on flexing rubbers.
As a result, this construction makes the SW (like I already said) much more stable at high (-er) speeds, and at the same time more controllable in a 4-wheel drift.
The SW rear axle is significantly different from the normal 206: Two ties are added between the suspension arms and meet in the middle onto a cast alloy stay, wrapped around the axle body.
It comes with Ø20 mm spring bars, a 22 mm anti-roll bar and stiffer shocks.
This layout set-up was originally designed for the 306 Maxi by Peugeot Sport and is, next to the SW, now also used in the 206 RC/GTi180, which was introduced in France halfway into 2003.