...::: Inti's Peugeot 206 Feature :::...

Life is all that sweeter for 24 year old London based Inti Van Ritchie when he is driving down the road, as his car is one of the most well known Peugeot 206’s on the modified car scene. Over the last 5 years Inti and world renowned Peugeot modifiers Ecosse have created a masterpiece of a modified car.

Starting with a Toxic II wide arch kit, this would be one of the focal points of this immense piece of car art. The whole kit has been smoothed into the body and all the handles and locks removed from the doors and boot giving a clean and factory look. The car stands out from the crowd with a bright House of Kolor Tangelow pearl re-spray, not forgetting the House of Kolor Graphite pearl detailing.


With such a road presence a set of wheels like no other had to be found, Inti has not disappointed. A set of 19" Budnik Sweeper alloy wheels with 215/35/19 Toyo T1S Tires fill the arches perfectly when the Ecosse airbag suspension is lowered. Hiding behind the front wheels are a monster set of Tarox 370mm grooved discs with Tarox 12pot calipers and not wanting to forget the rear a set of Tarox 330mm grooved discs with conversion kit for rear callipers have been fitted.


Stating that this car is like a life size toy might sound like a laugh, until you see the interior. Every part has either been modified or replaced, not forgetting the custom roof lining, yes the roof lining! Sitting in the front of this car in the retrimmed Cobra Misano Carbon Fibre backed seats you begin to see little details that most people would forget. As a driver most people expect to see all the dials behind the steering wheel, unfortunately you wouldn’t find them there in Inti’s car. Look up at the roof lining and you are greeted by Stack ST8130 Dash system. The centre console has also been smoothed out and the Kenwood headunit rises vertically from the top of the dash. In the doors are customised Esquiss door cards and housing Audiobahn speakers, TV’s and even NOS bottles! Looking into the rear of the car you will find a 206cc rear bench that has been custom fitted with more Audiobahn speakers built into the sides. Opening the boot you find an Esquiss Boom Box that houses yet even more of the Audiobahn stereo system. Two 12’’ subwoofers and an amp greet you with 2, 1 Farad Power capacitors. It is clear that this car is something that you will rarely find.


Not wanting to be a car that just looked good, Inti wanted the car to go well to. A call to Ecosse saw an EW10J4S 206GTI 180 engine transplanted into place and tuned to produce upwards of 300bhp after a Opcon Supercharger system was fitted. As Inti turns the engine over you hear just how mega this car is and the grin that comes over his face is rather worrying, you know that the engine is there for a reason.
This car has seen covers throughout Europe and taking many trophies, the best of which was the 2006 Gti International Top 20 trophy. Inti tells us that the car is now complete and he has no further plans to modify it, all though being an architect obviously has it’s advantages as he hopes to build a big fluffy garage to keep the car in!

We look forward to seeing the car Inti will be modifying next, a new Audi TT in September!


Full Spec List

Name: Inti Van Ritchie

Screename: Inti aka Dutchman

Make/Model: Peugeot 206

Engine: Transplanted EW10J4S 206 180 Engine. Forged Low compression pistons, steel conrods, fast road camshafts, custom Breather system, Opcon Superchrager system, Laminove Chargecooler system, Custom inlet manifold, ITG Maxogen Induction System, Omex 600 management system, electric power steering, Full 4" straight through exhaust system with custom
Location: London twin tailpipes, Nos wet system.

Transmission: 206 180 Gear Ratios, strengthened internals, Plate LSD, uprated clutch

Suspension: Ecosse Fast Airbag Suspension (front, back & side to side movement)

Wheels & Tyres: 19" Budnik Sweeper wheels with 215/35/19 Toyo T1S Tires

Brakes: (Front) Tarox 370mm grooved discs with Tarox 12pot calipers
(rear) Tarox 330mm grooved discs with conversion kit for rear calipers.

Exterior: Full Toxic II kit (front bumper, rear bumper, sideskirts, front and rear wide arches) Rear bumper modified to suit number plate, smoothed in bodywork, smoothed bonnet, Cayman spoiler, Porsche 996 mirrors, de-locked and de-handled doors, smoothed tailgate, LED phase 2 rear lights, Black twin-Halo headlights with HID conversion kit, Ultra clear brake light. Full respray in House of Kolor Tangelow pearl paint with House of Kolor Graphite pearl detailing

Interior: Cobra Misano retrimmed in orange / black leather, 206cc Rear seat conversion retrimmed in orange / black leather, custom build rear seat trims to house Audiobahn speakers, smoothed symmetrical dashboard modified using passenger sides of a left-hand drive and right-hand drive dash, custom made centre console, with boost, air/fuel and Nos gauges, TV headunit mounted vertically with custom panel to centre console, switchgear relocated to handbrake console, Stack ST8130 Dash system mounted in custom fiberglass roof lining, controlled through steering column stalk. Esquiss doorcards modified to suit Kenwood TV and spare 2.5lb Nos bottles, Esquiss hatchback boom box, modified to suit 2.5lb Nos Bottle, Esquiss A pillar pods. All sprayed in House of Kolor Tangelow and Graphite pearl.

I.C.E.: Kenwood KVT-920DVD headunit, 3 x Kenwood LZ-701W screens (1 x in boot panels and 2 x in door door builds), Audiobahn ACIS-63 3-way components in door builds (tweeter mounted in A-pillar pod), Audiobahn ACIS-52 2-way components in rear seat trim (tweeter mounted in Fiberglass roof lining), 2 x Audiobahn Alum-12Q 12" subs, Audiobahn A18001DT amp, Alpine F403 amp, 2 x Audiobahn ACAP4P 1 farad capacitor, Ipod adaptor, PS2.

Thanks to Inti for letting us feature his Peugeot 206. Jaymond for taking some awesome photos. Jay Golinsky for the write up and organising the shoot.

X2C Design team