The Peugeot 206 represented for Peugeot the transition from front-wheel drive like the 306 Maxi to a genuine World Rally Car with all-wheel drive and a 2-liter turbocharged engine with around 300 HP. Compact, agile and technologically advanced, it introduced active differentials and carefully engineered aerodynamics, marking a radical leap compared to its predecessors. In 2002, Marcus Grönholm and Timo Rautiainen, piloting a Peugeot 206 WRC from the Peugeot Total team, won the 15th Telstra Rally Australia. This car served as the model for Tecnitoys' reference 6125.