Tuscany has all manner of public roads doing a laudable impressions of a tarmac rally stage, and if you’re going to drive an Italian homologation special around for a day you’d struggle to find a better area to get lost in on purpose.
Read MoreChassis 208 was one of five S4s used by the Totip-backed Jolly Club outfit during 1986. That season, Jolly Club’s programme focused on Dario Cerrato’s attempt to retain the European and Italian Rally…
Read MoreDuring a 20 year period from the early 1970s to the early 1990s, the combined efforts of Fiat and its Lancia subsidiary won championship after championship at rallying’s highest level. After the Fulvia…
Read MoreThere’s little better than having a great car with a special history to make it stand out from the crowd. Collector-grade examples of Integrale Evoluziones are already pretty expensive, but this is…
Read MoreHaving commissioned its newly acquired Abarth competition department to create a Group 4 homologation special based on the 124 Sport Spider, Fiat’s new-for-1973 special stage challenger…
Read MoreThe 124 was launched by Fiat in 1966 as its mid-range offering and replacement for the outgoing 1300 / 1500 line which had been in production since 1961. Originally unveiled as a four-door Sedan at…
Read MoreIn order to beat the all-conquering Peugeot 205 T16, the engineers at Lancia and its competition arm Abarth had to come up with a remarkable machine that, like its French rival, was designed…
Read MoreOf the myriad special editions offered by Lancia on the Delta HF Integrale Evoluzione platform, arguably the most spectacular was the Evo 1-based Martini 6 produced to celebrate the firm’s sixth…
Read MoreUnveiled at the Paris Motor Show in October 1958, Abarths new dual overhead cam 750 Bialbero Record Monza instantly became the car to beat in the sub 1-litre GT racing categories. Based on…
Read MoreHaving already created a 594cc version of Fiat’s eponymous 500 back in 1963 (the 595), Abarth elected to take the four cylinder engine’s capacity out to just under 700cc with the 695 SS of 1964.
Read MoreAfter a disappointing debut season in 1982, the Lancia 037 came good in 1983 by winning that year’s Driver and Manufacturer World Rally Championship titles. The rear-wheel drive 037’s state-of-art…
Read MoreDespite having been launched back in 1979, Lancia’s compact Delta proved the class of the Group A field during the second half of the 1980s following the FIA’s decision to impose a ban on radical…
Read MoreBetween 1974 and 1976, the Lancia Stratos established itself as among the most successful rally cars of all time winning three Manufacturers’ titles for the Turin-based firm. However, ahead of the 1977…
Read MoreFor 1966, new Appendix J motor racing regulations came into effect that split machinery into one of seven categories. Groups 1, 2 and 5 were for Touring cars. Group 3 was for Grand Touring cars and…
Read MoreThe Evoluzione was Lancia’s last and perhaps most significant technical push to keep the all-conquering Delta HF Integrale at the head of the field in top flight rallying. Launched at the…
Read MoreAs more and more manufacturers piled into rallying following the introduction of Group B regulations for 1982, the new generation of purpose-built machinery led to an explosion in media…
Read MoreBy virtue of its extraordinary state-of-art specification and 205 T16-toppling competition record, Lancia’s Delta S4 can legitimately be regarded as the ultimate expression of the legendary Group B…
Read MoreAs if the paltry 200-car homologation requirement for Group B did not permit sufficiently extreme machinery, manufacturers were permitted to build even more potent Evolution variants from the…
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