Lancia came into the 1986 season off the back of a dominant 1-2 finish at the RAC Rally which had been its only WRC outing with the Delta S4 in 1985. During the close season, further progress had…
Read MoreIn the world of Group A Touring Cars, every twelve months a manufacturer could build batches of 500 Evolution variants (using an already homologated base car) to pave the way for updated…
Read MoreWhile most examples from Lancia’s 200-strong batch of 037s built to homologate the model for Group B competition led a relatively pampered life, a handful were rallied by their owners and a few…
Read MoreAs rallying morphed towards generally shorter, flat out special stages, the cars required to win at the top level became increasingly specialised. However, despite the massive prestige afforded to…
Read MoreOf the myriad Delta Integrale special editions offered during the first half of the 1990s, perhaps the most famous are the Martini variants that mimicked Lancia’s works cars piloted to such great…
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…
Read MoreBeing a child of the 80s and growing up in the 90s, my must-have-driven cars are almost all contemporary, they are the dominators of their respective categories. Added to this list was what is probably the most ferocious and extreme rally car ever legalized by the Federation: the Delta S4 Group B.
Read MoreWhen the Lancia Delta was launched at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September 1979, no-one could have predicted the boxy five-door hatchback would go on to become the most successful rally car…
Read MoreDuring the early 1950s, Lancia embarked on an ambitious sports car racing programme that most notably yielded victories at the Mille Miglia, Targa Florio and Carrera Panamericana. The privately…
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 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 MoreChassis 204 was one of the Delta S4s campaigned most extensively by the works Martini Lancia team. It debuted in the hands of Henri Toivonen and Sergio Cresto at round two of the 1986 World…
Read MoreUnlike most manufacturers who simply developed hot versions of existing models to satisfy the minimum production requirements for classes that demanded any significant volume, Lancia’s…
Read MoreAs a consequence of its purebred nature, rear-drive layout and supercharged rather than turbocharged engine, the Lancia Rally provides arguably the best driving experience of all the Group…
Read MoreDuring a seven year stretch between 1987 and 1992, Lancia secured all but two of the 14 World Rally Championship titles up for grabs. Seven consecutive Manufacturer crowns for various iterations of…
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