Lancia Delta S4 Rally
The lancia delta s4 is a group b rally car manufactured by the italian car company lancia.
Lancia delta s4 rally. The lancia rally tipo 151 also known as the lancia rally 037 lancia 037 or lancia abarth 037 from its abarth project code se037 was a mid engine sports car and rally car built by lancia in the early 1980s to compete in the fia group b world rally championship driven by markku alén attilio bettega and walter röhrl the car won lancia the manufacturers world championship in the 1983. In the same year future world rally champion miki biasion claimed both italian and european rally championships with a lancia 037. T the car replaced and was an evolution of the lancia 037. The lancia delta s4 is a group b rally car from the italian car company lancia.
Il motore della fantastica lancia delta s4 gruppo b un mostro da quasi 600cv. You can also find and follow me on. Toivonen repeated the feat at the following event 1986 monte carlo rally which would confirm the lancia delta s4 as a serious and fearsome contender thus breaking over a year of peugeot dominance. The crazy thing about the twincharged four cylinder in the lancia delta s4 is not that it makes 550 horsepower but that it makes 550 horsepower in a mild state of tune.
The delta s4 competed in the world rally championship in 1985 and 1986 until group b class was disbanded and the cars were eventually banned from competition completely by european sanctioning body fia. All cars are replicated as close to the originals as possible and also utilising the same construction methods wherever possible. Lancia group b and the delta s4 in 1983 lancia claimed the world rally manufacturers championship with the renowned two wheel drive lancia rally 037 which dominated the four wheel drive audi quattro. The delta s4 competed in the world rally championship in 1985 and 1986 until group b class was disbanded and the cars were eventually banned from competition completely by european sanctioning body fia.
The s4 took full advantage of the group b regulations and featured a midship mounted engine and all wheel drive for superior traction on loose surfaces. The car replaced and was an evolution of the 037.