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Mar 26, 2024 · Declared “too fast to race” at the end of the 1986 season, the Group B cars changed the face of rallying! The Lancia 037 was the last rear-wheel drive car to...
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Even though it left the sport over three decades ago, Lancia remains to this day the manufacturer that won the most championship titles in WRC's history. Eac...
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Apr 15, 2012 · I filmed for you a real Rally Legend: the Lancia 037! This beast is a mid-engine rally car built by Lancia in the early 1980s purely for the FIA Group B Worl...
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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.
- Turbo Engine and Four-Wheel-Drive Were Rejected
- Pininfarina Was Responsible For Its Design
- Numbers For Success: 265 HP on 980 Kg
- Lancia Rally 037 Debuted at 1982 Tour de Corse
- In 1984, Evolution 2 Was Introduced
- Attilio Bettega Was Killed in A Crash with Lancia Rally 037
Project 037 started in 1980 when the new Group B regulations were introduced. The final product was the result of Lancia, Abarth and Pininfarina’s close cooperation and was finalized with a premiere at the Turin International Motorshow in May 1982. The decisions that resulted in the 037 outcome were not easy. The final objective was to replace the ...
With regards to the car, because of time reasons, it was decided to use the frame cell chassis of an already existing model. Three cars were taken into consideration: Fiat Ritmo, Lancia Delta and Lancia Beta Montecarlo. Ritmo was immediately discarded because Lancia had a better image. Delta was discarded because it was very similar to the Ritmoeve...
In keeping up with the design, the Abarth technicians worked on the chassis and engine project. They tried to shorten the project time so they avoided great innovations and concentrated the efforts using elements already known and experimented in the preceding years. The adopted solution, although simple from a mechanical point of view, proved to b...
The rallying debut of the Lancia Rally 037 was at Costa Smeralda Rally (European Rally Championship) on April 1st 1982. Both Markku Alen and Attilio Bettega retired. Its WRC debut was on Tour de Corse in May, where Bettega had an accident and Alen finished 9th. The 1982 WRC season was plagued with retirements for the 037, but the car did manage to ...
In 1984,Walter Röhrl moved to Audi, Lancia Martini kept Markku Alen as their primary driver and also featured Miki Biasion and Attilio Bettega. Lancia boss Cesare Fiorio had also signed Henri Toivonen for three rallies. Lancia introduced the Evolution 2 version of the 037 with bigger and stronger engine (2111 ccm, 325hp), but this was not enough to...
Tour de Corse, the rally on which Lancia was victorious over the two previous years, was the venue of fatal accident of Attilio Bettega. He crashed his 037 into a tree and was killed instantly. His co-driver Maurizio Perissinot survived the crash uninjured. The crash raised questions about the safety aspects of Group B cars. Ironically, exactly one...
Oct 29, 2022 · 1. The Lancia Rally 037 (picture from media.stellantis.com) It is a classic “David vs. Goliath” tale, whose protagonist is the mid-engined Lancia Rally, better known by its project number,...
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Apr 21, 2016 · Lancia 037 (in comp spec) Years: 1982-1985. Notable drivers: Walter Rohrl, Marku Alen. Engine: 2.0-litre, four cylinders, supercharged, 300bhp. Key moments: winning in the 1983 Monte Carlo...
