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Mar 26, 2024 · The Lancia 037 was the last rear-wheel drive car to... Declared “too fast to race” at the end of the 1986 season, the Group B cars changed the face of rallying!
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Check out this compilation i made for one of my favorite rally car ever the Lancia 037 Rally. The Lancia Rally was a mid-engine rally car built by Lancia in the early 1980s.
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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. Each of these ten titles has a remarkable...
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Oct 29, 2022 · It is a classic “David vs. Goliath” tale, whose protagonist is the mid-engined Lancia Rally, better known by its project number, 037: the last two-wheel-drive car ever to win the World Rally ...
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- Taking on The Quattro and Winning
- Becoming A True Lancia Classic
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Of course, like its predecessors, the 037 wasn’t just a rally car. But it was a road-going car as well. The road going version of the car was dubbed the 037 Stradale, and as you might expect was similar to that of the rally version, but naturally lighter. The first versions of the 037 had the 2.0-liter four-cylinder supercharged Lancia engine, base...
The Audi Quattrohad already reigned supreme in 1982, and you would hardly be laughed at for thinking that Audi would easily sweep to the title in 1983. But Lancia didn’t think the German manufacturer would have it so easy thanks to their 037. Entered under the Martini Racing banner, Lancia fielded several cars, with most notably Walter Rohrl and Ma...
Lancia bravely tried to retain the title in 1984, with the Evolution 2 037 with its 325 hp engine. This was up from the initial 265 hp of earlier 037s. However, the onslaught of four-wheel drive competition meant Lancia again lost out to Audi in 1984 before losing again to the Peugeot 205 T16 in 1985. The 037 had done its work and done it well, tho...
What the 037 did in 1983 though can’t be underestimated. For a car that wasn’t as technologically refined as its rival, what Lancia were able to achieve with the 037 was real David vs Goliath stuff and a sheer joy to watch. Looking back now, the car just reminds of how good Lancia were and what magic they could produce. Today, Lancia is fairly anon...
Exciting to watch, particularly in the hands of Alen and Henri Toivonen, the Lancia Rally 037 was the first purpose built Group B rally car. New Zealand was as close to Australia as a works car ever got, but as videos show, like the Stratos in the 70s, the Lancia Rally 037 has gone down in history as one of the great rally cars.
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May 22, 2020 · Lancia Rally 037 – The Last Rear-Wheel Drive Car To Win The World Rally Championship. The Lancia Rallye 037 is one of the most beloved cars from the legendary Group B rally era, despite the fact it didn’t have the complex all-wheel drive systems of the Audis and Peugeots it was competing against.
