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Apr 26, 2023 · Lancia locked out first through fourth, while Audi struggled due to mechanical issues. Next up was Greece, the toughest event on the calendar. Like Corsica, it was an absolute nightmare for...
- Henry Kelsall
- Audi’s Rise in Rally
- How Does Lancia Stack Up Against Audi?
- What Exactly Happened on The Tracks?
- Looking Back at It Now
Back in 1977, Audi started developing a 4x4 vehicle for the German military. Soon, Audi wondered if they could implement this 4x4 drivetrain in their family cars. As expected, Audi went on to try and have this drivetrain implemented in their rally cars. But there was a problem, according to the 1979 FIA motor racing rule book, 4WD cars would not be...
In 1983, everyone who participated in the WRC(World Rally Championship) realized that to keep up with Audi’s dominant Quattro, they had to develop their cars with a similar 4WD as well. They all ended up spending a majority of their resources with some degree of success but ultimately falling short of Audi’s engineering department backed by the gia...
The first round of the championship was in Monte Carlo. The rally stage was full of snow and in such slippery conditions, a mid-engine car with rear-wheel traction is not an ideal situation. While Audi prepared for it by fettling the cars to suit the needs of the road, Lancia went on to buy a lot of salt! Before it was their turn to race, Lancia wo...
It is arguably a true David vs Goliath story in real life and here, David had beaten the 4WD Goliath. In the history of Rallying, no other two-wheel-drive car has beaten a four-wheel-drive car. The Lancia holds the record as its 037 remains the only car ever to do so. Even though they had technology against them, and a giant backing the research of...
Dec 8, 2023 · The movie concludes with Lancia achieving its against-the-odds ambition of beating the might of vorsprung durch technik and Audi’s game-changing four-wheel-drive Quattro, with its achingly pretty but only two-wheel-driven 037 – the last time a car limited to rear traction alone claimed a WRC crown. The production crew had recreated the ...
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.
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The Lancia Rally 037 should have been unbeatable in the World Rally Championship, but the introduction of Audi's Quattro 12 months before the Italian machine made its debut meant the 037 didn't dominate perhaps as much as it should have.
Jan 31, 2024 · The up-and-close shots give a brilliant idea of what fans felt, whilst the only major difference between the real footage and the recreation is the video quality. The team has clearly worked incredibly hard to recreate the exhilarating racing between the Audi Quattro and Lancia 037.
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Jan 23, 2018 · Episode 7 gave us perhaps the closest thing to a perfect Grand Tour segment, the love letter to the Lancia 037 and the epic rivalry it had with the Audi Quattro. The film was made with such love and respect that it was pretty much unlike anything we have seen so far on The Grand Tour .
