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LANCIA Rally Reunion – Stratos, Integrale, Fulvia and 037 Together for Amelia 2015

February 17, 2019, 7 pmMarch 23, 2015, 11 am by Tom Burkart

What else to say about this incredible quartet of rally heroes!? Please enjoy these 52 photos from one of the best rally legacies of all time. LANCIA Rally Reunion – Stratos, Integrale, Fulvia and 037 You May Also Like:Amelia Island 2015 – 1975 Lancia Stratos Rally Car March 23, 2015, 11 am As fantastic as the Stratos production models were, the rally car is in another league of intensity. Giant fender flares, hugely oversized tires and a raised ride height make this exotic wedge look as ready for off-roading as was possible. Considering it is essentially a hypercar, the …

Amelia Island 2015 – 1983 Lancia 037 Group B Rally Hero

February 17, 2019, 7 pmMarch 23, 2015, 10 am by Tom Burkart

The Lancia 037 is a rare standout among the four all-star Lancia rally cars reunited for the Amelia Island 2015 Concours. Rare because unlike the others, this machine ditches almost all sense of road-car in favor of an extreme supercar package. In proportions and width, this mid-engine, rear-drive turbo monster is what happened when the Lancia and Abarth racing teams start from a blank sheet of paper — engineering an all-star from the ground up. As one of the first cars anywhere to use carbon-fiber composites, the “zero-three-seven” was named after is project code in the Abarth speed labs. The …

RM Paris 2015 Preview – 1978 Ferrari 308 GTB Group B Rally Car

February 17, 2019, 7 pmDecember 19, 2014, 9 pm by Tom Burkart

1978 Ferrari 308 GTB Group B Rally Car Paris 4 February 2015 1978 Ferrari 308 GTB Group B Chassis no. 24783 Engine no. 01070 You May Also Like:RM Paris 2015 Preview – 1969 Ferrari 365GTB/4 Daytona Berlinetta – Euro-Spec… December 27, 2014, 8 am It is hard to believe that the austere and perennially grumpy Europe we know today was once the largest market for supercars like this 1969 Daytona. This car may have itself marked a tipping point – when American sales of Ferrari and Lamborghini exotics would overtake the Continent for the first time. There was plenty …

2016 Toyota Mirai FCV Gets Race-Prepped As Japanese Rally Championship PreRunner

February 17, 2019, 7 pmNovember 17, 2014, 9 pm by Tom Burkart

The world’s first hydrogen racecar? Not exactly. But certainly one of the first hydrogen rally cars — that is a sure thing. As the course pre-runner for the Japanese Rally Championship in Shinsiro, this TMG-tuned Mirai is a fresh take on the Prius EV and hybrid theme. So, if the Mirai did not actually compete, what is the point? The point is that the Mirai is absolutely ready for primetime. It has been exhaustively crash-tested and this rough-course racing environment is a huge vote of confidence from Toyota in the Mirai FCV’s essential Toyota-ness: the core tenets of Quality, …

Spec Rendering – 2016 Subaru WRX STi RS500 Coupe

February 17, 2019, 8 pmOctober 17, 2014, 3 pm by Tom Burkart

Just a bit of fun for this Friday afternoon – a potential WRX STi Coupe. We have called it the RS500 in a nod to the previous Impreza RS Coupe of the 1990s, with the 500 a power ooutput of this rally-prepped turbo engine. The exterior changes are extensive, but we aimed for production feasibility over other-worldly style. To this end, the windshield rake stays almost exactly the same, as do the front doors and other hard points up front. Obviously cut out the rear doors, and shortened the wheelbase by five inches to make the RS500 Coupe pivot a …