Lancia rally cars won world titles across three decades, from the Stratos in the 1970s to the Delta in the early 1990s. Before them came the little Fulvia coupé. These eight cars trace that line, from the Fulvia HF to the last Delta HF Integrale Evoluzione.

The power figures below are for the competition cars unless a road version is named. Also, the championship titles are manufacturers’ titles. Each entry carries a figure from the source linked in it.

1. Lancia Fulvia Coupé HF

The Fulvia coupé competed for Lancia’s works team. That team, HF Squadra Corse, was set up in February 1963 by a young Cesare Fiorio. Its coupés used a narrow-angle V engine, set at about 12 degrees.

That engine had two chain-driven overhead camshafts, according to Stellantis Heritage. For example, the Fulvia Coupé Rally 1.3 used a 1,298cc version rated at 87 hp. Then came the big result: Sandro Munari and his co-driver won the 1972 Monte Carlo Rally, through the famous Turini night stage. The coupé stayed in production until 1976.

2. Lancia Stratos HF

The Stratos began as a show car. Bertone presented the Marcello Gandini-designed Stratos Zero at the 1970 Turin Motor Show. Lancia then built a rally car around a mid-mounted engine borrowed from Ferrari.

It was the 2,418cc V6 of the Ferrari Dino 246, Stellantis Heritage says. In competition form it made 280 hp at 8,000 rpm with 12 valves and later 320 hp at 8,500 rpm with 24 valves. The FIA approved it on October 1, 1974. After that, Lancia took the titles in 1974, 1975 and 1976 with Munari and Björn Waldegård driving, as Footman James also records.

3. Lancia Rally 037

Next, Lancia’s rally team built the 037 for the new Group B rules. Pininfarina handled the body, while Abarth developed the engine. The structure combined a monocoque with a tubular chassis.

Group B required 200 road cars before the 037 could compete, according to Stellantis Heritage. The road version showed at the 1982 Turin Motor Show with a 1,995cc supercharged four rated at 205 hp. Then, in 1983, Lancia won the manufacturers’ title with this rear-wheel-drive car against Audi’s four-wheel-drive Quattro. Autoevolution adds that production ended in 1984 with just over 200 cars delivered.

4. Lancia Delta S4

The Delta S4 brought two kinds of forced induction to Group B. Its engine used both a supercharger and a turbocharger. At low revs the supercharger did its work, and then a bypass cut it out around 3,000 rpm.

Rally versions made 430, 480 and 510 hp in different settings, according to Stellantis Heritage. By comparison, the S4 Stradale road car made about 250 hp and cost 110,782,000 lire, more than a Ferrari 328 GTB. Lancia built the 200 cars it needed and gained Group B approval on November 1, 1985. At the 1985 RAC Rally, two S4s finished first and second. However, after the 1986 Tour de Corse, the FIA banned Group B cars from the following season.

5. Lancia Delta HF 4WD

With Group B gone, Lancia turned to the Delta HF 4WD for the Group A era. It had permanent all-wheel drive and a 2-litre engine. The road car made 165 hp, while the Group A rally car made 265 hp.

It made its debut at the 1987 Monte Carlo Rally and finished first and second there. In total, the HF 4WD won 11 world rally events, according to Stellantis Heritage. That run started Lancia’s streak of manufacturers’ titles in 1987.

6. Lancia Delta HF Integrale

The Integrale arrived in 1988 as the next step from the HF 4WD. Its main visible changes were widened wheel arches and larger air intakes. As a result, it looked wider and more aggressive than the car it replaced.

In total, it won 14 world rally events. One of them was the 1988 Safari Rally, which Lancia had tried and failed to win for years, Stellantis Heritage notes.

7. Lancia Delta HF Integrale 16V

For 1989, Lancia went to four valves per cylinder. As a result, the engine went from eight valves to 16. Electronic engine management and an electronically controlled clutch came along too.

In rally trim, it made about 295 hp at 7,000 rpm, according to Stellantis Heritage. The 16V made its debut at the Sanremo Rally in October 1989. After that, it went on to win 13 world rally events.

8. Lancia Delta HF Integrale Evoluzione

The Evoluzione of 1991 and 1992 closed out the Delta’s title run. First, it brought wider fenders and a rear roof spoiler. Meanwhile, the FIA tightened the rules with restrictors on turbocharger flow.

Even so, the Evoluzione won eight world rally events. Added to the HF 4WD’s 11, the Integrale’s 14 and the 16V’s 13, that makes 46 victories, according to Stellantis Heritage. Together, the Delta family gave Lancia six consecutive manufacturers’ world rally titles, from 1987 through 1992.

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