If you are of a certain age, as I am, then the Group B rally cars of the early 80s are the n’est plus ultra of anything driven by an internal combustion engine on four wheels. Packing unlimited horsepower into econobox based hot hatches with all wheel drive and minimum weight these cars were then [...]
The gremlins plaguing our servers have relented long enough to slip this one out the door. If you find yourself weathering the economic apocalypse better than the guy next to you and have $236,500 burning a hole in your portfolio, we have something for you. It’s a 1975 Lancia Stratos HF decked in Marlboro livery. [...]
If you’ve hung around AutoFiends long enough, you know I prefer my rides topless. The sun, the air and the complete idiocy of driving a car without a proper top is all too intoxicating to pass up in my book. There are some rides out there that look just as handsome in hardtop guise as [...]
If you’re like me, every time you pass a garage you can’t help but wonder what’s behind the door. Odds are there’s nothing but old exercise equipment and Christmas decorations stacked in decaying cardboard towers. Then again, there might be a pair of partially restored vintage racers waiting to be unearthed. No word on where [...]
Oh hell yes that is a Vauxhall Lotus Carlton. In case you don’t know, 377 hp, 0-60 mph in under 5 seconds, 177 mph top speed and stealth out the wazaoo. Especially back in the early 90s. Damn. Of course Justin and I don’t bother talking about it on today’s edition of The Truth vs. [...]
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Dec
2008
About twenty years ago, Lancia was considered a pretty successful brand. Nowadays, they sell nicely in Italy and very little (or not at all) in other countries. In the late 1980s, Lancia’s big “rep car” — that’s a D-segment sedan or hatch — was the Thema. And as you can see, it looks a hell [...]
Oh what, you’ve neer heard of the Lancia Appia? Sure, the Aurelia gets all the credit, but the small basic coupe that Lancia made in the 1950s went on to underpin some really gorgeous coachwork. This example on eBay was bodied in aluminum by Zagato. I’ll admit that the headlights aren’t perfect, and there’s something [...]
Well, fine — a freelancer drove it and Edmunds is running the story. But still – Levy and I are jealous in ways you can’t even imagine. The closest we’ve ever come to driving the legendary Italian rally car are the 1:43 scale models that HPI was nice enough to send us. Mine’s red and sits [...]
This isn’t the first time a Lancia Stratos has been our Picture of the Day. Nor will it be the last…
I’m not even really sure where or how to begin. The magnitude of this collection is nearly beyond reality. I’m actually speechless. Just listen to the names: Stratos, Quattro, RS 200, Cosworth, Pikes Peak, Lancia Delta S4 Group B, Cortina, Alpine A110, Peugeot — I’m short of breath just typing. It’s Group B/Group 4 Nirvana [...]
