Lancia Delta S4 Group B Works - the car that won the 1986 Monte Carlo Rally (26 photos)

Lancia Delta S4 is a Group B rally car, designed for the sole purpose of winning World Championships rally. For this, permanent four-wheel drive was needed so that he could do more than just finish behind an Audi quattro.





Iconic Lancia Delta S4 Group left RM Sotheby's auction B. Chassis number 215 won the 1986 Monte Carlo Rally. An unnamed buyer paid £1,636,250 for the car (116.5 million rubles at the current exchange rate).



Inline "four" with a volume of 1.8 liters with a mechanical supercharger and the turbine produces 483 hp. It is believed that with increasing pressure supercharging, the motor will be able to develop about 1000 hp, however, for optimal resource for the rally was chosen option for 483 "horses".





Center differential and 5-speed "mechanics" developed by the British company Hewland. The rear wheels go from 60 to 75% torque. Acceleration to 60 mph (97 km/h) takes 2.4 seconds.



Lancia Delta S4 weighs 890 kilograms. Despite the visual resemblance to serial machine, the car is a spatial tubular frame with Kevlar body panels. In order to reduce weight, for example, the side windows are made of plexiglass.



The crew of Anri Toivonen and Markku Alen won in this car in 1986 Rally Monte Carlo. This despite the collision with a civilian car, after which the rear suspension was seriously damaged. heavy duty Group B cars were already banned in 1987, and Lancia held after that, a few more races in rallycross.



Several For years, the car has been in the hands of Japanese and British collectors. Now it is in almost authentic condition. Status the winner of one of the most prestigious races in the world played for an increase prices.