No sooner had the exciting, but increasingly dangerous, Group B rallying category been killed off in May 1986, than rally teams needed to develop new Group A cars. To be competitive, the cars would need four-wheel-drive, and engines producing at least 300bhp to bring them up to the notional limits imposed by the sport's governing body. Luckily for Lancia, the new 2-litre Delta HF4WD had just been launched, and formed an ideal basis for development. This book tells how the HF 4WD evolved over the years first into the Integrale with its original 8-valve engine, then the Integrale 16V, and ultimately into the Integrale 16V Evo 1 (or 'Deltona', as it was affectionately known). This compact, five-door Lancia dominated world-class rallying for six years, winning innumerable events, World Championships for Drivers, and World Championships for Manufacturers. Alongside the cars, driving heroes such as Markku Alan, Didier Auriol, Miki Biasion, Juha Kankkunen and Carlos Sainz also became legendary in this period. The Integrale was both the most successful rally ever produced by Lancia, and the last, for when the car came to the end of its career in 1993, the company finally and irrevocably withdrew from the sport.
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Weight: 425g
Dimensions: 210 x 195mm
Publication Date: 15 May 2010
Publisher: David & Charles
Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781845842581
About Graham Robson
After a varied career in the automotive industry Graham Robson has gained a worldwide reputation as a motoring historian and has more than 160 books to his credit. Born in 1936 and educated at Ermysteds Grammar School in Yorkshire Graham then went on to study Engineering at Oxford University. He joined Jaguar Cars as a graduate trainee becoming involved in design work on the Mk II E-Type and Mark X. Beginning as a hobby he became a rally co-driver eventually joining the Sunbeam 'works' team in 1961 and took part in rallies up to International level (once with Roger Clark) but stopped rallying by 1968. During this time he joined Standard-Triumph in Coventry in 1961 as a Development Engineer mainly on sports car projects. He then ran the re-opened 'works' motorsport department from 1962 to 1965 this being the period of the birth of Spitfire Le Mans cars TR4 Vitesse Spitfire and 2000 rally car developments. Graham Robsons writing began with rally reports for magazines which evolved into a job with Autocar from 1965-1969. He was recruited back to industry at Rootes to run the Product Proving department then after a brief period in 1972 as technical director of a safety belt company became an independent motoring writer. Graham has lived 'by the pen' and 'by the voice' not only writing but commentating presenting and organising events of all types.