It's hard to overstate just how wild Group B rally was. With almost unlimited technical regulations, automakers were free to make the craziest race cars imaginable. Provided they could build at least ...

From 1982 to the end of the 1986 season of the World Rally Championship, Group B was the “it” word of the motorsport world. Due to the outright performance of Group B-specification rally cars, the ...

Jonathan loves just about anything with a motor and a steering wheel. As a kid, Jonathan collected any kind of toy car he could lay his hands on, and begged his parents to take him to the monster ...

As a mid-engined rear-wheel drive car against Audi's all-wheel drive Quattros, the Lancia 037 was probably not the favorite to win the 1983 World Rally Championship. But, the Italians were more than ...

The Lancia Rally 037 is one of those classically proportioned sports car designs that simply doesn't age. Straightforward, purposeful and unblemished by frivolous aggressive features, the 037 ...

The story of the 037 begins in the 1980s, just before the Fédération Internationale du Sport Automobile restructured a few racing classes. Lancia knew that a perfect storm was brewing in the ...

In the 1970s, Italian automaker Lancia had become a force to be reckoned with in the World Rally Championship series with cars like the Fulvia and Stratos, the latter winning three overall WRC ...

The annual RM Sotheby’s London auction, taking place at Marlborough House on November 5, is held for the 16th year in conjunction with the London to Brighton Veteran Car Run, of which RM Sotheby’s is ...

The early 1980s loom large when it comes to rally cars for a crushingly good reason – it was the unrepeatable, unsurpassably brilliant Group B era. This was a time of high-speed techno madness, but, ...