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Lancia Delta HF – 1989

Estimate30 000 - 50 000
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Lancia Delta HF – 1989

French registration title

Introduced in 1979, the Lancia Delta was a compact saloon designed by Giorgetto Giugiaro. It was an immediate success, winning the European Car of the Year award in 1980.
The basic version was followed by the GT, then the HF Turbo, the S4 (intended for Gr. B rally homologation), the HF 4WD (the first Lancia Integrale to win the World Championship in 1987), the HF Integrale (which in turn won the world title in 1988) and finally, in 1989, the HF Integrale 16v. The engine was still the same 1,995 cc turbocharged in-line 4-cylinder that had appeared in the HF 4WD. Now equipped with 4 valves per cylinder and a new Garrett T3 turbo, it produced 200 hp at 5,500 rpm.
Between 1989 and 1991, 12,860 units of the Lancia Delta HF Integrale 16v were produced, and the rally version won the world title three years in a row (1989, 90 and 91).
Our example is in beautiful presentation condition, sporting an attractive Bianco 210 colour (car repainted in 2016) with an interior mixing Alcantara and Harlem Missoni grey fabrics, and having the rare optional manual sunroof. Please note that the car is not matching, but is fitted with a compliant engine (type 831D5000).
Delta cars in good condition that have escaped racing and tuning are few and far between: don’t let this example pass you by, with its sober and effective colour combination, presumably in France since new.