Italy · Road version unveiled at the 1982 Turin Motor Show

Lancia Rally 037 Stradale

Lancia wrapped a road-legal two-seat coupé around a rally skeleton: a central cabin, bolt-on tube frames and a supercharger that answered quickly.

Group B homologation specials

Exact 037 Stradale road car photographed at Stellantis Heritage Hub; Commons does not state the vehicle year, so 1982 should be supported separately.

Exterior view · Photo shows Exact 037 Stradale road car photographed at Stellantis Heritage Hub; Commons does not state the vehicle year, so 1982 should be supported separately.. Exact 037 Stradale road car photographed at Stellantis Heritage Hub; Commons does not state the vehicle year, so 1982 should be supported separately.
1982 Italy Lancia Rally 037 Stradale · MrWalkr · CC BY-SA 4.0

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A place in vehicle history

More than a set of wheels.

Lancia unveiled the road-going Rally at the 1982 Turin Motor Show and produced the 200 examples needed to homologate its Group B competition car. Project SE037 began from the Beta Montecarlo's central structure, but tubular frames carried the suspension, engine and gearbox, while Pininfarina created removable fiberglass-reinforced body panels. The racing 037 went on to win Lancia the 1983 World Manufacturers' Championship and became the last two-wheel-drive car to win that title against four-wheel-drive rivals.

Look a little closer.

Lancia says a complete competition gearbox could be changed in only 12 minutes—an example of why those removable body sections and tube-frame mounting points mattered to a rally team.

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Built as three connected structures

The passenger cell came from the Beta Montecarlo's central section. A front tubular frame held radiators and double-wishbone suspension, while a rear tubular frame supported the engine, gearbox, differential and more double wishbones. Mechanics could remove the front and rear body sections quickly to reach those assemblies.

Source: Stellantis Heritage · Lancia Rally 037 ↗

Why Lancia chose a supercharger

Engineer Aurelio Lampredi's team preferred the lobe-type Abarth Volumex to a turbo because it delivered better response and power from low engine speeds, even though a turbo could offer more peak output. That trade made sense for a rally car that repeatedly slows and accelerates between corners.

Source: Stellantis Heritage · Lancia Rally 037 ↗

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