Lancia Delta

The Lancia Delta was a successful car sold by Lancia from 1979 to 1994. In Sweden it was sold by Saab as Saab 600. Saab also helped with the logistics and the model was actually better suited for colder climates and less prone to rust than other models.

While the majority of Delta models where ordinary, compact family cars, the most famous model was the Delta HF integrale, a 4WD sport car with a very powerful engine. A tweaked version of the HF dominated for years the World Rally Championship and has won the Constructors Championship six times in a sequence (1987-1992), which is a record.

It was elected Car of the Year in 1980.

Even today, one can find around Italy old HFs rallying around, with modified versions with 300 to 500 hp.