An Italian firm is rebooting the legendary Lancia 037 Group B rally automobile. The Kimera Automobili EVO37 has been making the rounds this 12 months, together with an look on the Goodwood Pageant of Velocity in July, and is scheduled to start out deliveries as you learn this.

The EVO37 is the brainchild of former European Rally Championship driver Luca Betti, who needed to construct a tribute to the 037. Lancia’s rally weapon of alternative within the early Nineteen Eighties, it was the final two-wheel drive automobile to win the World Rally Championship (WRC), defeating the all-wheel-drive Audi Quattro in 1983.

Like the unique, the EVO37 begins as a tube-frame chassis loosely primarily based on the Lancia Beta Montecarlo (bought because the Scorpion within the U.S. to keep away from clashing with the Chevy Monte Carlo). Betti additionally employed among the engineers who labored on the unique 037, together with engine developer Claudio Lombardi.

The engine itself is a 2.0-liter inline-4 like the unique. Nonetheless, as an alternative of the inventory supercharger, the brand new engine makes use of a turbocharger and electrical compressor. Energy climbs from the inventory 205 hp and 167 lb-ft of torque to 505 hp and 406 lb-ft. The mid-mounted, longitudinally-positioned engine sends its energy to the rear wheels by handbook or sequential gearboxes.

Pricing begins at 480,000 euros (about $567,000 at present alternate charges), and manufacturing can be restricted to 37 automobiles.

We’re questioning what number of of these 37 clients have already got a Lancia Delta Futurista and New Stratos parked of their garages. The unique 037 was the evolutionary step between the Lancia Stratos and Delta Integrale rally automobiles, so including the EVO37 would make for the right trifecta.