Manhart joins Delta Integrale restomod craze
And there's not a gold stripe in sight
Manhart has its calling card when it comes to modifying: black paint, gold accents, a ride height as low as the power is high. Sometimes their projects deviate a little, but they really are the exceptions that prove the rule. So this really is something. Not only is Manhart’s latest project not a BMW, it’s also not a new car, not wildly powerful and not even painted black. Welcome to the Manhart Integrale 400.
Created under the ‘Manhart Classic Cars’ sub-brand - as ‘the topic of heritage is also very important to the specialists from Wuppertal’ - the Integrale broadly sticks to the familiar restomod script. It’s a faster, more capable, more modern version of a classic icon, one that broadly keeps the old school style intact - and actually represents a less extreme take on reimagination that some other projects.
The Manhart decals are here, of course, but incorporated rather more subtly than is the norm; the Manhart Evo roof spoiler is begging to have ‘REPSOL’ scrawled across it. The wheels are, of course, the legendary OZ Racing Rallye, here in Dark Graphite with silver lettering but with any colour combo desired available to buyers.
But it’s underneath the famous Delta silhouette where Manhart has been busy. Power has almost doubled from the 200hp of a standard 16v Integrale, thanks to Manhart’s own forged pistons, connecting rods, Group N air intake and - predictably enough - a giant new turbo. Alongside a new exhaust and some ECU fettling, Manhart now claims 375hp from the 2.0-litre Lampredi turbo, as well as 406lb ft. Those numbers are comparable with something like an Audi RS3 (400hp/369lb ft), so this Manhart Lancia is going to be a seriously fast hot hatch. Power reaches the road via the standard five-speed manual, albeit toughened up with ‘Group N components’ and a Sachs clutch.
Suspension is now by KW V3 coilovers, with braking taken care of by a Manhart Evo kit comprising 380mm front discs and 284mm rear; ‘convincing deceleration values’ are promised. Certainly, it’s hard to imagine much faster down a bumpy British road, even if the base car is now 30 years old.
As is the case with pretty much every restomod, there isn’t a fixed price for a Manhart Integrale 400 - it’ll be built to however large you want the budget to be. Interestingly, however, this very car is actually for sale, complete with all the good stuff Manhart will be offering new customers, including the interior update. It’s priced at €129,900, which is currently about £111,500. A huge amount of money, sure, if far from the most expensive Integrale around. Because that’s the weird world of Lancia love we now live in. Wouldn’t have to wait ages for a donor car to be built up, either…
Weird- thought I would like this...
Don't mind being in the minority, think it's tastefully done, I like the greeny colour and the interior looks really good. Just don't like the smoked rear lights.
Like with all these though, but out my price range though.
Are the wheels just too big? The colour doesn’t really help. I dunno, not like I’ll be in the market for anything like this anyway so I’ll try not to lose too much sleep over it.
Are the wheels just too big? The colour doesn’t really help. I dunno, not like I’ll be in the market for anything like this anyway so I’ll try not to lose too much sleep over it.
also the color, thought first pictures its matt black, but its more mat green, which is not bad.
remember some other Delta Intergrale copy maker asks 4 times this.
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