Lancia Delta Integrale 16v | Spotted
New hot hatch money for a homologation hero looks hard to ignore...
Four decades from the end of Group B, affection for the Lancia Delta Integrale is going nowhere at all. A WRC icon for many years and across eras, a road-going homologation hero and forerunner of the modern five-door, four-wheel drive hot hatch monsters, it’s a hugely significant car. As well as one that’s great fun to drive and adored by many.
But in the past decade or so, the Delta’s significance has seen prices rise, pushing them out of reach of the average enthusiast. Almost every modern classic has, in fairness, though very few enthusiast cars have appreciated like the Delta. Imagine telling someone in 2015 that there’d be an Integrale Martini for sale on PH for £215k in 2026. Much like the Imprezas and Evos that followed the Delta on stage and street, the Lancia was simply too loved for too long to not eventually be worth quite a bit. Just maybe not as much as they’ve ended up as. ‘They don’t make ‘em like they used to’ could very easily apply to all three and must also be contributing to current values.
What to do? A good Integrale is still going to be brilliant to drive in 2026, though it’ll be hard to give it the full Kankkunen if it’s worth a hundred grand. This one, however, is the second cheapest on PH; £35k is hardly a bargain like the good old days, though the reputation must surely now be such that they won’t drop. It’s also a regular 16v rather than an Evo, but still with plenty of the Delta good stuff included. As an Integrale to enjoy rather than protect, there’s plenty going for it.
See the fact that it was originally an Italian market car - not really a big deal given they were all left-hand drive. Nor, arguably, is the fact there isn’t tonnes of history from its early life; of course it would be lovely to have every receipt from the past 35 years, but given the choice when it comes to a usable car then lots of paperwork from the 2020s must be preferable to handwritten invoices from the '90s.
And there’s plenty of that here, with a recommissioning that was first taken on by historic rally specialists HERO-ERA as an arrive and drive machine. So whatever you have planned, it will have seen before. The owner after that continued in a similar fashion, with new suspension and brakes - plus a DAB radio. Half way to being an Integrale restomod already, with a whole lot of entertainment on offer.
Finally, without wishing to repeat what’s been said before, there’s something just so right about a white Delta on those wheels and with some rally stickers. The ride height isn’t standard (but does look superb), and the interior presents brilliantly. The perfect place to battle a B road from, for sure. Or an A road. Or any road whatsoever, in fact, for decades more to come.
SPECIFICATION | LANCIA DELTA HF INTEGRALE 16V
Engine: 1,995cc four-cylinder, turbocharged
Transmission: 5-speed manual, all-wheel drive
Power (hp): 200@5,500rpm
Torque (lb ft): 228@3,000rpm
MPG: N/A
CO2: N/A
Year registered: 1990 (2013 UK)
Recorded mileage: 77,457
Price new: c. £25,000
Yours for: £34,995
I’m, it’s not bite the back of your hand stunning like the Evo with its bigger arches and wheels but it looks to have been well fettled and it’s still an intergrale!
Plus those smaller arches must save you what, at least £50k over a similarly well fettled eco?
It’s still a proper Group A homologation special and could genuinely wear some martini stripes if you so wished.
Agreed, when almost every one you see is in red this looks pucka in white.
Otherwise a great car still.
Have seen a parked original Delta recently in some light metallic blue, it was a stunner with all these crisp lines and tight styling. The 80s had some truly great looking 'normal' cars really
The Delta really was a great looking little car. Poised and delicate, like the Fulvia and Aprilia before it.
Otherwise a great car still.
Have seen a parked original Delta recently in some light metallic blue, it was a stunner with all these crisp lines and tight styling. The 80s had some truly great looking 'normal' cars really
What were they enkai, speedline, ronal, OZ..??
Thks!
Otherwise a great car still.
Have seen a parked original Delta recently in some light metallic blue, it was a stunner with all these crisp lines and tight styling. The 80s had some truly great looking 'normal' cars really
What were they enkai, speedline, ronal, OZ..??
Thks!
1. Deciding it would be a good idea to go skiing for the first time aged 50, and breaking my femur on the first day
2. Not buying the Integrale I had to collect from an underground car park near Tower Bridge in 2001. It had clearly been there a while, but was taxed and MoT'd. The battery was flat, it had no petrol and most of the lacquer had peeled off the upper surfaces. It did, however, drive really well (once started) and I could have bought it for about £5000 but was broke at the time so had to pass. Six months later my Gran died and left me some money. Arrrrghhh!!!!
I'd still love one now, but there are better ways to spend this sort of money, IMO.
He lusted after an Integrale of course - unfortunately he ended up with a Friday afternoon build
Was broken more that it worked so it was definite case of never meet your hero for him.
They do look great though
He lusted after an Integrale of course - unfortunately he ended up with a Friday afternoon build
Was broken more that it worked so it was definite case of never meet your hero for him.
They do look great though
Otherwise a great car still.
Have seen a parked original Delta recently in some light metallic blue, it was a stunner with all these crisp lines and tight styling. The 80s had some truly great looking 'normal' cars really
What were they enkai, speedline, ronal, OZ..??
Thks!
He lusted after an Integrale of course - unfortunately he ended up with a Friday afternoon build
Was broken more that it worked so it was definite case of never meet your hero for him.
They do look great though
wonder what's going on there? Must've been done as part of the recommissioning. Wonder what else is lurking within?All Integrales are lovely, would have any one, but I recall Monkey's video about his rough and ready 8v and I think that's where my money would go though.
Started with a HF Turbo
then a HF Intergrale 8V
Then a HF Intergrale 16V
then the last one a HF Intergrale Evo 1
one was scary though, it was rebuild/restored or something and when driving 160/180 km/h were aloud in a long circle-ish corner with a little bump... it could brake out at once without warning, the restores/builders? have done something wrong (I checked everything on play) but in a high speed corner and then the little road bump, then that side became sort of steering wheel.... and at such speed that felt scary
luckily nothing happend, ok my heart was pumping double.When I sold it I told that the buyer be aware of it, something is wrong, they tolled later they had mounted a arm upside down or something, so at some point it became active unwanted steering... so sideways it goes.
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