The Lancia 037 was rear-wheel drive, while most of the competing cars like Audi, Peugeot and Renault, were equipped with four-wheel drive. The Rally 037 was the last two-wheel drive car to win the ...

Imagine that Lancia had persisted with rear-wheel drive for its rally campaign and deployed new material technologies and engineering solutions to the 037 platform to keep up with the rapidly ...

Following the launch of its original Lancia 037 restomod in 2021 ... a transparent engine cover to reveal its rally-inspired power plant. The rear bumper is also now equipped with a quick ...

Over at Ford Motorsport, chief rally engineer John Wheeler ... cars were perceived as useless.’ Lancia had its 037, and Ford was working on a new rear-drive Escort that did at least use ...