The Lancia Delta Futurista Is A €300k 'Reimagined' Integrale
If you want a restomodded, air-cooled Porsche 911, you really are spoiled for choice. The most obvious people to call would surely be the ladies and gents at Singer Vehicle Design, but modernised Porsches - usually 964s - are also available from Paul Stephens, DP Motorsport, GProgramm, Workshop 5001, Lightspeed Classic and…we could go on for quite a while.
But what if you’d rather your hyper-expensive restomod had more of an Italian taste? And, erm, slightly more practicality? This gorgeous ‘Lancia Delta Futurista’ might be just the ticket.
It’s built by a firm called Automobili Amos, and although it’s unmistakably a Delta Integrale, quite a lot of it is new. The bodywork is mostly made from aluminium, while the front end is carbonfibre. Curiously, it’s been converted to a three-door configuration, perhaps to echo the body of the Delta S4 Group B homologation special.
It weighs just 1250kg and is packing 330bhp, so you’re not exactly going to be wanting for straight-line speed. We’re not entirely sure where the extra power has come from, nor do we know exactly what’s been done to the chassis - details are frustratingly limited at this stage.
However, it was revealed the car was initially announced a few months ago that over 1000 new parts would be used for it, and that it’d feature revised suspension geometry that’d make it more prone to oversteer on the limit. Good.
In a rather colourful Instagram post, company founder Eugenio Amos said:
“I long for a bygone, idealized time when men, values and substance were at the core of the product. Therefore this car is pure, analogic, raw and essential. It took a ton of work from some very talented people but we managed to cut away all the fat and leave only what really matters to me.”
Sounds jolly nice, doesn’t it? And it also sounds expensive. Which is probably because it is: you’ll need to stump up €300,000 (£270,000) to secure one. No more than 15 will be built.
Growing up on a diet of World Rally Championship highlights and lengthy Gran Turismo 2 sessions, a life in cars was as good as inevitable for Matt.
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Can someone borrow 300k€?
not gonna lie, if someone told me this a brand new modern car and not some resto mod
id honestly believe it
the design looks so fresh!
But now I feel too young…
No, not really fresh
Maybe if the front lights looked a bit newer I could see it as a new car
But I love it anyways
calculates how much all non-essential organs will add up to when sold for science
I’d bet that they “reimagined” the price tho. I need to sell my kidneys and heart to get to even half that.
Now just waiting for someone to restmod cars like Focus ST170, Focus RS mk1, old Renault Clio RS for lesser price.
That mind not be a bad idea. Very small niche yes, but still would be worth a shot
Oh that would so neat!
But resto mods are expensive, and it may be hard to find a market for these, unless they cost under 50k
Or an SN95 or any corvette starting from the C4 generation.
I am still waiting for a new V6 clio
Doing that as a official production model would be too different for todays market(not to mention that the twingo 3 is it’s heavily toned down spiritual successor, the engine wouldn’t be a Renault one and it would most likely be much faster than the Megane RS), as a restomod it would cost way too much for anyone to afford due to either extensive modifications being required to mid-mount the engine in a Clio chassis or using a real clio V6 chassis(they are way too rare as they are, let’s not go reducing the number any further), and as a modified car it would be more common than mushrooms in the forest
Yeah but I could just get this on for c a lot less on BaT https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1992-lancia-lancia-delta-integrale-evo-1-2/
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Does look very nice but I can’t get over the standard front door size. Makes the rear panel look too long.
I’m a bit disappointed from this car , probably due to the lack of informations on the “modding “ part of this restomod , because the Lampredi wasn’t a perfect even for the time , so to be good for today’s standard , a big overhaul is strongly needed . First , it needs a reeeeeally better cooling and intercooling update because the stock radiator suffered of overheating in stock form when pushing hard on gas and the TMIC was never so efficient . one of the few postive sides are the pretty big stock injectors but it’s not enough to compete with modern hot hatches … Another thing that it’s weak for today are the rear mcpherson suspension , i think a completely new engineered double wishbone or a 5 link in the rear coupled with a new stronger and firmer mcpherson in the front will make the perfect setup. Instead of my ideas , this car will just on a slightly updated engine and suspension , but my point of view for restomod is much near to the american protouring , more than little adjustments and tweaks like this , but hey , as an italian , i’m still happy for a deltona comeback !!
I love old Deltas, I really do! But this thing just seems “off” in some way, can’t quite put my finger where. 3 doors and the black/carbon front end with those lights might be some of the things that look wrong
not period correct