Forget the Evo II; this might be the most hardcore road-going Delta ever made 😮
For those of us still flying the Lancia flag long after it dropped all motorsport commitments to focus on the Ypsilon, there’s a very good chance that your gateway to this brilliantly unorthodox brand was the Delta Integrale. Brimming with the rugged appeal of a rally machine and the unconditional desirability of an Italian exotic, it’s little wonder the Delta Integrale has maintained its image as the Lancia poster child nearly 30 years after being shelved.
But it wasn’t for Paul Koot, who, in the early 1990s, was the official importer for Lancia in the Netherlands. He thought the Delta could be even better without its rear doors and seats, and with the iconic boxy look smoothed off somewhat. This was the early 90s, after all, and the round revolution that defined 2000s car design was over the horizon. So Koot called upon Zagato to create a car with all the twin-cam, all-wheel drive charm of theThe result was this:.
Under its sleek new skin is the same running gear as the HF Integrale Evo, meaning a 2.0-litre twin-cam four-cylinder turbo engine. In the Hyena, power was upped from 210hp to 250hp, with a 0-62mph run taking just 5.4 seconds – 0.3 seconds faster than the original Evo. The five-speed manual from the Delta was carried over, accessed through a chrome ball-top gear lever – possibly the only bit of glamour inside.
A luxury car, the Hyena was not. Factor in a £74,000 price tag – or £160,000 in today’s money – and numerous back-and-forths over rights to use the Lancia name, and the Hyena became limited through circumstance rather than intention. Koot’s initial plans were to produce 600 examples of the Hyena, which shrank to 75 once the bills started to rack up. In the end, only 24 cars were delivered, making the Hyena one of the rarest cars to wear the Lancia crest.
That’s why it caught us by complete surprise to see one appear in the classifieds. And if a Hyena has ever been on your radar, this is the one to go for. It’s chassis 002, which underwent some minor modifications during the build process including additional noise insulation in the rear. No wonder the previous owners managed to cover 16,000 miles in it.
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