Making Lancia great again

Italian racing team and engineers Kimera Automobili has revealed this stunning reimagination of the legendary Lancia 037 Group B rally car, dubbed the EVO37. Using Lancia Beta Montecarlo donor vehicles, just 37 of these restomods will be made with the documents for those cars updated at the end of the process.

The old chassis, says Kimera, has been "completely revised and modified through the introduction of new attachments, geometries, materials and construction procedures", so there’s not too much Beta left. With a host of carbon fibre parts, the EVO37 is expected to weigh just a tonne.

While there's modern hardware in evidence throughout the car - there are Brembo brakes, Ohlins dampers and much larger wheels than would have been used 40 years ago - the powertrain is endearingly old school. The supercharged and turbocharged 2.1-litre four-cylinder has been completely reengineered, and now produces in excess of 500hp. A manual gearbox is standard, with a sequential optional.

The EVO37 makes it’s public debut at this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed in July. We can’t wait to see it go up the hill.

Photos © Kimera Automobili