So far, all so innocent: in 1982 there was nothing alarming about a Group B car at all, it was just another means for creating a rally car championship. Consider Lancia’s first attempt at a ...

Group B re-ignited the World Rally Championship when it was introduced in 1982, opening up the sport to a new generation of pure-bred racers - requiring tiny numbers of road car production to be ...

Rally cars are a fascinating breed. From the way they effortlessly slide sideways around corners to their iconic looks - especially in the glory days of racing, when the Group B cars had ...

As per Group B regulations, Lancia built a limited run ... supercharged Abarth engine – detuned from the rally cars, of course – while this particular example benefits from a rortier exhaust ...

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Alfa Romeo even explored building a Group B rally car, and the project got far enough to reach the prototype phase. The Sprint 6C would have used the Alfasud Sprint as a starting point but with a ...

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Besides the Group B-like aerodynamics package and high-strung turbocharged mill, the right-hand-drive 1982 Golf gets a six-speed manual transmission and a limited-slip differential to put the ...

the peak of high-octane Group B rally driving. Known for its incredibly dangerous off-road races, notorious for lack of crowd control, and some of the most powerful and sophisticated cars the ...