‘L166 LBE’ is something really rather special.

Because, with only 39,000kms, or around 25,000 miles, on the odometer this Lancia Delta Integrale Evo II could well be the best usable example in Europe, if not the world.

Wonderfully preserved and almost completely original, it even still has the plastic covers on some of the door panels and carpets.

It went straight from Italy to Japan and then onto the United States, where our seller found it for sale in Santa Clara, California.

He was so impressed by its condition that he couldn’t resist buying it and bringing it home, even though he already had a similar, but slightly higher mileage, example in his collection.

As you could probably predict, he’s since kept it in a dehumidified Carcoon and only ever driven in good weather.

In fact, he estimates he’s only covered around a thousand miles in it in the four years he’s owned it – and that includes the trip that brought it up to us.

Imagine the most pampered Lancia Delta Integrale Evo...