From the mid-1960s until the early 1990s, Lancia was a major force in international rallying, winning the World Rally Championship for Makes no fewer than 11 times between 1972 and 1992.

During the same period, Lancia drivers won the European Rally Championship on 14 occasions and the World Drivers' Championship (only instigated in 1978) four times.

After experimenting with a system combining both a conventional (Volumex) supercharger and a turbocharger on their 'homologation special' Delta S4 rally car, Lancia opted for turbocharging alone for the less exotic Delta HF.

Already a fine-handling car courtesy of its tuned suspension, the HF moved up a class with the introduction of a state-of-the-art four-wheel-drive transmission incorporating Ferguson viscous couplings and a Torsen differential.

This gives you the background of the car’s DNA, and if you know what this is, you will know, and if you don’t, you need to find out.

The Lancia is one of those cars that changed the world an...