Hearing about high-budget, zero compromise restomods are becoming a more usual occurrence, and here Automobili Amos has chosen to put one of Italy’s most iconic cars through this painstaking laborious process: the Lancia Delta Integrale.
Revealed at the Grand Basel motor show in Switzerland, the manufacturer of bespoke vehicles’ latest creation is named the Lancia Delta Futurista, clearly in tribute to the road-homologated version of the rallying legend. The all-wheel drive hatch was created from a donor Delta Integrale, with many of its components replaced with custom built carbon fibre pieces.
As you’d imagine, lightness and structural rigidity were upmost in the minds of the engineers at Automobili Amos, allowing them to build what they interpret to be the ultimate expression of the original car’s original intention. So committed were they to this goal, they’ve chosen to take the door count from four to two while keeping the second-row seats themselves intact.
In all, they say that roughly 90kg was shaved off the car’s scale readout, giving more zest to a car that was already quite lightweight to begin with. In this green shade and blacked out wheels, the Delta Futurista looks menacing but also truly purposeful.
The interior has been entirely redone as well, but despite the new materials and construction, remains faithful to the original as possible. Bespoke seats were fashioned by Recaro to match the period buckets, and every touchpoint has been refinished in a the same suede-like material.
Performance-wise, the coachbuilders elected to leave well enough alone and keep as much as they could of the original Lancia engine untouched. What has changed, though, is the addition of a new intercooler, an upgraded exhaust system (probably because the actual one’s crumbled into a pile of rust), and a better intake system.
This all will aid the 2.0-litre four-cylinder engine to produce even more power with the same internal: 246kW, to be precise. In a car with all-wheel drive and a kerb weight of just 1,250kg, it’s no wonder that the Futurista is quoted as having a 0-100km/h time of about 4 seconds.
Prices of the Delta Integrale have always been high, with many tidy examples finding their way into high profile collections, both public and private. After all, its performance and handling hold up to even the best hot hatches of today, even its looks has seemed to have aged gracefully.
That said, Automobili Amos will need a donor car to get to work in transforming into the Delta Futurista. And on top of this already expensive Lancia, those interested in their services would need to hand over an additional €330,000.
