Ultimate Lancia Delta Integrale showdown feat. Maturo Stradale | Henry Catchpole - The Drivers Seat

The Lancia Delta Integrale is one of the most revered road and rally cars of all time and the Maturo Stradale aims to take the best of the Group A WRC car and put it into a road car. You might think that an original homologation road car would already be pretty close to the competition version, but, as Henry Catchpole discovers, under the skin they are really quite different. To really show off the changes the Dutch company has made with the Stradale, we have gathered all three variants in Belgium and closed some roads to make a proper rally test stage. We’ve also brought along some timing gear and a professional driver, Kevin Abbring (who has won Rally Ypres on these very roads) to pit restomod and rally car against each other. With 360bhp, the Maturo Stradale has considerably more power than a standard Lancia Delta Integrale Evo but in order make use of it, there has also been plenty of stiffening in the chassis. To help save weight, there is carbon fibre bodywork, which stays very true to th