How much is that stretched Lancia Delta HF Integrale in the window? $136k, that's how much
1991 Lancia Delta HF Integrale stretched limousine – Click above for image gallery
With the popularity of the Subaru WRX and Mitsubishi Evo, it'd be easy to dismiss the likes of the Lancia Delta HF Integrale as a relic of the past. But make no mistake about it: The roadgoing version of this Italian rally machine is as exotic and desirable as any supercar to come from the same country. All the more reason, then, to be appalled at this unfortunate conversion job.
It appears that some garage in Italy has taken an Integrale (possibly two, according to reports), chopped it up and stretched it into a limousine. If you're thinking that an all-wheel drive hot hatch is the worst possible candidate for limo-ification, we're with you. Whether the conversion job retains the all-wheel drive system remains a big question mark, however, with power coming from either the Integrale's eight-valve 2.0-liter turbo four or the Evo's 16-valve version.
Oh, and the best part? It's for sale, courtesy of Italian classifieds site Autoscout24, for the princely sum of €99,000 (or about $136,000 by current exchange rates). Have a look in the gallery below, just don't expect to see one of these popping up at the local Chrysler dealership with a Pentastar on the nose.
[Source: Autoscout24 via CarScoop]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
BlackEmblem 7:30PM (2/09/2010)
Hey, I would take a Delta limousine over those boring and mundane stretched Town Cars.
I would use it for senior prom.
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Willie 7:34PM (2/09/2010)
I'll take the Town Car instead...
PJ 11:33PM (2/09/2010)
Yeah, but the Town Car doesn't Scandinavian Flick as well.
Joe 7:58AM (2/13/2010)
I don't know but, seems like that if one is going to spend that much money to make the car.limo you want that one would make the inside really...NICE!!!! They took a good car that several years old, dumped an ass load of money in it and left the inside looking just as old as the outside!!! What a waste!!!!
leolux10 6:53PM (2/13/2010)
Nah. I'd take a caddy limo over this atrocity.
dee 7:41PM (2/13/2010)
I know nothing about cars -- well practically nothing -- but that is one UGLY CAR!!
ToniCipriani 7:32PM (2/09/2010)
Somehow this reminds me of Jeremy's Fiat Panda Limo.
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Ann Hedonia 11:39PM (2/09/2010)
The Top Gear boys could have made that exact same car for $132,000 less. It would have had hardwood floors and rocketships on the side but that's way cooler than a normal limo.
Jack 12:02PM (2/13/2010)
Isn't the lancia made by a division of Fiat?
Ken Stamper 7:33PM (2/09/2010)
Jeez, of all the car to stretch... someone has more money than sense. On another note, I saw a mint red Integrale parked outside a club in downtown Portland, OR. How it was snuck through customs I'll never know.
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N00bicals 7:37PM (2/09/2010)
ruined
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Norante 7:39PM (2/09/2010)
Ruined a fine, increasingly rare car.
Some people have more money than sense.
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letsgetspocked 7:55PM (2/09/2010)
WHY GOD WHY
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Kaveh 7:57PM (2/09/2010)
They ruined one great car.
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sfast 7:57PM (2/09/2010)
I hope they took to wrecked cars to make that. That seems rational.
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BRUNO TULLIANI 9:01PM (2/09/2010)
Man, I hope you are right and if you are I'd buy you an espresso with grappa shooter.
DevilBeard 7:58PM (2/09/2010)
Oh
God
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dman 8:00PM (2/09/2010)
they ruined a great car, true... but they turned it (them?) into the sexiest limo ever!
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BRUNO TULLIANI 8:59PM (2/09/2010)
This is pure blasphemy.....sacrilegious!!! How can you disgrace a racing legend like this HF. Non che rispetto per quest' automobile. I'm at a loss for words....I have seen this car in Italy twice and it rocked my world both times!! What a waste....Mon Dieu, pourquoi?
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travisty 9:35PM (2/09/2010)
crackpipe. whoops, wrong website...
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