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How One Small Company Dominated a Sport | Full Story (Documentary)

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Lancia is the most decorated manufacturer in WRC history, this is the story of how they got there.

This video contains the stories of the Lancia Fulvia, Lancia Stratos, Lancia 037, Lancia Delta S4 and Lancia Delta Integrale.

Full Story is an automobilistic series with each video containing all previous videos on a single topic, compiled into a single marathon video. There is only small amounts of new content so no, its not deja vu, you may well have seen it before. I hope you enjoy nonetheless.

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Fred Knight

Edited by:
Fred Knight
JD Minny (‪@jdminny‬ )

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20 Comments

@automobilistic Creator 2 years ago Pinned

Full Story is an automobilistic series with each video containing all previous videos on a single topic, compiled into a single marathon video. There is only small amounts of new content so no, its not deja vu, you may well have seen some of it before. I hope you enjoy nonetheless!

@heheszYT 2 years ago

Lancia got quite a legacy with them, it's a shame they haven't mad any "fun" cars in a while now

@sebastianahrens2385 2 years ago

It's so sad to see Lancia nowadays, just a shell of their former self. Many manufacturers have left their mark on Rally, but to me, Lancia stands above them all.

@hugoagogo9435 2 years ago

I was a huge lancia fan from 87. Lancia rally and Ferrari f1. Still supporting Ferrari for my sins and desperately want to see Lancia back where they belong.

@mhh7544 2 years ago (edited)

I was 14 when Henkka and Sergio died. We had so manty great pilots, Alen, Vatanen, Kankkunen, Mikkola, Salonen.... but Henri was my hero. I saw group b cars live when I was a kid

@Nightmaretyrant 2 years ago

The most impressive thing about Lancia and the Alfa DTM team was Sergio Limone admitting they had only a fraction of the budget their competitors had, also tons of the " smaller race parts " were just road car bits taken from the Fiat line up because development had to be reserved for big stuff.

@bobibest89 2 years ago

5:18 How the hell this car took those corners??? Absolutely unbelievable.

@gapistan2335 2 years ago

What a legendary manufacturer the gran tour segment of the 037 by Clarkson is always something I got back to an amazing story

@meatwad21 2 years ago (edited)

Nobody could make better cars than Lancia for rallying. Don't care about what Subaru fan boys say. Lancia's road racing, prototypes and rallying cars are all special for a reason.

@louiandrews7 2 years ago

20:44 always hits hard it's shows that this was a statement of people going to far to be the best not matter what it means for safety

@robertrishel3685 2 years ago

Oh man, that 037, just 😍😍😍 to me it’s the perfect car in every way.

@demomanchaos 9 months ago

Henry not feeling well before his fatal crash is honestly the most tragic part. His guts knew things were going to go south, but he didn't heed the warning.

@TamTran-vw7zm 2 years ago

I was on s rallye team of Datsun 510s, at Press On Regardless, when the 1st, marlboro liveried stratos showed up. Next to out chest high cars the knee high Stratos looked like a spaceship! That year they had just won the Ridieu Lakes Canadian rallye, but something electrical let them down in Michigan. Still, I was in love--and have loved all things Lancia ever since. Thank you for this.

@edh7492 2 years ago

Your choice of subject matter for your videos shows a certain level of culture that few people of your age have. Top work my good man 👌

@Brascofarian 4 months ago

Lotus and Lancia are the two car companies that I think of when it comes to making not just good cars, absolute legends, and not just once, or twice. They are both fighting for survival. What is being produced with the Lancia badge right now is an insult, they deserve better. It's insane. It's like if someone bought up Rolls Royce and decided to have them make pedal bins.

@reisling664 2 years ago

These thumbnails are cool af

@clayongunzelle9555 2 years ago

They put a f1 level engine on a frame with a couple panels.... Crazyville😅

@christycullen2355 2 years ago

Your production levels are crazy. You tell one hell of a story

@WoRfabian 4 months ago

Great videi. Thank you. For someone who lived through the group B and group A eras, Lancia will remain a symbol. Their comeback now is more than welcome.

@alexshank1414 2 years ago (edited)

I think the Peugeot 205 T16 was showing it’s championship winning potential, with a small commercial hatchback car(homologation) plus a powerful mid engine layout & 4wd, that Lancia decided to go down that route.