Lancia Fulvia 1.6 HF Winner or Rally San Remo 1972, No.2 Drivers: A. Ballestrieri / A. Bernacchini
Lancia's reputation for outside the box thinking dates back to 1905, when Vincenzo Lancia first began building cars at his Turin workshop. In 1963, the company introduced a new sedan called the Fulvia featuring an unusual 1091 cc V4 engine driving the front wheels and canted 45 degrees to lower the hood line. Unlike most vee configuration engines, the cylinders of Lancia's V4 shared a common iron block and were seperated by a narrow 13 degree bank angle.
The Fulvia coupe designed in house by Piero Castagnero debuted in 1965. Lancia competition directo Ceasar Fiorio immediately began racing it under the company's HP (High Fidelity) motorsport logo, eventually developing a 1584 cc engine making 160 hp. The Lanci Fulvia, dubbed the "fanalone" or "big headlight" because of its oversized highbeams, became the car to beat in rally, hill climb and road racing through the late '60s and early '70s. Just 1280 1.6 HFs were built for the road to homologate the car for international rallying.
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