{"id":37970,"date":"2014-10-21T11:41:20","date_gmt":"2014-10-21T10:41:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.influx.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=37970"},"modified":"2022-06-22T17:45:32","modified_gmt":"2022-06-22T16:45:32","slug":"lancia-ecv-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/blog\/lancia-ecv-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Lancia ECV"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Lancia ECV was probably the most extreme expression of the Group B Ethos.<\/strong><\/p>\n

600 HP. Carbon-Fibre and Kevlar bodied. Completely uncompromised. Deadly.<\/p>\n

But just look at it. When a little kid dreams of a rally car, this is the image that arises.<\/p>\n

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The engine’s two turbochargers were each fed with a seperate manifold – and there was yet another manifold to suck in the air.<\/p>\n

It had those amazing solid black wheels, too – which we dig though they probably have little functional quality other than being very light.<\/p>\n

It never raced. Too many people had been killed during the Group B journey.<\/p>\n

But it remains as an aesthetic reminder that extremes can be beautiful.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\t\t