Maturo and their business remastering the Lancia Delta Integrale continues to bear fruit, now for the third time with this car built consistent with the firm’s Stradale specification.
The latest build benefits from more than 2,000 hours of workmanship by the talented staff at Maturo. This particular car is fitted with the WRC Group A Abarth package including rally brakes, uprights, driveshafts and more.
Weight is further reduced with this car now benefitting from a fully carbon fiber body. Other upgrades include adjustable suspension, upgraded audio system and of course a tailored interior and exterior.
Maturo has been making a name for itself with its Lancia Delta Integrale remasters in road-going and rally car varieties and it’s already preparing for its next act. Sicking with the Italian rally legend theme, Maturo has added a section of its website to focus on the Ferrari 308 GTB Group 4.
To those who don’t know, Group 4 is a class of rallying that ran from 1973 to 1981, predating Group B. Whereas the Ferrari 288 GTO was developed for Group B, Maranello had homologated the 308 GTB for Group 4 rallying. Maturo aims to recapture some of that magic with its focus on the Group 4, building upon what is perhaps one of the most affordable Ferrari models available.
Judging by their website (HERE), it appears they’ll offer both a street “Stradale” and “Rally” versions. That’s basically the same approach they’ve taken with the Delta Integrale. However, while their Integrales look almost like stock Delta Integrale Evolution models, the 308 GTB Group 4 Stradale appears to make use of the wider arch flares and other design cues of the 308 GTB rally car. Of course, we’ll have to wait and see though because only silhouette teaser imagery is on the site for the road car version while there are ample photos of the Rally.
On the website, Maturo describes the car:
“The truly special Ferrari 308 GTB Group 4 Michelotto engineered rally car, redeveloped to be enjoyed for street-use and thus, disguised as a high-end daily driver. The Maturo 308 Stradale specification will be developed taking the Group 4 rally car as its base, adding countless technical (re)developments and using advanced materials. Resulting in a period-correct, hugely exciting car that meets our present-day expectations.“
Maturo Also Plans an Lancia 037
And if that’s not enough, we also found mention in their initial Delta Integrale press release of a plan to also perform their remastering magic on the Lancia 037, Lancia’s mid-engine answer to the Audi quattros and very early take on Group B rallying before the arrival of the all-wheel drive mid-engine Delta S4. Will that work to restore actual 037s or build well sorted replicas from Fiat Scorpion donors? We don’t know and time will tell, but that’s great news for fans of the Lancia 037.
Henry Catchpole does what Henry Catchpole does by offering an incredible amount of historical trivia along with an entertaining review of some of the finest cars and remasters. This time around that focus is on the Lancia Delta Integrale and Maturo’s take… or takes, since he drive both the Stradale specification and also the Rally specification.
The dream of creating the ultimate reinvention of the Lancia Delta HF Integrale, has now come true.
The intensive journey of designing and creating the first Maturo Stradale specification has come to an end. After more than three years of dreams, designs, developments, build-up and blood-sweat-and-tears, Frank van Ganzewinkel and Marco Geeratz, the co-founders of Maturo Competition Cars, can now proudly present the finished product. The only true Group A Delta, disguised as a high-end daily driver.
People will be able to see the Maturo Stradale specification in real life, together with the Rally- and Classic specification, at the Interclassics Classic Car Show in Maastricht (the Netherlands), from January 12-15, 2023. We invite you to attend the unveiling of the car on the preview afternoon of the show, on January 12th at around 2pm. You will be able not only to see the car and all its details, but also hear from the co-founders and the design team of Maturo Competition Cars. Let’s chat about the background, performance specs and specific features of this exciting project.
The Journey For the past five years, Maturo Competition Cars has been redeveloping the Lancia Delta Integrale. We started our journey by restoring a Group A Abarth Rally spec Integrale, using it competitively and finding out about its shortcomings. After this, we were staggered by the difference in body stiffness performance, and sheer driving pleasure between the Group A rally car and the standard HF Integrale.
This naturally formulated our goal; to recreate the Group A rally car experience in a stylish, well-built, extremely competitive, yet reliable, road car.
The Car The Stradale specification is our best imagination of what a Lancia Delta Integrale ‘for the road’ should be like. In 2020, the development started. Instead of trying to upgrade a standard Delta Integrale, we have solely used the almighty WRC Group A champion as our base. With over 2.000 newly designed parts, using advanced materials and production techniques, we can now state that we have managed to bring Group A to the road in a reliable and durable fashion. Ready to be enioved.
comment by brand ambassador and legendary rally champion Juha Kankkunen: “… with Maturo’s tradale spec you get a Group A rally car disquised as a very handsome and exquisitely crafted road-going Delta.”
The car features a lightweight carbon body (total weight 1220 kg), reinforced chassis, custom made (partly integrated) roll cage, strengthened 5-speed gearbox, re-designed adjustable motorsport suspension, Abarth Gr. A braking system, ride height control and a power unit that puts out 400 hp and over 540 Nm of torque. The interior is completely redesigned based on the Abarth Group A car and the standard car with a touch of Lancia Delta S4. A unique blend between luxurious materials and a highly functional motorsport desian. It’s not a jewellery box, nor is it a harsh and tiring rally car. The interior features modern air conditioning, rear seats, heated windows and more, all wrapped in Alcantara, leather, carbon fibre, anodised aluminium, titanium and more…
The Maturo Stradale specification will drive like an uplifted Group A rally car because it does not have to comply with the original FIA imposed, performance restricting regulations and it benefits from modern-day techniques and our rally experiences. In our humble opinion, it is truly the ultimate Lancia Delta Integrale. Moreover, because we stayed true to the original design and technical set-up of the car because “one does not change the Mona Lisa”, was the comment of co-founder and engineer Frank van Ganzewinkel.
The first release This month, our dedicated team in the workshop completed the first ‘Stradale’ and it was unveiled, alongside the Rally specification and the Classic specification, on December 17th to an audience of family, friends and clients. The reactions and feedback were overwhelmingly positive, which confirms to us that our dream idea will be shared and understood by many more car enthusiasts.
Shake-down Last week we took the Stradale to the former military airbase in Weeze, Germany. There, it has been tested by professional rally driver Kevin Abbring, allowing for some finetuning and trying out different set-ups. His comments were highly positive and it proved us that we have indeed built what we were expecting; a Group A rally car without its harsh edges and uncomfort.
Moving forward People will be able to see the Maturo Stradale specification in real life, together with the Rally-and Classic specification, at the Interclassics Classic Car Show in Maastricht (the Netherlands), from January 12-15, 2023. We invite all representatives of the international press to attend the unveiling on the first pre show afternoon on January 12.
Open for orders Maturo Competition Cars is planning to build in total ten cars in Stradale specification. The first orders are being finalised and we expect to be able to deliver the first two Stradale’s to their owners in the third quarter of this year. The price of the Maturo Stradale specification is dependent on exact detailed spec and on local tax fees. A good indication for the price is close to € 400.000,- (including the costs of a donor car).
About Maturo Competition Cars Maturo Competition Cars is driven by passion for the glorious days of historic Italian automotive excellence. With a vast experience of over 25 years in rally sports, we are used to maintain, service and drive Lancia Delta’s in competitive rallies and have spent thousands of hours on research and development of the iconic Delta Integrale. We invest our time and effort in reinventing this rally icon, resulting in thoroughly re-engineered cars that are built from the ground up to the highest possible standards. The result is a car that fundamentally celebrates the original, by being a so-called ultimate version of the classic.
