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Lancia Delta HF Turbo "Zagato" - the very special version of a compact car

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Created on May 4, 2017

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Bruno von Rotz

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Daniel Reinhard

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Lancia Delta HF Turbo "Zagato" (1985) - Delta-Fahren macht Spass, vor allem wenn 130 Turbo-PS wiehern

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Lancia Delta HF Turbo "Zagato" (1985) - nur ein Spiegel - das war Mitte der Achtzigerjahre in Italien noch so üblich

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Lancia Delta HF Turbo "Zagato" (1985) - die Zagato-Modifikationen sind nicht aufdringlich

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Lancia Delta HF Turbo "Zagato" (1985) - alle Deltas der ersten Generation hatten fünf Türen

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Lancia Delta HF Turbo "Zagato" (1985) - vier Türen für die Passagiere, ....

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Lancia Delta HF Turbo "Zagato" (1985) - ... eine weitere für das Gepäckabteil

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Lancia Delta HF Turbo "Zagato" (1985) - zweimal Lancia, zweimal Zagato-Attribute, doch sie könnten kaum unterschiedlicher sein

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Lancia Delta HF Turbo "Zagato" (1985) - zusammen mit dem Lancia Flavia Sport Zagato der Sechzigerjahre

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Lancia Delta HF Turbo "Zagato" (1985) - zusammen mit dem Lancia Flavia Sport Zagato der Sechzigerjahre

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Lancia Delta HF Turbo "Zagato" (1985) - die Integrale-Variante des Delta lieferte die technische Basis für den Lancia Hyena Zagato

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Lancia Delta HF Turbo "Zagato" (1985) - kaum zu glauben, dass darunter fast dieselbe Technik sitzt, der Hyena nutzte allerdings die Integrale-Basis

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Lancia Delta HF Turbo "Zagato" (1985) - viermal Zagato - Flavia Sport Zagato, Delta HF Turbo "Zagato", Hyena und Maserati Biturbo Spider (vorne) - aufgenommen im Pantheon Basel/Muttenz

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Lancia Delta HF Turbo "Zagato" (1985) - zweimal Zagato, links als Tuning, rechts als eigene Karosseriekreation

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Lancia Delta HF Turbo "Zagato" (1985) - ob die Zagato-Veränderungen wohl die Aerodynamik verbesserten?

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Lancia Delta HF Turbo "Zagato" (1985) - 0 bis 100 km/h schaffte der Turbo in unter neun Sekunden

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Lancia Delta HF Turbo "Zagato" (1985) - die Aluräder waren damals aufpreispflichtig

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Lancia Delta HF Turbo "Zagato" (1985) - bewegt sich auch im modernen Verkehr behende

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Lancia Delta HF Turbo "Zagato" (1985) - auffällig ist er nur bedingt

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Lancia Delta HF Turbo "Zagato" (1985) - die Doppelscheinwerfer gab es nur bei Zagato zu jener Zeit

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Lancia Delta HF Turbo "Zagato" (1985) - mit dem originalen Kennzeichen

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Lancia Delta HF Turbo "Zagato" (1985) - schaffte über 190 km/h

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Lancia Delta HF Turbo "Zagato" (1985) - trotz geringer Anpassungen wirkt die Zagato-Version anders als die Serienversion

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Lancia Delta HF Turbo "Zagato" (1985) - auch die Seitenschweller wurden bei Zagato angepasst

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Lancia Delta HF Turbo "Zagato" (1985) - zeitlose Formgebung von Giugiaro mit Zagato-Modifikationen

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Lancia Delta HF Turbo "Zagato" (1985) - würde sich auch heute noch im Alltag bewähren

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Lancia Delta HF Turbo "Zagato" (1985) - auf die Gummi-Auflagen bei den Stossfängern verzichtete Zagato

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Lancia Delta HF Turbo "Zagato" (1985) - die Front ist Zagato-spezfisch mit Doppelscheinwerfern und modifizierter Bugverkleidung

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Lancia Delta HF Turbo "Zagato" (1985) - kaum Unterschiede zum Serien-HF-Turbo

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Lancia Delta HF Turbo "Zagato" (1985) - elektronischer Drehzahlmesser von Veglia

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Lancia Delta HF Turbo "Zagato" (1985) - Anzeigen mit LED-Lichtbändern

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Lancia Delta HF Turbo "Zagato" (1985) - die Anzeigen suggerieren hohe Genauigkeit, doch in der Praxis sind Zeiger oft besser

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Lancia Delta HF Turbo "Zagato" (1985) - viel Kunststoff, aber geometrisch angeordnete Knöpfe

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Lancia Delta HF Turbo "Zagato" (1985) - Mäuseklavier in der Mittelkonsole

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Lancia Delta HF Turbo "Zagato" (1985) - mit Turbo-Ladedruckanzeige

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Lancia Delta HF Turbo "Zagato" (1985) - Lüftungseinlass rechts

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Lancia Delta HF Turbo "Zagato" (1985) - Türverkleidung

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Lancia Delta HF Turbo "Zagato" (1985) - dezente Polsterbezüge

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Lancia Delta HF Turbo "Zagato" (1985) - vier Zylinder, zwei obenliegende Nockenwelle, Vergaser

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Lancia Delta HF Turbo "Zagato" (1985) - 130 PS leistete der 1,6-Liter mit Turbolader

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Lancia Delta HF Turbo "Zagato" (1985) - der Motor trägt stolz den Lancia-Schriftzug

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Lancia Delta HF Turbo "Zagato" (1985) - die spätere Serienversion hatte kleinere Scheinwerfer in der Mitte

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Lancia Delta HF Turbo "Zagato" (1985) - kein rechter Aussenspiegel

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Lancia Delta HF Turbo "Zagato" (1985) - kleines Zagato-Zeichen auf der Flanke

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Lancia Delta HF Turbo "Zagato" (1985) - Entlüftung hinten

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Lancia Delta HF Turbo "Zagato" (1985) - Kindersicherung

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Lancia Delta HF Turbo "Zagato" (1985) - Zagato-Kleber auf dem Heck

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Lancia Delta HF Turbo "Zagato" (1985) - Lancia-Zeichen auf dem Heck

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Lancia Delta HF Turbo "Zagato" (1985) - zweimal Lancia, einmal rund, einmal kantig

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Lancia Delta 1.3 (1979) - in der Urform von Giugiaro

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Lancia Delta (1979) - Schnittmodell des kleinen Delta, der in Frankfurt erstmals der Oeffentlichkeit gezeigt wurde - Internationale Automobilausstellung (IAA) in Frankfurt 1979

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Lancia Delta (1979) - so sah er bei seiner Vorstellung im Jahr 1979 aus

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Lancia Delta (1979) - der Delta in seiner Urform

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Lancia Delta 1.6 i.e. GT (1986) - nun mit Einspritzung statt Vergasern

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Lancia Delta - in der Sonderversion HF Martini mit Turbomotor - am Genfer Automobilsalon 1984

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Lancia Delta HF Turbo (1986) - so sah die Serienvariante aus

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Lancia Delta HF Turbo (1986) - ohne Vierradantrieb

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Lancia Delta HF Turbo (1985) - HF stand für High Fidelity

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Lancia Delta 1.6 HF Turbo (1983) - noch ohne Vierradantrieb

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Lancia Delta - Tuning von Zagato - Lancia Delta GTZ mit "bemerkenswert sauberem Design" - am Genfer Automobilsalon 1984

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Lancia Delta HF Turbo (1986) - Werbung für den zwangsbeatmeten 1,6-Liter

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Lancia Delta HF 4WD (1986) - am Strand

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Lancia Delta HF 4WD (1986) - mit Turbomotor und Vierradantrieb

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Lancia Delta HF 4WD (1986) - Heckansicht

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Lancia Delta HF 4WD (1986) - mit Turbomotor und Vierradantrieb

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Lancia Delta HF 4WD (1986) - unterwegs im Schnee

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Lancia Delta HF 4WD (1986) - mit überarbeitem Interieur

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Lancia Delta II 1.8 i..e. (1993) - der Nachfolger wirkte deutlich biederer

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Summary

The Lancia Delta was built from 1979 to 1993, initially with well-behaved 1.3 and 1.5 liter engines, but soon with sporty units and turbochargers. The Delta HF Turbo was introduced in 1983 and it was at this time that the coachbuilder Zagato began to work on the Delta as a tuner. This report is dedicated to a particularly rare Lancia Delta HF Turbo with contemporary Zagato bodywork refinement, which was once driven by Andrea Zagato himself. Of course, the Delta's early history is also taken into account.

This article contains the following chapters

Giugiaro at the pencil
Delta Turbo as a prototype
4x4 with a delay
Zagato as a tuner
A very special Delta
At the steering wheel
The long career of the Delta
Further information

Estimated reading time: 7min

Preview (beginning of the article)

Tuning is certainly not everyone's cup of tea, but when the masters of coachbuilding lend a hand, it's certainly something else. And if they even get behind the wheel themselves, then the car is ennobled anyway. As a student, Andrea Zagato drove a white Lancia Delta HF Turbo, which was refined with Zagato add-on parts and has survived to this day. The Lancia Delta was presented at the IAA in Frankfurt in 1979. At that time, Lancia had long been in the hands of Fiat and one might have expected the Delta to be a twin brother of the Fiat Ritmo. But far from it: apart from the engines, the Lancia engineers developed almost everything from scratch.

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