Saab sold this Delta as the 600, and Scandinavian rust was brutal: of 6,419 built for Sweden, only 159 survived by 2012, and 12 were on the road.
Lead trim: 1300 · up to 84 hp
Lancia Delta831 · 1979–1994
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FactSaab sold this Delta as the 600, and Scandinavian rust was brutal: of 6,419 built for Sweden, only 159 survived by 2012, and 12 were on the road.
The first Delta (Tipo 831) was a five-door hatchback designed by Giorgetto Giugiaro, shown at the 1979 Frankfurt Motor Show and built at Chivasso from 1979 to 1994; it was voted 1980 European Car of the Year. From 1980 to 1982 Saab sold it in Scandinavia as the Saab-Lancia 600. Mainstream versions used 1.3 and 1.5-litre engines, later joined by a 1.6 GT i.e., a 1.6 HF turbo and a turbodiesel, while the four-wheel-drive HF and Integrale rally homologation models are listed separately. 478,645 first-generation Deltas were built in all.
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Trims & Figures
5 published trims in the catalogue. A blank is a figure not recorded, not zero.
| Trim | Years | Engine | Power | Torque | 0–60 | Drive | Gearbox | MSRP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.6 GT i.e. | 1979–1994 | 1.6 L Inline-4 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1.9 turbo ds | 1979–1994 | 1.9 L Inline-4 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1300 | 1979–1994 | 1.3 L Inline-4 | 74 hp | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1500 | 1979–1994 | 1.5 L Inline-4 | 84 hp | — | — | — | manual | — |
| HF turbo 1.6 | 1979–1994 | 1.6 L Inline-4 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Owning one
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Owners’ builds
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Photographs
Lancia announced the Delta's revival in 2006 and followed it with the HPE concept, premiered at the Venice International Film Festival.
Portugal got a tax-friendly 1.4 whose very short gearing made it quicker to 100 km/h than the bigger 1.6.
The 1993 Evoluzione II's engine brain ran at just 8 MHz, yet it handled sequential injection, idle control and turbo boost in real time — serious electronics for a hot hatch.
Lancia handed assembly of this homologation special to Maggiora, a Fiat body-panel supplier that had never built a complete car before, inside Lancia's own shuttered factory.
Lancia built the Delta HF 4WD only because rally rules demanded a road car exist at all; Group A didn't care if anyone bought it.
Saab sold this Delta as the 600, and Scandinavian rust was brutal: of 6,419 built for Sweden, only 159 survived by 2012, and 12 were on the road.
Rivals
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