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Lancia 037 #2 A. Bettega / M. Perissinot Rally San Marino 1984 Kyosho 1:18

Lancia 037 #2 A. Bettega / M. Perissinot Rally San Marino 1984 Kyosho 1:18 08306F Diecast
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Kyosho's 1:18 diecast Lancia 037 reproduces the #2 works entry driven by Attilio Bettega and Maurizio Perissinot at the San Marino Rally in 1984, finished in Martini Racing livery with doors that open to reveal the rally-spec cockpit. Diecast construction gives this Group B icon real heft on the shelf, and the supercharged 037's low, wide stance comes through in the casting's proportions. A strong addition to any Group B or Lancia rally-themed display.
Lancia 037 #2 A. Bettega / M. Perissinot Rally San Marino 1984 Kyosho 1:18
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Specifications
Brand
Lancia
Manufacturer
Kyosho
Scale
1:18
Material
Diecast
Model Condition
Used Model
SKU
08306F
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About the Lancia 037 #2 A. Bettega / M. Perissinot Rally San Marino 1984 Kyosho 1:18

TL;DR: Kyosho's 1:18 diecast Lancia 037 reproduces the #2 works car driven by Attilio Bettega and Maurizio Perissinot at the 1984 San Marino Rally. Finished in Martini Racing livery, the model has doors that open onto a rally-spec cockpit, and the diecast body carries the supercharged 037's low, wide stance with real shelf weight.

Attilio Bettega spent the early 1980s as one of Lancia's most reliable works drivers, campaigning the 037 through the final season a rear-wheel-drive car could win the World Rally Championship outright. This #2 entry captures that brief window before four-wheel-drive Group B monsters took over, a car built for a driver whose career ended tragically the following year in the same machine.

The Lancia 037 and Group B's Final RWD Championship

A Supercharged Answer to Turbocharged Rivals

Abarth built the 037 around the Lancia Monte Carlo's steel and fiberglass shell, dropping in a supercharged 2.0-liter inline-four rather than following rivals into turbocharging. The Roots-type supercharger delivered power without the lag that plagued early turbo setups, a real advantage on tight, technical stages where throttle response mattered more than peak horsepower. Behind the driver sat a rear-wheel-drive layout, already a step behind the four-wheel-drive Audi Quattro arriving on the same stages. Lancia bet on light weight and balance instead of traction, and in 1983 that bet paid off with the manufacturers' title.

Bettega's Works Drive

Attilio Bettega joined the factory line-up alongside Walter Rohrl and Markku Alen, building a reputation as a steady, dependable hand rather than a headline name. His run at events like the San Marino Rally came during the 037's second full works season, as Lancia defended a championship already won against faster, four-wheel-drive opposition. Bettega's career with the marque ended abruptly in 1985, when he lost his life in an 037 during the Tour de Corse, a loss that still colors how collectors view cars carrying his number.

Kyosho's Diecast Rendering of the 037 Works Car

Zinc Alloy Weight and Panel Fit

Lift this 037 from its base and the zinc alloy body announces itself immediately, denser in the hand than the resin rally replicas that share shelf space with it. Kyosho casts the body with the flared arches and low nose that made the real car aerodynamically slippery for its era, and the panel gaps run consistent along the doors and rear hatch, tighter than budget diecast typically allows at this scale. The wheels sit deep in the arches, matching the real car's stance rather than the raised ride height cheaper models sometimes default to.

A Cockpit Built for Doors That Open

The doors open to reveal a stripped rally interior, roll cage tubing, a deep bucket seat, and a dashboard dense with auxiliary gauges rather than the padded trim of a road car. That level of cabin detail only pays off on a model built to open in the first place, and Kyosho treats the opening as a genuine display feature, with a hinge that holds a chosen angle instead of drooping shut under its own weight.

Martini Livery and the San Marino Rally Entry

Martini Racing's livery is arguably the most recognized paint scheme in rally history, carried across the Stratos, the 037, and later the Delta S4 and Delta Integrale, and it is instantly identifiable even to people with no interest in motorsport. The pattern combines dark blue and light blue stripes over white with red accents, and it is a genuinely difficult scheme to reproduce accurately because the stripe widths and spacing shift slightly between eras and even between individual cars. Kyosho's tampo-printed graphics keep the stripe edges sharp and the spacing consistent around the wheel arches and door panels, where lesser reproductions often blur or misalign. Behind that livery sits the #2 identity, Bettega and co-driver Maurizio Perissinot's assigned number for this San Marino Rally entry, a fixture on Italian and San Marino event entry lists during the mid-1980s when Lancia's works team competed widely to defend its championship position. The number panels, sponsor decals, and rally plate details are all part of what separates a generic Martini-liveried 037 from one built specifically around a documented crew and event.

Where This 037 Fits a Group B Collection

At 1:18, the compact 037 comes in under 24 centimeters long, smaller on the shelf than the wide-track Quattros and 205 T16s it raced against, which makes it an easy fit even in a tightly packed cabinet. Diecast construction means this model can be handled and repositioned across years of display changes without the fragility a resin casting would bring, though it trades some of resin's razor-edge sharpness for that durability. Set beside other Group B icons, Martini blue against Rothmans white or Marlboro red, the 037 tells the story of the category's last conventional drivetrain before four-wheel drive rewrote the rulebook entirely. For anyone building a rally wall around a specific driver, a specific livery, or the RWD-versus-4WD turning point in Group B, this #2 entry is a legitimate anchor piece rather than a generic rally car with a number on the door.

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