
Lancia 037 #1 G. Cunico / E. Bartolich Targa Florio Winner 1983 Kyosho 1:18

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Specifications
- Brand
- Lancia
- Manufacturer
- Kyosho
- Scale
- 1:18
- Material
- Diecast
- Model Condition
- Used Model
- SKU
- 08302H
- Year
- 1983
- Era
- 1980s
- Body Type
- Rally Models
- Vehicle Class
- Group B & Group A Legends
- Openable Parts
- Yes
- Packaging Condition
- Traces of Storage
- Model Type
- Race Models
- EAN / GTIN
- 4548565135158
About the Lancia 037 #1 G. Cunico / E. Bartolich Targa Florio Winner 1983 Kyosho 1:18
TL;DR: Kyosho's 1:18 diecast Lancia 037 #1 recreates G. Cunico and E. Bartolich's winning entry at the 1983 Targa Florio rally. The 037 famously stayed rear-wheel-drive against a rising wave of four-wheel-drive rivals, and this diecast piece captures its wide-arch, race-proven bodywork.
Lancia stuck with rear-wheel drive on the 037 even as four-wheel-drive rivals began closing in, and the 1983 season proved that bet correct in dramatic fashion.
Diecast Weight on a Wide-Arch Rally Body
The 037's riveted wide-body kit and mid-mounted, supercharged engine gave it a distinctly muscular stance compared to the smoother road-going Lancia Beta on which it was loosely based, and Kyosho's diecast body reproduces those bolted-on arches with real definition rather than smoothing them into the main body panels. Race number 1 and the period Martini-adjacent or team livery from the Targa Florio entry are applied with sharp registration, essential on a rally car whose sponsor graphics need to survive close inspection at scale just as they needed to survive real gravel and asphalt stages. Diecast construction gives the model appropriate heft for a car whose actual chassis was purpose-built for rally competition rather than adapted from a road car with minimal changes. The wide rear haunches housing the mid-engine layout are a signature 037 detail that the casting renders with genuine mechanical credibility.
The 037's Last-of-Its-Kind Rally Legacy
The Lancia 037 holds a genuinely unique place in rally history as the last rear-wheel-drive car to win a World Rally Championship manufacturers' title, achieved in the very 1983 season this Targa Florio entry represents. That last-stand status against the coming wave of four-wheel-drive Group B monsters gives the 037 a significance beyond its own results. For a Group B or 1980s rally shelf, this Cunico and Bartolich car documents a specific, historically important victory within that landmark championship season.














