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Lancia 037 ESSO #3 F. Tabaton Rally Targa Florio 1985 Kyosho 1:18

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Lancia 037 ESSO #3 F. Tabaton Rally Targa Florio 1985 Kyosho 1:18 08306H Diecast
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Kyosho's 1:18 diecast Lancia 037 reproduces Fabrizio Tabaton's ESSO-sponsored #3 car from the 1985 Targa Florio, Sicily's storied rally event. The rear-wheel-drive Group B homologation special carries sharp sponsor graphics and correct rally-spec bodywork atop the same Abarth-built chassis that won Lancia the 1983 world title. A distinct livery companion to Kyosho's Martini-liveried 037.
Lancia 037 ESSO #3 F. Tabaton Rally Targa Florio 1985 Kyosho 1:18
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Brand
Lancia
Manufacturer
Kyosho
Scale
1:18
Material
Diecast
Model Condition
New Model
SKU
08306H
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About the Lancia 037 ESSO #3 F. Tabaton Rally Targa Florio 1985 Kyosho 1:18

TL;DR: Kyosho's 1:18 diecast Lancia 037 recreates Fabrizio Tabaton's ESSO-liveried #3 car from the 1985 Targa Florio, Sicily's storied road-racing rally. Sharp sponsor graphics and correct rally-spec bodywork sit atop the same Abarth-built, rear-wheel-drive Group B chassis that carried Lancia to its 1983 world title.

The Targa Florio began as a road race through Sicily's Madonie mountains, and by 1985 it survived as a rally stage rather than a circuit event. This ESSO-sponsored 037 puts Kyosho's rally tooling to work on that specific, storied Italian event.

Kyosho's 1:18 Lancia 037 in Tabaton's Targa Florio Livery

ESSO Sponsorship Graphics and Number 3

Where the Martini 037 wears Lancia's factory racing colors, this car carries ESSO's sponsor livery, worked into the bodywork alongside the number 3 and Fabrizio Tabaton's name on the door. Kyosho reproduces the ESSO lettering with the same flat, sharply registered printing found across its rally line, avoiding the raised edges or slight misalignment that cheaper tampo work often shows. Seeing two 037s side by side, one Martini and one ESSO, demonstrates how differently the same homologation special could be dressed depending on which sponsor and team fielded it.

Tampo Printing Across the Body

The printing wraps cleanly around the car's wheel arch flares and door creases without distorting or bunching, a detail that matters more on rally liveries than road car replicas since sponsor graphics often stretch across the most complex body surfaces. Panel gaps stay consistent with Kyosho's other 037 castings, confirming the tooling behind this variant is the same reliable base rather than a simplified reissue. The wheels carry period-correct rally proportions, wide enough to hint at the gravel-spec tires the real car would have run in Sicily.

The Targa Florio's Rally Era

From Sicilian Road Race to Rally Stage

Founded in 1906, the Targa Florio ran for decades as one of endurance racing's toughest road circuits before losing its World Sportscar Championship status in 1973 over safety concerns tied to racing on public mountain roads. It continued afterward within Italian domestic rallying, keeping its Sicilian roots and demanding, narrow mountain roads even as its international prestige faded. Tabaton campaigned there in an era when the event still carried real weight in Italy's national championship, even if it no longer drew a world championship field.

Building a Multi-Livery 037 Display

The real appeal of the 037 for collectors is exactly this livery variety: the same rear-wheel-drive Group B chassis dressed by different teams, sponsors, and events across a short but intense competition career. Placing this ESSO Targa Florio car alongside a Martini Safari Rally example turns a single-model purchase into a small study of how one homologation special got deployed across an entire season. For a collector who already owns one 037, this is the natural second piece, and for a new collector it is reason enough to consider starting with two rather than one.

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