160 hp engine
FIA Passport No. 00422 of 2018
Gianfa (Facetti) certification
2015 Tour de Corse winner

The Fulvia Coupé was officially born in March 1965, at the Geneva motor show. Derived from the Fulvia saloon, which had been on the market for two years, it was the brainchild of Piero Castagnero, who in designing it started from the shapes of Riva motorboats. The result was an elegant two-seater plus two sports berlinetta with a luminous interior, characterised by large windows and a much more inclined windscreen and rear window than the saloon version. The first Fulvia Coupé was fitted with a 4-cylinder 1216 cm3 engine producing 80 horsepower, which soon increased in displacement to 1.3 and then 1.6 litres.

The Squadra Corse HF Lancia reborn in February 1963, almost as a private initiative by loyal fans of the Turin marque, in particular Cesare Fiorio, driver and son of the then Lancia communications director Sandro, decides to use it in competitions, particularly rallies. The Fulvia Coupé thus gave birth to the HF versions (the HF acronym stands for High Fidelity), destined for racing: cars with a more essential finish, without bumpers, equipped with aluminium doors and bonnets and with upgraded engines. The first HF was born with a 1216 cm³ engine increased to 88 bhp, with a 4-speed gearbox (435 examples from 1966 to 1967); this was followed by the 1.3 HF with enlarged wings and 101 bhp (882 examples between 1968 and 1969, the last being experimented with a 5-speed gearbox). 1969 saw the arrival of the 1.6 HF known as the 'Fanalone' (or 'Fanalona') because of its original, larger headlights: it reached 115 bhp (130 with the 1016 variant) and was built in 1258 examples, plus twenty reserved for the Squadra Corse.

The splendid example on show here is a 'road' version transformed for racing according to FIA specifications for Group 4 by the workshop that was among the model's leading experts and preparers from the very first hour: the renowned Facetti workshop. In fact, the car bears a certificate attesting to this preparation, stating that the engine has a power output of 160 bhp like the official cars of the Reparto Corsa after the care of the "Esperienze Meccaniche" section, it is fitted with a Lancia 8/41 close-ratio gearbox and a self-locking differential, it has plexiglass windows, a racing fuel tank that is still homologated, additional Carello Megalux headlights, homologated racing seats, and the original seats are also present separately. It also has Campagnolo Stellati 7-inch magnesium alloy wheels. The cockpit is entirely built to the specifications of the official cars of the time, starting with the Fusina mod. Sandro Munari steering wheel.

The car has a 2018 FIA Passport No. 00422 and can therefore take part in Regularity Historique races. The livery refers to the period from 1972 to 1973 when Marlboro became sponsor of the official Lancia-Italia team. The well-known rallye driver Pier Lorenzo Zanchi drove it to victory in the Tour de Corse Historique in 2015.